Our Brussels to Bruges cycle doesn’t begin until Monday, but we decided we wanted to cycle around Liège this week, and the easiest way to do that was by using the Dott bikes scattered around the city that can be turned rented by the minute via the Dott app.
It wasn’t a seamless process to get set up: we’re using data-only eSIMs here in Belgium, and signing up for the Dott app requires being able to confirm an account via SMS. The solution was to sign up for a free three-day trial of Hushed, which gave a virtual SMS number.
Otherwise, it was all pretty painless: use the app to find available bikes, walk up to them and scan them with the app, they unlock, we ride, we park in a designated parking space when we arrive at our destination.
It’s 1€ to unlock and then 35¢ per minute. (After our first ride we bought a 2.99€ pass that gave us unlimited 2€ rides of 30 minutes for a month: we saved a lot of money that way).
The Dott bikes are all electric ones, so, as Lisa said after 5 minutes “it feels like flying.” Going back to human bikes in Brussels will be a challenge.
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