Use the app to find a nearby docking station with bikes, and get another bike release code to use there.
Each bike release code is valid for 10 minutes at your chosen docking station.
The official Santander Cycles app from Transport for London is the only app to send bike release codes straight to your smartphone.
So you can skip past the docking station terminal and get on your bike quicker.
Follow the instructions to get your bike release code.
If there are no bikes available at the docking station, don’t worry.
Simply register with your bank card, and use the app to ‘Hire now’ from a nearby docking station.
Santander Cycles is the self-service, bike-sharing scheme for short journeys in inner London.
You won’t be charged until you use the release code.
You must be 18 or over to hire a bike, and 14 or over to ride one.
Please note the app doesn’t reserve bikes.