Saw this on another thread and was curious about owning one of
these durable urban cruisers.
-One answer was to join the program, keep the bike and pay the
$1,000 lost bike fee. Is it worth a grand?
If you are successful in obtaining a Citi Bike/Bixi Bike you
would probably want to own the custom tools required to repair the
bike such as removing a wheel to fix a flat etc..
The bikes are assembled with anti theft fasteners to prevent
stripping the bike while docked or rendering it's parts useless and
incompatible with other bikes. Good luck.