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Navigation Scroll down Sign in Create account How does it work? Map Pricing App About FAQ Contact Become a member Sign in Bike the Hammer Hamilton Bike Share Starting June 1, will be shut down, as a result of the challenges associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you for riding with us! Sign in Create account MAP Productions Judy Marsales Ohso Fitness The Green Smoothie Bar MEC Downtown Bikehounds Community Carshare Earth Shake International BIA Seedworks Handknit Open Streets Hamilton Bike Locke SPRC St. Joes Hamilton New Motto Needlework Hamilton Port Authority Downtown Hamilton Business Improvement Area Ross & McBride Hamilton Metrolinx McMaster -- How does it work? Pick a Plan Choose a payment plan to open an account and get started. Unlock Unlock a bike right away using your assigned 6-digit account number (or tap your Member Card) and enter the PIN you created during registration. Ride You can ride anywhere within our service area . Your payment plan determines the cost of your ride. Return To end your trip, just lock your bike to a rack in one of our 115 hub locations. You do not need to return your bike to the same hub you started from. Check out the Pricing “bonus features” to find out about out of hub locking options. Why bike share Convenient • Healthy • Sustainable Pick up any bike from any hub and return it to any other hub. You can even lock a bike outside of a hub (eg to a post or regular bike rack within the service area) for a $1 convenience fee! Use a bike as part of a multi-modal commute. Walk - Bus - Bike - Walk - once returned, the bike is no longer your responsibility. Just visiting? Our hourly plan lets you ride where and when you need to with no long term commitment Never worry about bike thieves again. No more dealing with flat tires and maintenance issues. Get a flat? Immediately switch bikes and we’ll take care of the repair. Running late for the bus or your meeting? Bike share is great for short, one way trips. Be spontaneous! Use SoBi on a whim. Check out our station location map! Pricing 9¢ per minute +HST Pay As You Go Choose this plan -- $15 monthly +HST Monthly User Free 90 min per day Choose this plan -- Pay with a Prepaid Card -- Are you a Mac student? -- Bonus Features Free time can be split between an unlimited number of trips each day. Locking at any of the 130 hub locations is always free of charge. Lock to any regular bike rack within the service area for $1 convenience fee. Use the “hold” feature¹ to lock your bike for short stops (up to 60 minutes). Your bike is reserved just for you and this counts for your ride time. Reserve¹ a bike up to 20 minutes in advance of your ride by logging in via website or mobile app. Reservation time counts for your ride time. When you return an out of hub bike to a SoBi hub at the end of your trip you receive a 75 cent riding credit. Rules and Fine Print *Additional riding beyond the free daily time included in the Monthly plan is billed at a rate of 9 cents per minute. Multiple rentals at one time will also be charged at 9 cents per minute for guest riders. ¹Reservation time and hold time are counted as ride time since the bike is not available to other users. Locking a bike outside of our system area  will result in a $25 recovery penalty. When you end a trip or put it on hold it should always be publicly accessible and locked to a secure object using the ubar. There is a $15 penalty for improper locking (ie when a bike is locked only to itself). Earn rewards Ride & return bikes locked "out of hub" to hub locations for rewards! Full Details   HST #820308773 -- Join our newsletter for updates about promotions and events. Mobile application Not near a computer? Want to reserve that last bike? You can use our mobile application for iOS and Android to find the nearest bikes, hub locations, promotions, and more. We’re committed to providing a great mobile app experience. We regularly improve existing features while continuing to add new additions to both our web and mobile app. Have some feedback for us? Use our help desk to learn more about what’s new and what you think we should add or improve. Download our app, and ride today! Get it on Google Play Version for Android Get it on App Store Version for iOS devices About us Social Bicycles in Hamilton Member Benefits Our Partners and Sponsors Become a Sponsor SoBi in Hamilton Social Bicycles provides the bikes and software that allow riders to use 825 smart bikes across over 20 square kilometers of Hamilton! We maintain the fleet of bicycles from our headquarters in the heart of Hamilton. We monitor the system 24 hours a day to ensure you have a bike available at your source hub, as well as parking available at your destination hub. Meet our team Keep me posted Member Benefits McMaster University All McMaster students are entitled to a discounted membership by registering with a mcmaster.ca email address. Find out more at mac.sobihamilton.ca Our Partners and Sponsors Hamilton Metrolinx McMaster Partners / Sponsors MAP Productions Judy Marsales Ohso Fitness The Green Smoothie Bar MEC Downtown Bikehounds Community Carshare Earth Shake International BIA Seedworks Handknit Open Streets Hamilton Bike Locke SPRC St. Joes Hamilton New Motto Needlework Hamilton Port Authority Downtown Hamilton Business Improvement Area Ross & McBride Cace & Loaf Hotti Biscotti Kabuki Spa White Elephant Mulberry -- Invest in Your Community Learn more about sponsorship by contacting info@sobihamilton.ca Become a sponsor FAQ Bike Share Basics What is bike share? Bike sharing is an innovative year­-round transportation system that allows users to take one­-way trips via publicly accessible bikes. The fleet is made up of specially designed, heavy­-duty bikes that are located at over 130 hubs across the city. Bikes can be returned to any hub anywhere in the system, creating an efficient network with many possible connection points and combinations of departures and arrivals. How does it work? Users can purchase any level of membership online, at a kiosk, or at the office. Once registered, riders can walk up to any bike to use it, or optionally reserve a bike in advance using the website or mobile app. To release a bike, simply enter your 6-digit account number (or tap your member card on the keypad) and 4 digit pin code onto the unit on the back of a bike. This will unlock the bike and you are ready to ride . When you arrive at your destination, return and lock the bike at a SoBi station. The bike is now available for others to use. (Bikes may also be locked to any regular bike rack or secure object like a sign post for a $1 fee). If you return an out of hub bike to a hub at the end your trip then you earn a 67¢ credit (equivalent to 10 minutes or riding). Please note riders should always end their trip within the service area and the bike must always be securely locked to a fixed object when locking a bike or putting it on hold. Who is bike share for? Is there a minimum age? Bike share is residents and visitors alike! In cities all over the world bike share is used for commuting to work and school, running errands, riding with friends, riding to a transit stop, and generally getting around. For tourists, bike share makes it easy to explore the hidden corners of a city where transit doesn’t go — plus the bikes are available 24 hours a day, not just during business hours. Citizens and visitors who never use the bikes will realize benefits as well. By providing a viable alternative for short trips, bike share systems help to alleviate pressure on our roads. They replace car trips, reduce traffic, free up parking spaces and ease the burden on the transit system for short trips. And these benefits grow over time,as bike share programs have the ability to draw non­-cyclists into the world of short­-distance urban cycling — and each new cyclist represents additional savings to our road and transit ...