Renault PR100.2
849-982
Note:
BUS 952 has a Veloporter 2 Bike rack, all others have a DL2
Renault PR100.3
100-131 990-999
ACT Bus Wiki: Buses with Bike Racks (http://www.actbus.net/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Buses_With_Bike_Racks)
WIN News reporting that ALL buses will now be getting bike racks, with free travel for cyclists, as part of the sustainable transport plan.
BAAAAHHHHHHHHH
so how many people are gonna buy bikes just for the sake of free travel?
How long will it take?
My guess 20 years less if we're unlucky.
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on August 15, 2008, 07:36:38 PM
How long will it take?
My guess 20 years less if we're unlucky.
Seeing as though it's an election year, it might come quicker then you think.
Miricale if it does though
Did I spell miricale right, my spelling is hopeless
Miracle.
Damn... it'll look shit on the older fleet.
There is a lot of action around the workshops, when I walked past today at a distance it looked like they were applying fleet numbers to the front of many MK2s
oh, great...
Here is the list of the Renaults which will be fitted with bike racks, at least for now. This is from the permit which is kept in the bus:
PR100.2: 915, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 932, 933, 934, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 980, 981
PR100.3: 127, 128, 129, 130, 131
Since it's more than 20 either some will be the new style or else the old racks might start being taken from the Scanias.
Odd. They must be purchasing more of the old yellow type.
955 has a bike rack
Add 953, they are taking their time. What is really hypocritical is that cyclists get free travel but people in wheelchairs still have to pay a fare.
how's that hypocritical?
They're both on wheels :P
Thats poor, sorry....
946 looks like it has a new yellow one. It is really shiny and not faded like the others.
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on October 09, 2008, 07:40:13 PM
They're both on wheels :P
Thats poor, sorry....
What part is poor?
The bad taste of joke.....
They must have ordered more of the old style ones as there is 21 Renaults out there all will the old style, unless they had some spares lying around.
They probably did order the older ones. It's not as though they don't make them anymore.
968 has a nice shiny bike rack
They are taking there time now
Not really, they originally said they would fit every Belconnen 100.2 higher than 915. They've done that (excluding the Tuggy transfers).
Still have 915, 930, 931, 932 and 962 to come. When will they start with the rest. They said that all buses will have them. More .3s would be a good start, Belco have most of them
lol, dont say that around Todd..
If you ask me they don't look that bad with bike racks. People say that by putting bike racks on the front of a bus but with some bodies it doesn't and the 100.3 is one of those buses.
969 is getting around without a bike rack at the moment..
Maybe it was involved in an accident and the bike rack was damaged
What are they doing?
966 is now missing a bike rack
963 is without a bike rack as well.
Please tell me what these douche bags are doing, 967 is also missing a bike rack.
980is also missing it's bike rack.
Douche bags? WTF?
ACTION are finally coming to their senses, by removing all bike racks!
I say douche bags as they obviously have no idea what they are doing.
they obviously have an idea of what they are doing otherwise they wouldn't be doing it
930, 931 and 932 gain bike racks as 964 and 965 loose theirs.
952 has the new style of Bike Rack.
The black style?
yep, well, I guess I really shouldn't say new because we have had it for a while now but it is new to the PR100s
Technically not new to the 100.2s, the first ever bike rack on a 100.2 was on 947 and was a black style one.
Just to be nitpicky!
Not Renault related but 359 has a new style as well, I also saw a Scania going around without one.
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on March 09, 2009, 04:57:56 PM
952 has the new style of Bike Rack.
The reason why 952 now has a DL2 model instead of a VeloPorter 2 might (or might not) be related to the yellow paint which can be seen on the wall at the Belconnen Interchange layover.
The paint may also be the reason for 359s change, anyway 966 has now got its bike rack back.
962 has a new style, which means all the buses that Martin said would have them have had them/still have them.
931 is missing a bike rack.
Thanks to Martin I can confirm that 969 has unfortunently regained its bike rack.
964, 980 and 981 now have bike racks.
suprisingly 963 and 967 have also regained bike racks
as does 965. Could this bring an end to musical bike racks.
969 has a new style of rack
I noticed that on 969 last week
950 is missing its rack.
969 is missing a 9 from its front fleet numbers.
This afternoon I spotted 340 being driven by workshop with its bike rack missing & front number plate on.
I am not sure what is being done, but I also saw 33* with the bike rack missing & the front number plate attached to the bit of metal that sticks out in front of the bumper.
950 has a rack, we may as well just make this 'General Bike Rack Discussion'.
This months addition states that ACTION have purchased all of BT's bikeracks which would be what is going onto buses such as 390
Quote from: Lemon on September 05, 2009, 09:33:26 AM
This months addition states that ACTION have purchased all of BT's bikeracks which would be what is going onto buses such as 390
I wonder what ajw373 would make of that sentence? What I believe you meant to say was:
"This month
's
edition of Transit Australia states that ACTION have purchased all of BT's bike racks..."
The bike rack permits have been renewed - the bus rego ranges are as follows:
127 to 131, 300 to 463, 882 to 913, 915 to 969, 970 to 979, 980 to 982.
What's interesting is that the expected fleet numbers for the 14.5 buses (500 to 525) are not included.
oh great, more of those unsightly racks!
Wouldn't a bike rack make it harder for the 14.5's to turn some corners?
Possibly. There's not much difference when its folded up but when in use they could be an issue i suppose
Quote from: Bus 400 on October 06, 2009, 08:40:39 PM
Wouldn't a bike rack make it harder for the 14.5's to turn some corners?
How so? Feel free to use diagrams.
While I'm here, I should mention that several buses have recently been seen without their racks: 129, 931 and 949.
Well the Government love sticking keep left signs on turns, so with the bike rack down the cornering would be a bit tight.
I've realised why 500-525 were not included on the new permit - it is specifically for the buses up to 12.5m. If the 14.5m buses are to have bike racks, they will need a different permit since their overall length will be longer.
That's not to say that they will have bike racks, even though it seems to be Government policy that all new buses should have them. Time will tell.
Did 993 ever have a bike rack? In the front it looks like it has the provision for one, but has no bike rack stickers. Also it isn't on the new permit list.
no
374 now has a DL2 (yellow) rack.
129 is missing a bike rack
as posted in reply #60
King Long reports via Twitter that 920 has a bike rack. That's the first Tuggeranong Renault to have one.
Quote from: CanberraTransport on August 15, 2008, 08:48:29 PM
Miracle.
Damn... it'll look shit on the older fleet.
I think they look really good on the older buses, makes em look newer
actbusspotter tweets that 922 now has a rack fitted.
Quote from: Buzz Killington on March 04, 2010, 05:22:46 PM
.....920 has a bike rack. That's the first Tuggeranong Renault to have one.
I know it was bound to happen, but now I can't use the bike rack to notice the difference between Tuggeranong & Belconnen MkII's.
Quote from: Bus 400 on March 05, 2010, 06:45:42 PM
I know it was bound to happen, but now I can't use the bike rack to notice the difference between Tuggeranong & Belconnen MkII's.
Don't worry you still will be able to notice the difference between the tuggeranong and belconnen MKII's, because the ones that are a bucket of shit will come from tuggers
I beg to differ, the better .2s tend to come from Tuggeranong, you get a few good ones at Belco though such as 948, 959, 960 and 969, The depots are pretty much even
Bus 916 is also sporting a bike rack. It is the bright yellow ones. This is another Tuggeranong bike racked bus.
978 joins the team
Keep posting as you see them guys, so we can add them to the wiki.
Seems they are really going to ramp the whole bike rack thing up. 972 and 982 from Tuggeranong and 960 from Belco have them now.
Add 974 to the list.
918 has one.
and 935
Le Slug II (925) now has one...
Add 936 and 942
Seems musical bike racks has started again, 962 is missing it's rack and I think 931 finally has it's rack back
937 has just had one fitted and was re-issued to traffic yesterday (complete with internal rack mirror).
943 also.
330 has a new style of rack, looks good
330 has had a black bike rack for a while now, the original one (yellow bike rack) was destroyed in an accident.
Bus 923 now has a bike rack
Bus 938 does as well
979 now has a rack
905 has grown a rack
So much for bike racking all buses 915-981! It'll be really strange seeing a MkI with a bike rack, I'm slightly anticipating it!
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on May 13, 2010, 08:31:00 PM
So much for bike racking all buses 915-981! It'll be really strange seeing a MkI with a bike rack, I'm slightly anticipating it!
To quote me:
Quote from: Martin on October 06, 2009, 12:03:17 PM
the bus rego ranges are as follows:
... 882 to 913, 915 to 969, 970 to 979, 980 to 982.
What makes you think MkI's will be getting bike racks?
A quick wander through the depot revealed 907, 909 and 912 now have racks. I wouldn't be surprised if 904 also does by now. But 129, 949 and 931 still don't have them (although I'm not sure whether 949 is at Belconnen anymore).
904 has one, saw it while I was 'cooling off' at work
Quote from: Martin on May 14, 2010, 11:46:51 AM
To quote me:What makes you think MkI's will be getting bike racks?
A quick wander through the depot revealed 907, 909 and 912 now have racks. I wouldn't be surprised if 904 also does by now. But 129, 949 and 931 still don't have them (although I'm not sure whether 949 is at Belconnen anymore).
Will the Mk 1's being getting bike racks
Not at this point, no.
Quote from: Martin on May 14, 2010, 11:46:51 AM
To quote me:What makes you think MkI's will be getting bike racks?
A quick wander through the depot revealed 907, 909 and 912 now have racks. I wouldn't be surprised if 904 also does by now. But 129, 949 and 931 still don't have them (although I'm not sure whether 949 is at Belconnen anymore).
Aaaah, I must have missed that post of yours, my mistake.
I'm simply assuming the MkI's will get bike racks, as 'all ACTION vehicles' will eventually be fitted with a bike rack. I suppose it depends on how rapidly this rollout takes place.
.2's Look ugly with the grey veloporter bike racks but they look great on Irisbuses and MAN 18:310 CNG's.
The following buses were sighted with bikeracks today:
906
912
957
958
Quote from: King of Buses on May 18, 2010, 05:53:42 PM
.2's Look ugly with the grey veloporter bike racks but they look great on Irisbuses and MAN 18:310 CNG's.
I like the .2's with them
I doubt that all buses will ever be fitted with bike racks. 14.5s, artics & darts will not get them. PR100.2 Mk2s should be plenty. They just need to do all the .3s.
Add 911 & 959 to the list.
Quote from: MyWay on May 19, 2010, 01:16:01 PMThey just need to do all the .3s.
Dame Pompously won't like that.
902 has one
Quote from: Buzz Killington on May 19, 2010, 04:09:55 PM
Dame Pompously won't like that.
No, No I would not like that at all....... Possums.
which .2 have the grey veloporter bike racks
try reading...
Following on what I overheard a few weeks back, which bike racks do you all think is the most user friendly?
I did overhear a passenger telling the driver how the yellow bike racks are so much simpler to use then the grey bike racks.
They are. The seems to be a slight difference in the way you secure the bike and it is much easier to do on the older ones.
Quote from: Stacka on May 31, 2010, 10:40:48 PM
They are. The seems to be a slight difference in the way you secure the bile and it is much easier to do on the older ones.
Yes, I can imagine the older ones have more trouble securing their bile..
Quote from: Buzz Killington on June 01, 2010, 05:37:58 PM
Yes, I can imagine the older ones have more trouble securing their bile..
ewww!!
add 975 to the list
Based on the details in the fleetwiki, ACTION have now over 200 bike-racked buses (if you count the 13 MANs not yet in service).
There may still be more with bike racks which have not been updated on the wiki. Since they appear to be putting racks on everything from 902 to 982 (and eventually 890-982), the following have not been reported to have bike racks. Can all interested bus spotters please keep an eye out for any of these and report if you see them with a bike rack.
908 917 939 940 944 949 962 970 971 973 976 977.
Quote from: MyWay on June 30, 2010, 11:51:50 AM
Based on the details in the fleetwiki, ACTION have now over 200 bike-racked buses (if you count the 13 MANs not yet in service).
There may still be more with bike racks which have not been updated on the wiki. Since they appear to be putting racks on everything from 902 to 982 (and eventually 890-982), the following have not been reported to have bike racks. Can all interested bus spotters please keep an eye out for any of these and report if you see them with a bike rack.
908 917 939 940 944 949 962 970 971 973 976 977.
I think I saw 940 with a rack
908, 939, 944 and 976 have racks
An updated list.. Let us know if you see any of these with a rack. (For bicycles..)
917 (I think I may have seen this with one, but can't be sure)
949
962
970
971
973
not to mention 977
I think (don't quote me here) 918 was without a rack
'MyWay' updated the article for 977 earlier today to indicate it now has a rack.
977 has been seen by me with a bike rack. I would expect that 917 has one, but I've not yet seen it.
970 and 971 have been recently seen with bike racks. And 962 has been seen recently without one.
917 has got one now.
Spotted 973 tonight with a rack.
Anyone seen 949 recently? I know 962 is still missing a rack, does 949 have one?
Quote from: MyWay on July 07, 2010, 11:41:19 AM
970 and 971 have been recently seen with bike racks. And 962 has been seen recently without one.
I wish 971 didn't have a rack, I liked having at least one of the dinosoar buses without a rack.
Saw 949 tonight - still rack-less.
949 is still without a rack as of today.
I was interested which tuggers depot MKII's don't have a rack?
870, 871, 949
This is also a handy guide for that sort of question: http://actbus.net/fleetwiki/index.php?title=ACTION_Fleet_-_Current (http://actbus.net/fleetwiki/index.php?title=ACTION_Fleet_-_Current)
The new permit has started being put into the buses.
And the big news: the range is now
100 to 131
300 to 463
882 to 982.
Metrobus reports 949 has been fitted with a rack.
good to see most of the pr100.3's getting racks.
it has begun again. 118 has a pack.
110 and as mentioned by Martin on twitter 114
111 has 1
Add 115
Ah yes, I saw that this afternoon.
Today's winning numbers are: 108 112.
107 & 962 were fitted today.
106 (?), 116 and according to 'MyWay' 129.
117
Quote from: MyWay on October 07, 2010, 06:21:00 AM
The new permit has started being put into the buses.
And the big news: the range is now
882 to 981.
I wonder why 982 is loosing its bike rack?
Bus 946 is now rackless, but is in the big pile of buses at Tuggeranong bricks so a bike rack may be being reattached.
Thank you for finding that error. Now fixed.
105, 109 and 113 are recent additions.
393 now has one of the grey bike racks like on 952 and the MAN CNG
122 and 124
Quote from: CNG on November 20, 2010, 05:42:31 PM
393 now has one of the grey bike racks like on 952 and the MAN CNG
As mentioned here (MAN purchase and deliveries):
Quote from: King of Buses on October 12, 2010, 04:54:54 PM
393 has now got a veloporter bike rack. ???
119 now has a DL2. Is this the last bike rack addition in B depot for a while?
Saw 120 & 121 today with bike racks.
are the DL2 the racks on the iris and man cng, aswell as 952?
The remaining Tuggeranong PR100.3s have had DL2s fitted (haven't seen 125 yet but 123 & 126 have been fitted). Don't know if 903 has had a rack put back on after its smash repairs - it didn't have one last time I saw it.
Found this when browsing through twitter : in reply to tweets about lack of bike racks on "intercity" buses, Minister Simon Corbell replied:
Quote from: @SimonCorbell@Alistaireo by 30 June 2012, ACTION is projected to have around 80% of in-service (operational) fleet fitted with bike racks #canberra
Depending on how you count them, allowing for 18 more MAN 18.320s (and 18 PR100.2 withdrawals) plus the remaining 14 Scania K320s, ACTION's operational fleet at 30 June 2012 will be 448. Excluding the artics (33), Darts (25) and K320s (26) leaves 364 buses capable of having a bike rack fitted - which is 81%. If you were to also exclude the remaining Mk1 PR100.2s (~44), the percentage would drop to 71.
So it looks like the plan is to have bike racks on every available bus within the next 12 months.
Original tweets are as follows:
Quote from: @Alistaireo date=23 June 2011@SimonCorbell I love Action Buses!also love my bike.Why arn't more bike racks on buses?can't plan2catch bus Cause they don't all have 'em
Quote from: @Alistaireo date=23 June 2011@SimonCorbell caught a bus lately bro? esp intercity? Not close2a majority of those have bike racks. Make budget to get more or #laborsucks
Heh, "bro"
Quote from: ACTbusspotter on October 07, 2010, 06:21:00 AM
The new permit has started being put into the buses.
And the big news: the range is now
100 to 131
300 to 463
882 to 982.
Either I made a mistake by reporting the wrong info or they have issued amended permits. Anyway, the range on the permits is now:
100 to 131
300 to 463
882 to
999A DL2 bike rack has now been fitted to 993. May not be long until all PR100.3s are fitted.
103, 994 and 998 are racked up.
Also 992, 101 (occurred on or about 27 July) &
996 (sighted today).
Been a while between updates (on here anyway). Based on recent sightings, all PR100.3s have bike racks except for:
990 991 995 999 102
Yesterday Bus 991 was fitted with a bike rack. Which completes the fitment of racks to all PR100.3s.
The current permit expires today. So very soon we can find out how far into the Mk1 buses will get a rack - my guess is somewhere around 856 onwards. By my very dodgy calculations, that will result in 80% of buses by June 2012 (346/430).
Have finally seen new bike rack permit. In a surprising move, the fleet range is completely unchanged.
So unless a third (*) permit is issued, 80% by 30 June 2012 won't be achieved.
(* I say third because I assume 490 has a separate permit.)
Quote from: ACTbusspotter on April 14, 2011, 02:01:43 AM
Don't know if 903 has had a rack put back on after its smash repairs - it didn't have one last time I saw it.
Finally, 903 has had a rack put back on. Perhaps this signals the resumtion of rack fitting at T depot. They've got 882-887 + 890-892 unracked.
ACTBusspotter tweets that 899 is now racked
… along with 889 & 896. There could also be others.
Quote from: ACTbusspotter on July 23, 2011, 12:41:10 PM
the range on the permits is now:
100 to 131
300 to 463
882 to 999
Backtracking a bit here, but did they forget what 983-989 are?
Quote from: Buzz Killington on November 01, 2011, 09:12:13 PM
Backtracking a bit here, but did they forget what 983-989 are?
It wont apply to them as they don't meet certain criteria on the permit, mainly the length and weight which are set somewhere around 13.8M and 16t. Obviously there is no intention to, nor does the permit allow for bike racks on artics.
ACTbusspotter is reporting via Twitter that BUS 855 (yes 855) is racked.
886 is now racked also
Quote from: Metrobus on November 07, 2011, 08:05:07 PM
ACTbusspotter is reporting via Twitter that BUS 855 (yes 855) is racked.
I checked the permit. I'm sure noone will be surprised to discover someone has f---ed up. Permit in 855 is exactly the same as the others: bus range of 882 to 999, 100 to 131 and 300 to 463.
I hope you brought it to their attention (much like the pay phone in the lobby that gives free long distance)
BUS 855 with its rack.(https://www.actbus.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Faf22dec8-d0e5-7f2e.jpg&hash=1da231b9d26d35413e07061e35acaf6fb8f9e1f2)
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Bus 388 now has a DL2. It is commonly on a 319.
As previously mentioned by yourself...
http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=1362.500
the rack makes the mk1's look more modern
Moderator note: Do not quote photos.
Quote from: Metrobus on November 07, 2011, 08:05:07 PM
ACTbusspotter is reporting via Twitter that BUS 855 (yes 855) is racked.
OK, so what I've seen this morning was 855...thanks
Thanks to ACTbusspotter and Metrobus respectively, 856 and 897 have racks.
Technically CNG was actually the one that pointed out 856...
865 is racked, according to Metrobus
888 possibly racked as well - only saw it quickly, so it could have been 898 ... or something ending in 6 or 8 or 9 :)
Latest sightings: 900 - racked; 888 - not racked.
Quote from: Buzz Killington on February 01, 2012, 07:48:43 PM
865 is racked, according to Metrobus
Sorry for not having a photo, but I confirmed it :)
Confirmed Bus 867 being racked.
More bike rack sightings: 877 888 894
864 & 853 sighted today.
ACTBusspotter reports on Twitter that 866 and 893 now have racks.
854 has a rack now.
... and 852 & 882 (reported on twitter, not posted here - until now).
860 has a rack, i think that is the first tuggy mk1
862 was apparently...
The sighting of 862 was not 100% certain, but even if it was they usually fit two racks at a time so 860 & 862 could jointly be considered as being the first T depot Mk1s with bike racks. Unless there were others as well.
Quote from: ACTbusspotter on May 03, 2012, 12:02:24 PM
The sighting of 862 was not 100% certain, but even if it was they usually fit two racks at a time so 860 & 862 could jointly be considered as being the first T depot Mk1s with bike racks. Unless there were others as well.
Haven't noticed any others....
Myself & ACTBusSpotter noticed Bus 879 is now racked.
Not sure if this one has already been reported, but 859 was sitting on the Tuggeranong bricks today with a rack - one of the best of the Tuggy Mark 1s.
Quote from: smitho on May 08, 2012, 12:10:58 AM
Not sure if this one has already been reported, but 859 was sitting on the Tuggeranong bricks today with a rack - one of the best of the Tuggy Mark 1s.
Not reported before. With every T depot PR100.2 to be racked by 30 June, expect many more over the next 8 weeks. And please keep the reports coming.
Quote from: ACTbusspotter on May 03, 2012, 12:02:24 PM
The sighting of 862 was not 100% certain, but even if it was they usually fit two racks at a time so 860 & 862 could jointly be considered as being the first T depot Mk1s with bike racks. Unless there were others as well.
*862 was definitely fitted with a rack when observed at Tugg Depot this am; rack-fitted 859 remains on bricks.
Saw 861 in the 'Shops this am wearing a rack.
875, 878 and 890 have been sighted "with rack" by myself and Mayor McCheese in the last few days.
After extended stints on the Tuggy bricks, 859 is now on the Belco bricks, minus its Wayfarer kit, but still sporting its new rack.
870 871 883 887 892 reported with rack recently
876 was racked (I am sure I reported this via Twitter)
You reported 878 2 weeks ago, but not 876.
874 also racked.
Ok then, don't quote me on 876 but I am sure it is.
Latest sighting: 880
Forget earlier reports of 863 being at Belconnen for withdrawal - it was getting a bike rack fitted before returning to service.
Other recent new sightings are 881 884.
Which just leaves 872 873 891 and some Mk1s rackless.
Bus 850 now has a bicycle rack.
EDIT
Bus 851 was racked up today.
(https://www.actbus.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2F3aa3afb2-30fb-42aa.jpg&hash=842f389bc789599b07879c9100184d0941abee99)
Other sightings this week: all remaining B depot Renaults (849 872 873).
Not yet seen are 857 858 891. Just need those confirmed and all Renaults in service can be counted as being racked.
Quote from: ACTbusspotter on June 16, 2012, 03:06:17 PM
Other sightings this week: all remaining B depot Renaults (849 872 873).
Not yet seen are 857 858 891. Just need those confirmed and all Renaults in service can be counted as being racked.
Saw 857 stabled at Tuggeranong shed on Friday night - pretty sure it had a rack.
Saw 857 in service today: no rack.
Quote from: ACTbusspotter on June 16, 2012, 03:06:17 PM
Not yet seen are 857 858 891. Just need those confirmed and all Renaults in service can be counted as being racked.
In the last two weeks, the above three have been sighted with a rack. So the Renault bike rack fitting has been completed.