Capital Bikeshare Bike Station - Arlington VA

I saw my first Capital Bikeshare bike station this morning and took some photos. This one is in Arlington (Virginia) near Pentagon City. Several bikes were checked out. The whole operation looks pretty slick.



The bikes are fairly nice - I guess there is a three speed internal hub shift. The handlebars have this plastic faring that looks quite perishable with various instructions printed on it. In front of the handlebars is a kind of funky small rack with bungy cord to hold a purse-sized item in place. Somehow a basket would seem more useful.