So we don't get funny looks like we usually do. AHHH Who put that Sidewalk there? Anyway.
Welcome back Tangerine Tagalongs. I'm Jordan and I am Maddie and we are
Tangerine Travels . So when we first came to Guadalajara, when we were first
booking our Airbnb the very first time we came here, we looked at the map, we
looked at where the Airbnb was, and we were like "Oh cool it's just a short walk
from the center of town" and we thought it would be about 30 minutes compared to
other maps of other cities that we've seen. Well, in fact, it was like two hours.
A two hour walk because when it comes to Guadalajara, the city is much bigger than
you would think it is. One really cool thing about Guadalajara is they
have these bikes everywhere called MiBici or "my bicycle." Right, so when we're
walking around near where our Airbnb is, every couple blocks will see one of
these stands with bicycles on it. So it may be a 30 minute walk, we'll see like
six of them. Yeah, at least, like we walked to the movie theater at Centro Magno
which is about 15 minutes from us. We see like a half dozen on the way there. Today,
we are going to attempt to get an annual pass. We are following the recommendation
of one of our subscribers, and we are going to the MiBici office. We were told to bring
our passports, and bring proof of address, so we grabbed our landlord's utility bill.
But we are super new to this, and we were just figuring it out as we go, so we're
bringing you along. Wish us luck. Wish us luck. From what we were told, a yearly pass is 365
pesos, and with that, you get an unlimited number of 30 minute rides. So
if you have to go an hour, you can go for a half hour, dock your bike, and then grab
another one from a station. And you might be wondering at this point, do we really
need a yearly pass? Well, it's about 260 or 280 pesos for a week pass, and 365 for
a yearly pass, so it kind of just makes financial sense.
Guys it's kind of awkward to hold the camera out in front of you when you're
walking by people, so we're switching sides of the sidewalk, so we don't get
funny looks like we usually do.
Who put that sidewalk there? Anyway, so the other reason why would we be getting
an annual pass, instead of something else, something shorter term, since we're only
gonna be here for a few months? It could be because it's a better deal to do that,
or it could be because there's another reason? The subscriber told us we need
A subscriber told us we need proof of address to get this annual pass, does that mean you have to be a resident
of Guadalajara in order to qualify for that? Yeah cuz I don't think you need to
be living here to use them in general, but for the annual pass, that brings up a
good point. So let us know down below in the comments if you know. Another thing
we're thinking at this point, now that we're gonna be using a bike, or hopefully
we'll be using bikes much more often, is what are the rules that bicycles need to follow here? Because in the U.S. there are certain things like you have to
abide by all the traffic uh, the traffic rules, like stopping at stop signs, going
with the flow of traffic, having lights on your bike if you're using it at night.
Things like that. But, if you guys know if there's anything else if you need to
look out for, or laws that we might potentially break because we just don't
know about them. So in the US, you'll find bicycles both riding on the street
frequently, and riding on the sidewalk. Are you allowed to ride on the sidewalk
here? I'm not sure if I've seen that? If you guys know, please help us out. Comment below, that way we don't get ourselves into any trouble.
We don't want that. We've been here in Guadalajara for a few weeks now, and there was something
that a few people said which is that Guadalajara is not very walkable. And yes,
it is absolutely huge, but I think it's interesting how our definition of
walkable has changed over time, because I'm not thinking Phoenix I would have
considered a 35 minute walk to somewhere that walkable. But now that we're here
I'm like, 30 minutes, it's pretty close. And depending on what part of town you're in,
there's actually quite a lot that's within 30 minutes walking. So we're just
excited to hopefully now be getting these bikes, so that something that
would have been double that amount of time, like an hour away, is bike-able. So it
is at this point that we are now remembering that we're going to have to
figure out any, or maybe, maybe we're going to have
to figure out any and all words in Spanish, that we don't know about renting
a bike. So we're looking at the picture that we took of the suscripcion anual,
and we'll let you know, though, if they will be able to accommodate us in
English. A lot of people can, but we don't like to assume that. We try to use as
much Spanish as we possibly can until it gets to the point where we're just stumped.
Necessitamos, tenemos pasaporte, y tarjeta de credito, también necessitamos
un papel de, Uh, electricity bill.
Passaporte, tarjeta.
Tú nombre completo.
Este lado, nombre completo y firma.
Aquí, nombre. Sí, nombre completo.
El numero de telephono necesito uno mas numero.
Okay, so we got our annual subscription. We went through all the steps. What did you think of that? There
was a little more to it than I thought there was going to be. If you don't know any bit of Spanish
this is going to be pretty difficult, because even when they put the page, he
clicked the option for it being in English, everything was in Spanish. There was one
person there who spoke English. Which he didn't let us know this until the very end. You first go to their computers and you fill out
all your information, like basically where you live, your passport number,
general other information about yourself. You also need your physical passport to
show them to get the key. You don't need proof of residence, but you do need an
address here in Guadalajara. So that was something that we had thought. We brought
an electricity bill, we didn't actually need it, we just needed the address,
wherever you're staying. And after you do the registration process, you can pick up
your key there in the office. You show them your passport, and then you have to
sign a few papers, you put an emergency contact, we picked each other, and show
you at a test station how the bikes work. He also let us know that if there's any
problems, like someone steals the bike, or we run into a car, or something like that,
you call the MiBici number, and you're insured, and you're insured, they will send
someone out to help you. I think that's all the pertinent details, so it might be
time for us to go test out bikes. Yeah, let's go give it a try. See if we can get it off.
I think you take it out and then it turns green.
Wa-La. That's easy, it's pretty easy. Se have to return it within 30 minutes to
any station, otherwise I'll get charged to another 20 pesos. And he said that you
could return it, and get the exact same bike out again, but you have to dock it,
and wait, and then start a new trip. Basically, it's like checking in every 30
minutes. Uh huh, except for on Sundays when it is 45 minutes. 45 minutes and it's an unlimited
number of rides, for a year, for 365 pesos, which we think is a pretty incredible
deal. It's a great deal. And I think we're gonna get a lot of use out of these. Seeing that this is
our very first time trying these bikes, we are going to put the camera away and
try not to get killed. See you in a few, hopefully.
Alright, so we've gotta line the triangle up, this triangle. We have to line it up with this.
Shove it hard. Light turns green. It says green, we are good to go.
We are good to go. So we forgot to mention earlier but
there's a few cool things, like if you had a purse or something, there's a
bungee cord here, you can put it on the front and then fasten it down. And then also, we
were wondering, what they do exactly about maintenance. Like if some some part
of the bike is broken, or you get a flat tire, and it's pretty cool, if that ever
happens, you do have to bring it back to the docking station. He said that each
rider is responsible for doing that. But then you have this button here that you
just press if there's any issues with it, and then a maintenance person will come
out and take care of that, and no one else can take the bike in the meantime.
Yeah, so altogether it seems like a pretty cool system and an awesome deal
for 365 pesos. We're super excited about it and we may be
doing a lot of bike rides coming up. Yeah, if these bikes too, I have to say, out of
all the bikes that I've ridden in my life, this seems like one of the nicest.
It's a very sturdy, it has a few gears you can put it in.
The brakes seem to work pretty well, and so all in all, I'm like, I'm really excited to
have this. I feel like Guadalajara is our oyster now. Possibilities have opened up.
There's even more irony to this because isn't it called "Perla ..."
something. The Pearl of something. Oyster, pearl. Thanks guys for going on this little
MiBici adventure with us. If there's anything that we're missing, or
information that we should have, important stuff, please share that with us
down below in the comments. We would be so grateful, and of course for anyone
else who's looking to do a membership or use these bikes that's also helpful
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