Hire/Loan/Rent and borrow!

[nykkieberry]

We operate a bike hire scheme but we can't use hire a bike or rent a bike - how do we rephrase it without saying borrow a bike (yuk!) or even worse, loan/lend a bike! Any ideas?

[OBonio]

borrow-a-bike? bikes-r-us? rent-a-bicycle? bikes-4-lease? Sorry if they're all naff...

[pinus]

If you try bikes-r-us you'll have the toy shop on your tail

[nykkieberry]

We are publically funded so we can't imply that we are running a hire/rent scheme for students; we can only lend them a bike/moped for an administrative fee. The problem I have is the manager has changed the poster on the bike (and other literature) to 'loan me' from 'hire me', which sounds awful! I need to come up with an alternative fast that doesn't imply a legal contract and exchange of funds!

[rekstout]

Bikes To Go
Recycle a Cycle
Lend-a-ride
Wheelie Good Loans

[OBonio]

Good point pinus. I like that Wheelie one. Just for cheesy puunage :o)

[rja211077]

if they pay an 'administrative fee' then surely a transfer of funds is happening - the payer doesn't care where his money is going, all they care about is that they pay �x and they get a bike! and if there's no contract in place, how do you control damage, liability, etc etc?

[verbiphobe]

An Australian version might be: Treadlies at the Ready. If they are really good bikes: Deadly Treadlies Readily.

[sleipner]

how about "on our bikes"

[RogerK]

How about "Pedal Pushers"?

[augie28269]

u bike it

[Hippy]

Wheels 2 Go

[decemberfox]

"Short-term lease"