I was a strong proponent of forest bikes because it was local. However, the customer service is as good as nonexistent. I had two broken bikes and I was never refunded, even though the app said that t... Voir plus
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I was a strong proponent of forest bikes because it was local. However, the customer service is as good as nonexistent. I had two broken bikes and I was never refunded, even though the app said that t... Voir plus
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I would like to raise a complaint regarding my ride today. First, the bicycle clearly displayed “£1 for the first 30 minutes” on the bike itself, and I have photos as evidence. However, this... Voir plus
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They charged me £20, for parking in the same zone where I picked up the bike from, which was very frustrating. Update - after being contacted by their customer service, they said that they will ref... Voir plus
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Absolutely thr worst, Usually when your bike is in a red zone the bike dosent allow you to park( like how Lime does it) forest allows me to park with no notification and then charges me £20 ! This is... Voir plus
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We’re Forest. You know, those shared ebikes in London that look like trees. We’re London’s most affordable and most sustainable shared eBike. We give everyone 10 minutes free riding time, every day. It doesn’t stop at 10 minutes though, we offer riders a way to get even more free minutes by watching ads from our conscious-minded partners. We power our operations with 100% renewable energy (which we have done since day 1). We then offset our manufacturing emissions by growing an actual forest, through local and responsible tree planting, in Wales.
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Absolutely rubbish app that burns your paid minutes trying to end rides. If you raise this with support they don’t care or make it right giving you your minutes back.
Awful service.

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I have had so many problems with the forest App- it’s starts rides when I’m just looking for bikes or won’t end rides. I have emailed previously to ask for support with this and have tried everything suggested. This morning I have rented a bike by accident because of a glitch in the app. I could then not find it as it no longer shows as rentable and have walked around looking for it- not being able to find it or end it. I have been charged and been significantly late for work, stressed, frustrated and out of pocket. I really want to support Forest, but this is hugely disappointing. I went to the effort to reach out for support previously. I feel really let down by your service and am now sat in an £15 Uber, I would not want to recommend this product to others due to the ridiculous unreliability. I would give 0 stars if possible and they don’t support you for what advertises itself as a friendly and supporting company

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The worst E-Bike I’ve ever used , scammers charge you without letting u know , and won’t pick up their phone please don’t use them

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I've found the bikes to be in better condition than limes. and I find they have better avaliablility in my area because less people use them. However I've had at least 5 bikes that will just lose power randomly down to 18km/h or even 13km/h and then go back up to normal randomly. which I've found to be dangerous having random speed jumps. Obviously a software issue.
This used to be a solid 4, but your services have deteriorated so much. Not only do you greedily increase the rates and prices, but the vast majority of your bikes are in such poor condition, and you do nothing to ensure proper maintenance. So many mornings I’ve started having to go from bike to bike until I can finally find one that doesn’t have a broken brake, a broken engine, a broken seat, or a flat tyre, wasting so much time. I give you the feedback, and what do you do? Give me back the minutes I wasted? Nope. “Please ensure you check the bike before you start the ride”. How am I supposed to know the engine is broken or a brake is not working without actually starting the ride??? If you are going to increase the prices, AT LEAST invest them in properly maintaining your bikes!!! Thank you for convincing me to buy a bike so I never have to use this horrible service ever again, and I hope more people do this as well until you realise you are just not doing enough or even the bare minimum. Not to mention the lagging app. I’ve put a 2 just cause you could provide a good service if you wanted to and a 1 is always a silly protest rating. This rating is meant to be genuine with positives included in that it is convenient and when a bike works it is great (but they almost never do). I hope you actually take this feedback into consideration.

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Horrible app, Horrible bikes, dont get cycle to work plan you will be stuck with them.

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I would like to share my experience which I have recently experienced by Forest e-cycle. This is so EXPENSIVE. To start I scanned barcode for 1 time then it didn’t work. Then, again I had scanned barcode for 2nd time on forest cycle to ride it but e-cycle didn’t start to ride it. However, it’s charged me £12 I was shocked though, I didn’t ride even for 1 minute but only for 5-7 minutes paused situation. This is so strange. I don’t want to use again Forest e-Cycle. But Never Mind if it’s felt not good.
Thanks,

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Technical issues with bikes last week. Switching on after scanning then shutting down. Tried everything to get the app to work, deleting, installing, switching off phone - nothing is working. App has been buffering since last Thursday. No help via emailing customer service or live chat, phone lines were strangely closed when I tried calling several times within opening hours.
Spent £18.99, used it once so far due to an app problem which has never happened before. No help or support at all. Emails ignored, no follow up to live chat.

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Dreadful. Bikes strewn across pavements, driveways and roads. Nightmare for parents and those in wheelchairs. Dumped all over the place. Ugly and malfunction. Appallingly bad.

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Used to get 10 free minutes and bundles cheaper, once upon a time you could even get 5 mins free by watching videos. Gone from being a company that had some integrity to no better than lime. Once I had a brake handle snap off and I got “20 minutes free”. Bikes are consistently broken or damaged, and still show up on app even if reported as damaged. You literally put people’s lives in danger, soon someone is going to get severely injured and it will be due to your negligence.
* their reply is untrue, I can provide screenshots now to show it’s a lie
*sending screenshots to their email now and will update accordingly. This thread also can be screenshotted and demonstrated as a breach of the consumer rights act
* their replies have been edited and still evading answering the question truthfully. You can report a bike as broken and it still be available to hire. Reporting a bike does not mean it is immediately taken offline, they are actively endangering riders lives. I have video evidence proving as such.

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App very unreliable, wouldn't recommend the cycle to work program just too much hassle contacting them all the time with faults, occasionally use is fine but now opened in different areas I.E Hounslow making the bikes harder to find,also lottery if the bike is working 100 percent

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So many issues over recent months including deterioration in quality and functioning of bikes, frequent issues with the app (problems starting or ending rides leading to lots minutes), significant increase in pricing over the past 6 months and without any transparency (they used to email about planned changes to the cost of minute bundles or other changes, now they seem to keep reducing the number of minutes in a given bundle without any advance communication). I've had several serious issues recently with bikes disconnecting mid-ride (in the middle of a busy road) forcing me to halt and physically carry the bike to the side of the ride to get out of the way of traffic. I raised this with customer support and they seemed almost disinterested and offered me 10 minutes free to compensate for the issue. The minutes had to be used within 24 hours, so completely pointless and unusable for me. Having been using Forest 2-3 days per week for my commute for the past 2 years, I'm acutely aware of the deterioration in service and the hiking up of costs. Another system wide issue today meant I was unable to use Forest (yet again). Time to change to an alternative...

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Can't leave zero stars. Dangerous and fraudulent company. Bikes are wrecked. You report them and they don't refund your minutes. So now I have to report to my bank as fraud again and get a charge back. Going back to manual bike. So much cheaper and safer and better for you. Like most companies started okay ish and just gets steadily worse and worse over time. Horrible disgusting fraudulent little people at this company
Should be shut down. 1.5 stars on trustpilot says it all and thats very very generous because we're not allowed to leave the true rating of 0 stars.

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One of your riders has rode into the back of my car causing severe damage. (£1300). After sending the dash cam footage which puts the rider at total fault I have been told there is nothing they can do. so basically you can hire a bike and cause damage to peoples property and you will be absolutely fine.. joke of a company

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Forest Bikes: Congratulations on Turning a Bicycle Ride into a £23 Scam
I would like to personally congratulate Forest Bikes for achieving something truly impressive: charging £23 for 71 minutes of riding and 19 minutes paused. That’s right — not a car, not a taxi, not even a premium service. A bike. A heavy, basic, unremarkable bike.
At no point during the ride did the app clearly warn me I was racking up charges at a rate usually reserved for luxury transport. Instead, it quietly let the meter run like a broken taxi, only revealing the damage once the ride was over. Transparent pricing? Apparently that’s not part of the Forest experience.
Pausing the ride — you know, the thing the app actively encourages — seems to be treated as an invitation to empty your customer’s wallet. If pausing costs this much, maybe it should come with a written warning, flashing lights, and a financial advisor.
Let’s be clear: £23 for just over an hour is indefensible. There is no pricing structure where this makes sense. It doesn’t promote cycling, sustainability, or trust — it promotes never using your service again.
The bike itself was mediocre at best. For £23 I expected at least a smooth ride, maybe a complimentary apology, or someone from Forest explaining in person why this is somehow reasonable. Instead, I got a clunky bike and a receipt that feels like satire.
Forest appears to be relying on confusing pricing and post-ride shock to generate revenue, which is a bold strategy for a company that depends on repeat customers. Consider this feedback a free warning: this kind of experience drives people away permanently.
I expect Forest support to explain exactly how this charge was calculated, why it wasn’t clearly communicated during the ride, and what steps will be taken to refund or correct it. Until then, I’ll be advising others to steer well clear unless they enjoy surprise bills and buyer’s remorse.
An eco-friendly transport option should not leave customers feeling robbed.
UPDATE 05/01/2026
Forest also falsely claims in public responses that my emails “bounced.” This is not true — I have received all their correspondence. Misrepresenting communication does not excuse misleading pricing or unauthorised charges.

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Forest appears to have closed down.
Do not trust this company or risk your card details with them.
I reported an illegally parked Forest bike on the footpath. No action was taken. Their phone line has been down for several days and there is no response from their website.

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excellent cycles slighty faster and handling is better than Lime
App is slower and more complicated often grossly overcharging by app failure and no recourse.
never answer questions or complaints

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I want to leave a balanced review based on my experience.
Pros
The speed of the bikes has been satisfactory . Battery performance is good and the remaining battery life is somewhat accurate.
Although 5 pounds is targeted at your card beginning of each ride , it is automatically refunded . This is better than other providers where given a number of rides and low limit on a card , the card can rendered useless.
Cons
Out of the 9 rides I have taken , 5 of those rides had something wrong with the bike , pedals loose , brakes too weak , steering misaligned , loud noises...
The pricing structure is not suited for rides less than 5 minutes , as it takes about a minute to park the bike and send a photo .
It is easy to start a random ride on a bike not close to you and not know where the bike is , once you start the ride the bike disappears from the GPS . Today I was getting ready to go to work and thought id take the forest bike . I spotted a bike close to my house and checked its battery on the app. Once out of the house i decided not to take that bike due to low battery , and went to another parking spot . I pressed start ride and noticed that ride of the bike I looked at before had started !! it was not visiable on the GPS so I had to walk for 10 minutes trying to find it , only to find it was making mechanical noises!! I wasted 10 minutes of my travel time and 3 minutes of cash and if i had not remembered where the bike was I would not have been able to finish that ride without a photo !!
The app also will start the bike , and then hang up , so you need to restart the app in order to finish the ride.
The red zones are not intuitive , you can slip in to a red zone not knowing you are in it and find no parking there and there is no alarm telling you are going in there.
Many times I have noticed the brakes are very weak. I almost was not able to stop at a zebra crossing and almost hit a pedestrian.
Overall my experience has been less than satisfactory. I do not recommend users to use this service , unless they are prepared to take the risks associated. I don't think its an unreasonable ask to fix some of these issues.
1. Bikes started remotely by accident should be able to end without taking a photo.
2.Parking time should be excluded from minutes used ( perhaps allow 2 extra minutes for each ride to find parking and send a photo )
3.The brakes on the bike really need to be tested each time an inspection occurs.
4.There should be a physical alarm on the bike tell you you are going in to a red zone . This is easily implemented considering its GPS capabilities and remote tracking.
5. There should be a button on the bike to end rides , especially if you loose your phone or battery runs out. Perhaps auto end the ride if there is no activity in a parking zone after 2 minutes.

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Love Forest. Makes my commute to work immeasurably better. App super easy to use. Love the new 40 minutes over 3.days option. Just had a friends get together for Xmas, I took them on theor first forest trip across London. It was an absolute highlight traversing Bank, Soho, Covent Garden, Waterloo, over London bridges. Keep up the good work lads. Only issue is the slidy saddle heighys on older bikes...

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