Blue Bikes Nola Hack 1.0.332 + Redeem Codes

Me and my husband tried this out today for the first time. We were weary because of the two reviews it has. But neither of us had issues downloading the app or locking the bikes back up. It was a pretty easy system. We also didn’t realize that they were electric bikes! So it helps speed you through New Orleans without any issues! It’s very fun and made our day more enjoyable. I say try it before worrying about any reviews. Self experience is better than missing out on a potential fun experience. We both rode around for an hour and a half and only spent $24. It was much more enjoyable to be able to speed through the streets not in a car. Stop when we needed you to go inside stores, and not have to worry about annoying tour guides lol

We have used bine share systems in NYC for more than 10 years and used various systems throughout the country and the world. This is by far the worst app and system that we’ve ever used. It is very hard to see where you are in the app. The app makes you scroll through these various rules every time you use it. When you’re done, you have to submit a photo and all of this is while you’re still being charged, eating up your minutes. The locking and unlocking is very temperamental. Numerous times the bike did not unlock or lock and we were being charge minutes the whole time. It takes awhile for it to finally reset. The customer service email is very lacking and unsympathetic. The bikes themselves need to be better maintained. Several times we experience bikes with brakes that were lacking and dangerous. The bikes actually go too fast when you’re not peddling, so you always have to break in crowded areas. They also need better shock absorption for the bumpy French Quarter roads. Another frustrating app feature is when you try to submit text feedback in the app, the submit button disappears once you start typing comments. We finally figured out you had to change the review to a different star level and then back in order for the submit button to reappear. We love to bike and wish there was a better option than this in New Orleans as it really negatively affected our experience there.

We were in town for a long weekend and didn’t rent a car. We were hesitant to use the bikes given the reviews, but figured it was worth a shot. We used them several times throughout the weekend and they worked great! Never had any issues with they app or the bikes. It was an excellent way to see the city

Overall this app works well. As a regular user it can be frustrating to have to swipe through the ride rules every time before starting the ride. I wish there was some option to toggle that off, or only have to see it once a week or something. It also feels a bit frustrating to have to take a picture every single time you lock up the bike. A minor inconvenience most of the time but if you’re in an area with poor cell service it can add significant time waiting to make sure the photo uploads or sending an email to customer service to explain what happened. I wish there were an option for regular users to skip this step.

What an awful app. The idea behind a bike share program is incredible and would do so much for Nola, it’s a shame they’ve managed to mess it up this bad. My partner and I both downloaded blue bikes while we were here for five days, and every day despite redownloads, refreshes, and contacting customer support, we could not get the app to either open, or track our location. Prompt buttons to share location do not work when tapped, and on some days despite deleting and redownloading the Home Screen would not load. It’s honestly flabbergasting how something on this scale can work so poorly. Bike shares are amazing and blue bikes really needs to figure it out.

I felt obligated to write a review because there are so many bad reviews. These bikes are great! Very easy to use! They’re amazing if you’re a tourist looking to get from one part of town to another, if you’re hesitant, give them a go!

I definitely agree that there are issues unlocking/ locking , location tracking, etc. And please don’t wrap the lock “incorrectly”- you’ll receive disparaging emails and threats to charge you extra if the picture isn’t up to their support team’s standards. It’s very exhausting.

Once you get used to the quirks of the system- the bike does provide a fun and healthy way to move about. That’s all I have. *shrug *

Shocking that an app for managing an entire bike sharing fleet can be as buggy as this is. QR camera and manual entry failed several times while checking out a bike from a hub—multiple bikes returned an error. When I finally was able to check a bike out, the app would not let me end my session. The photo submission option in the trip history / bug report feature will only pull from your camera and not your photo roll. This is a great program so please fix this app!

I’ve used bike rental apps in countless other cities and this so far is the only one I’ve found to not be easy to use or convenient. For starters you really can’t use them uptown without incurring a ridiculous $25 fee. Difficult to lock and unlock bikes. Will get irritating emails from support if they don’t like your lockup photos (what other bike share service even makes you do that?)

The app will over charge you. They will also block your access to transportation over petty reactions to there buggy app. Very petty people. Unfortunately New Orleans has no competitor so we’re stuck with these Morons. Hopefully somebody brings this monopoly of a bike share services to the attention of city hall and gets a better service that doesn’t take advantage of its residents patience.