User Reviews: Yosemite Bike Sharing

Yosemite Bike Sharing
Yosemite Bike Sharing
BLOOM SHARING TECHNOLOGY LLC

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  • New system upgrade and it’s free!

    Was flaky before but is now super stable!
  • Great time!

    Stumbled on this little bike service that is totally free and easy, the attendant was incredibly nice and helpful.
  • Love the bike sharing; app needs lots of work

    So we just finished our trip at Yosemite and I have to say that I absolutely love the idea of bike sharing. It was so wonderful to use the bikes for short periods of time and a highlight for our family trip. However every time we attempted to use a bike it was never easy due to the app. It actually takes so long to download the app and use the app many give up. Also once your finish your ride the app requires you to stop your ride end it is supposed to automatically lock the bike. The problem is 1) it’s difficult to stop your ride on the app 2) your Internet service is spotty 3) one time my phone died so I was unable to. Obviously this happens to most riders because every time we attempted to unlock that bike and begin a ride we would receive a message that said the bike is still in use. This happened to almost everyone when we walked by the bike rentals. In fact many times we were considered the “experts” because we had finally figured it out and were trying to help everyone else. There is seldom anyone on duty to help with the program.
    My advice, be patient and download the app when you have service and then familiarize yourself with it so you can use one of the bike shares. It’s worth it if you can figure it out.
  • Don’t waste your time

    I was not able to unlock a bike with this app. Even if it had worked, there were only three locations you’re allowed to park. It’s a good idea, bad execution.
  • NO NETWORK!

    The app has lots of bugs. But that wasn’t the problem. Initially it took us so long to just download/register and start the trip. But when we got to mirror lake, after locking the bikes, we couldn’t pause the trip or end the trip because of lack of network. We tried for at least 15 mins but couldn’t unlock the bikes again. We had to leave two of the bikes. Very bad idea to have an online based bike share when you don’t have internet in most places!
    The bikes themselves were decent.
  • Poorly executed and designed

    Great idea, would love to see it work out but the program needs major fixes. Downloading an app in a National Park doesn’t work well either considering I hardly ever had service. Spent too much of my time trying to get a bike to just unlock and watched several others do the same with no success. It would be great if it worked like the Lime Electric scooters do.
  • Couldn’t get app to work

    Fantastic idea but with little access to data/Wi-Fi in and around the park, how are we supposed to get the app to work? I never got a confirmation code with the flimsy wi-fi at my campground. Bummer, as my family, who is on a tight budget, would’ve loved to take advantage of this. Don’t think we can manage the $30 fees for the other bike rentals.
  • Buggiest app I’ve ever used

    Downloaded and first problem was it wouldn’t upload pics of my license, even while on good wifi. After arriving at the first location of bikes and Couldn’t unlock a single bike out of 6 bikes there. Finally unlocked a bike from the second location. Arrived at the hike and after completing it the bike was locked out and I was unable to get back to my car. Was stranded over 3 miles from my car without the shuttles running. Tried to find another bike and the app froze and refused to load. Restarted the phone several times with no luck. Great idea but horrible execution.
  • great idea, extremely poor execution

    Honestly, don’t even bother with this app. Extremely hard to get the bike to unlock (tried maybe 6 bikes before one unlocked) and then it wouldn’t let me “release” my bike when finished because it said I need to return it to a kiosk/worker when there are none, so this app even days later still thinks I have this bike and I probably have a huge charge coming my way. My husband’s bike locked him out at the trailhead well within their range after our hike and stranded him 3 miles from our car. Really really do not recommend.
  • Doesn’t work on iPhone

    Cannot unlock bikes with iPhone. Works on everyone else’s androids though

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