B-Cycle may add tricycles soon, will add seven new stations this summer

San Antonio B-Cycle is testing this tricycle as part of a plan to add three-wheelers to its popular bike-share program. The trikes, with a basket behind the seat and another in front of the handlebars, would be available at a variety of B-Cycle stations around downtown. less San Antonio B-Cycle is testing this tricycle as part of a plan to add three-wheelers to its popular bike-share program. The trikes, with a basket behind the seat and another in front of the handlebars, would be ... more Photo: Sarah Tressler / San Antonio Express-News Photo: Sarah Tressler / San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close B-Cycle may add tricycles soon, will add seven new stations this summer 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

They say that once you learn how to ride a bike, you never forget. But what if you never learned?

Well, you may be in luck.

Starting Monday, you may spot a tricycle at the city's B-Cycle stations. The bike-share program is looking at rolling out tricycles to the Alamo City and is starting by beta testing with a single trike.

“We are not officially releasing the bike until we work out some of the details,” B-Cycle Chief Share Director Cindi Snell said.

Currently, she said, there is concern that those in search of tricycles in the popular bike-share program would not be able to use the B-Cycle website or app to locate them because they register electronically on the dock as a typical bicycle.

“Under the current operations procedures, the user would need to call in to the customer service line and ask where a trike is, and our customer service rep would be able to assist them with that information by looking up where that bike number is located,” Snell said.

The tricycles include a larger rear cargo basket in addition to the smaller front cargo basket mounted to the handlebars.

In addition to possibly adding tricycles in the near future, B-Cycle will add seven new stations this summer. The locations are not yet firm, but Snell said they will be used to fill in some of the gaps in density in the downtown area. One station installation is slated for June and another is slated for August, she said.

“After these two installations,” she said, “we'll have 50 B-Cycle stations and 500 bikes.”

stressler@express-news.net