Toronto Bike Share

[Northern Light]

Councillor Moise asked Toronto Parking Authority at Budget Committee,
"With a 10.8 million budget in 2026 for Toronto Bike Share how many more docks, iconic bikes, and e-bikes does TPA aim to acquire?"

Answer:
"Approximately 900 new bikes, of which 260 are e-bikes, 73 stations, and 1500 docking points, and 306 are e-docks for the e-bikes"

Here's the un-asked question, "How many of those 73 are actually from last year's budget, that you claimed to have delivered already, but haven't?

Lets review what they claimed back in October:

Actual, as at January 16th, 2026:

1006 Stations

Of these, 7 were installed this month.

So what are they committing to above? Is it 73 more than today? Or 1,086? Or is it 73 more than they claim they already did which would be 1,215?

Just wondering.

 

[txlseries4]

Here's the un-asked question, "How many of those 73 are actually from last year's budget, that you claimed to have delivered already, but haven't?

Lets review what they claimed back in October:

View attachment 709311

Actual, as at January 16th, 2026:

1006 Stations

Of these, 7 were installed this month.

So what are they committing to above? Is it 73 more than today? Or 1,086? Or is it 73 more than they claim they already did which would be 1,215?

Just wondering.

Juking the stats!

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

I tried searching this thread, I tried googling the vastness of the interwebs, yet I still cannot find anyone complaining/discussing what I see as a major issue with the new fleet of Bike Share TO bikes - the seat angle.

Basically, from what I can see, there are two fleets: the old black frame bikes and the new orange frame bikes. There is a serious problem with the new orange bikes. Here is the picture that illustrates the problem (old black bikes in the foreground, orange bike in the background):

The orange bikes have their saddle tilted up. The front of the saddle is higher than the back. By contrast the old black bikes' seats are horizontal (or nearly horizontal).

This is a big problem for anyone of the male persuasion. This upward saddle tilt is incompatible with male physiology.

The upward saddle tilt causes pressure on the prostate. With such an extreme angle, it causes a lot of pressure.

It is not just a comfort issue, it is a genuine health concern.

Pressure on the prostate from improper bicycle seat angle cuts off blood circulation to the prostate, leads to groin numbness and can lead to long-term fertility problems as the result.

Personally, I can't use these orange bikes for longer than 10 minutes before my groin goes completely numb.

I can't believe the bike manufacturer (DeVinci I assume?) shipped these bikes as is. I can't believe no one at Bike Share TO questioned the saddle tilt and accepted the delivery.

Anyways, I am going to try to address this with Bike Share TO. I emailed their general customer service as per @Northern Light suggestion:

This is the email you're looking for:

customerservice@bikesharetoronto.com

If that doesn't work for you, I''ll give you an internal one that will.

But try this one first.

I might take you up on your offer of internal email depending on how it goes with customer service.

I'll keep you guys posted on the progress.

 

[ilovebikeshare]

New Bikeshare station at Bessarion station along Line 4, creating the beginnings of a true bikeshare network along Sheppard!

 

[DSCToronto]

I tried searching this thread, I tried googling the vastness of the interwebs, yet I still cannot find anyone complaining/discussing what I see as a major issue with the new fleet of Bike Share TO bikes - the seat angle.

Basically, from what I can see, there are two fleets: the old black frame bikes and the new orange frame bikes. There is a serious problem with the new orange bikes. Here is the picture that illustrates the problem (old black bikes in the foreground, orange bike in the background):
View attachment 717940

The orange bikes have their saddle tilted up. The front of the saddle is higher than the back. By contrast the old black bikes' seats are horizontal (or nearly horizontal).

This is a big problem for anyone of the male persuasion. This upward saddle tilt is incompatible with male physiology.

The upward saddle tilt causes pressure on the prostate. With such an extreme angle, it causes a lot of pressure.

It is not just a comfort issue, it is a genuine health concern.

Pressure on the prostate from improper bicycle seat angle cuts off blood circulation to the prostate, leads to groin numbness and can lead to long-term fertility problems as the result.

Personally, I can't use these orange bikes for longer than 10 minutes before my groin goes completely numb.

I can't believe the bike manufacturer (DeVinci I assume?) shipped these bikes as is. I can't believe no one at Bike Share TO questioned the saddle tilt and accepted the delivery.

Anyways, I am going to try to address this with Bike Share TO. I emailed their general customer service as per @Northern Light suggestion:

I might take you up on your offer of internal email depending on how it goes with customer service.

I'll keep you guys posted on the progress.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_massage

 

[txlseries4]

I tried searching this thread, I tried googling the vastness of the innerwebs, yet I still cannot find anyone complaining/discussing what I see as a major issue with the new fleet of Bike Share TO bikes - the seat angle.

Basically, from what I can see, there are two fleets: the old black frame bikes and the new orange frame bikes. There is a serious problem with the new orange bikes. Here is the picture that illustrates the problem (old black bikes in the foreground, orange bike in the background):
View attachment 717940

The orange bikes have their saddle tilted up. The front of the saddle is higher than the back. By contrast the old black bikes' seats are horizontal (or nearly horizontal).

This is a big problem for anyone of the male persuasion. This upward saddle tilt is incompatible with male physiology.

The upward saddle tilt causes pressure on the prostate. With such an extreme angle, it causes a lot of pressure.

It is not just a comfort issue, it is a genuine health concern.

Pressure on the prostate from improper bicycle seat angle cuts off blood circulation to the prostate, leads to groin numbness and can lead to long-term fertility problems as the result.

Personally, I can't use these orange bikes for longer than 10 minutes before my groin goes completely numb.

I can't believe the bike manufacturer (DeVinci I assume?) shipped these bikes as is. I can't believe no one at Bike Share TO questioned the saddle tilt and accepted the delivery.

Anyways, I am going to try to address this with Bike Share TO. I emailed their general customer service as per @Northern Light suggestion:

I might take you up on your offer of internal email depending on how it goes with customer service.

I'll keep you guys posted on the progress.

I vaguely remember seeing similar complaints before somewhere else online and someone saying the seat angle is something configured by the mechanics with bike share. Don't know if that's right or wrong

The bikes are from Lyft Urban Solutions (formerly PBSC) and the push bike is the ICONIC model: https://www.lyfturbansolutions.com/products#iconic

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

The bikes are from Lyft Urban Solutions

I thought Lyft provides the technology part (smart stations, the app) while the bikes for Toronto are subcontracted to Devinci.

configured by the mechanics with bike share

The seats do not seem to be adjustable. The angle is determined by the angle of the seatpost, the saddle clamp, and the saddle itself.
As far as I can see, bikeshare bikes use an integrated seat clamp that has a set (not adjustable) angle. In fact, even though the old and the new bikes have different-looking saddle clamps, they are still set to the same angle:

The difference is in the seat itself. The new seats are a different model with thicker padding and a different angle of the tubes that connect to the saddle clamp. It's really this new seat that does not work with the bikes.