Andy Burnham: don’t throw Manchester hire bikes in the canal
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5RQZS)
Mayor pleads with residents not to treat new Bee Bikes like the failed Mobike scheme
Andy Burnham has pleaded with residents of Greater Manchester not to chuck its latest fleet of hire bikes into the canal when the region's 17m rental scheme opens this month.
Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester and a recent convert to cycling, admitted he was nervous about the launch of the Bee Bikes after their predecessors ended up swimming with the fishes.
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