The Fort Collins, Colorado Bike Library plans to quadruple the number of bikes available to loan by next spring, after finding itself dramatically and happily oversubscribed. The library permits anyone with an ID and an e-mail address to borrow a bike for a week at a time. The library started with 50 bright red bikes this spring, and is now down by two, officials said. “We are a victim of our own success,” said Jeff Morrell, president of Bike Fort Collins. “There’s a waiting list every week.”That’s sort of an understatement: The manager of the Old Town Square branch said people have actually darted away from half-eaten meals in the plaza to snag a newly returned bike. Another woman was so reluctant to return it that the police were nearly called, he said.
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