Vel'oh in Luxembourg rant
I apologize for the rant but it feels like the situation with Vel'oh is really getting out of hand in Luxembourg. I can barely remember the last time I had a fully functioning bike. The bikes are often broken, the battery can drop from full charge to empty within a few minutes and almost every time the electric assist fails, leaving you to drag an unnaturally heavy and stiff bike until you reach the next station. It feels like maintaining them has become a losing battle, assuming they're still trying at all.
I don't know whether the situation is any better outside the city. I understand that it's a cheap and heavily subsidized service, but the quality is almost insulting. For a casual cyclist like me, who uses the service at most a couple of times a week, investing in an electric bike is not really worthwhile.
Honestly, I would rather pay for a premium Lime subscription, or any other equivalent service and receive a high-quality service than continue dealing with this mess. It's mind-boggling that much larger cities, with far more bikes, manage to operate these systems reliably, while in Luxembourg we struggle to find a single good bike.