Boris bike rider's Tyne time fine
12 April 2012
A WEB designer who raised £21,280 for breast cancer research by riding a Boris bike from Newcastle to London arrived home to find his cycle hire account frozen.
Tarek Nseir, 29, who rode with 12 colleagues from Clerkenwell design agency Th_nk, said the 23kg, three-gear bike would not go up many steep hills. "It was like cycling a sofa," he said. The bike did not suffer any mechanical faults on the trip, but Mr Nseir's account was frozen by scheme contractor Serco and he faces a £300 charge for taking it for six days.
