Rekola is a

bicycle sharing system A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost. The programmes themselves include bo ...

in the

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and

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. It started in

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in 2013 as a small project of Vít Ježek. As of 2025, it is operating in eight Czech cities,

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, the capital of Slovakia and in the Estonian city of

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. The company is operating more than 2,000 bikes, most of which are located in

. The pink bikes of Rekola do not have any docks, which makes the system five times cheaper than traditional dock system. The bikes can be unlocked through an official app. The user unlocks the bikes manually through the code which is given from the app. Besides classical bikes, Rekola is also providing shared ebikes,

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s, and paddleboards.

History

COVID-19 pandemic

During the

COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic The COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic was a part of the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organiza ...

and after declaration of

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in March 2020, the company offered unlimited number of free 30 minute rides to anybody in all cities where it operates in the Czech Republic. This offer was enabled by sponsorship from Czech companies Rohlik.cz and Prusa Research. The goal was to enable an access to transport with lower risk of virus transmission than public transport.

Partnership with Prague Public Transport

A pilot project to provide holders of prepaid Lítačka cards with four 15-minute bike rides on Rekola and competitor Nextbike started on 11 October 2021. In the first three months,

Prague Integrated Transport Prague Integrated Transport (Czech language, Czech: ''Pražská integrovaná doprava'', ''PID'') is an Passenger transport executive, integrated public transport system providing services in Prague and within the Central Bohemian Region. It is ...

(PID) reported more than 7,200 people made over 72,000 journeys on the bikes.

Locations

Czech Republic

As of 2025, Rekola operates bike sharing systems in 6 Czech cities. It operated in 11 cities in the Czech Republic in 2019. The list also shows the approximate number of bikes in each city.

Outside of the Czech Republic

References

External links

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