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BICYCLES FOR RENT

Looking to rent out your bicycle ?

Post up here.

For Owners looking to rent out the cycle

1. Make sure the bicycle is in good condition

2. Make sure you have lubricated the bike and have satisfied the ABC test
3. Give out some basic tools
4. Brief them about the bicycle
5. Set clear expectations on how you expect the bicycle to be taken care of
6. Any kind of damage should be taken care by the person taking the bike on rent
7. Seek a referral before renting it to a person you don’t know
8. Hand out a good lock with the bike

For folks looking to rent out the bicycle

1. Ride the bicycle and make sure you are comfortable on it

2. Point out any defects or issues with the bicycle before hand
3. Secure the bicycle when you are not around
4. Use and maintain the bicycle like its your own – use it, donot abuse it !
5. Be nice and clean it up before handing it back

Renting bicycles in Bangalore

• RockRider 5.3 XL Size on rent – 9986192804

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KHS RoadBike Size L on rent – 9986192804
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e_highlighting ; yashwanth, yashu83.m@gmail.com (400/day)
• Trek 3700 21 inch bike on rent – 9980516925
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e_highlighting ; Vivek, vivekology@gmail.com(Charge: Rs 300 per day)
• pedalsandwheels@gmail.com has a couple of bikes on rent (charges day
Rs.500, week Rs.1400, 15days Rs.2250, month Rs, 3000)
o Orbea tuareg – 18inch
o Orbea tuareg – 16inch
o Giant boulder – 19inch
o Trek 6000D – 19inch
• Merida TFS100V, 18" frame, if you need mail me with your offer
raghu_mk@yahoo.com, available on any day of week at Banashankari.
• Trek 3700 – Piyush Patel (music_piyu@yahoo.co.in / 9916260876
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e_highlighting) ( Thyagaraj Nagar, BSK 2nd stage )
• Trek 4300 – 18" frame – Ravi Ranjan Kumar
(raviranjan.kumar@gmail.com): 250/weekday, 300/weekend (Sarjapur
road)
• Trek 3700 – 18" frame – Pramod Kumar aka modi
(modi.kumar@gmail.com): 200/weekend (Jayanagar). 3 Man Tent
(600/day), GPS (400/day) / Sleeping Bag (300/day), HandyCam (1000/day)
also available for rent.
• Trek 3700 – 19.4" Frame – Sharath Raju (sharathkraju@gmail.com):
200/weekday, 300/weekend (Jayanagar 4th Block)
• Hero Octane DB2 18" Frame 21 gears -Ajay Soni (aksoni22@gmail.com) :
No Charge
• Plain vanilla Hercules Apex- no gears-Hero wire basket in front-Shimano
Battery headlight-2 m steel cable lock:
o (Removed. I have moved out of Bangalore and hence this posting is
no longer valid. Should have done this long ago. Sorry to all those
who have been mailing me)
• Specialized FSR XC Expert – 19" Frame-Full suspension – Rs 350/anyday,
Trek 4300D 18" Frame Rs 300/anyday. Contact: Pradeep
(mailcpk@gmail.com, 9886626510
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e_highlighting) close to The Forum
• Merida Sub 40D – 20" [Koramangala]
o Test rides only.
o Any day [based on availability]
o Contact – Francis on CycleOholic@gmail.com
• SK Cycle (1 no) – No Gear No Suspension cycle fitted with indicators and
horn.
Contact – Vinay Chandra – vinaypchandra@yahoo.co.in /9242133127 – Rs
50/- per day.
• Firefox Cosmic – MTB – Full suspension – JP Nagar 6th Phase – Rs.200 per
day. Contact (balajijegan at yahoo dot com.
• Hero Thunder MTB – 21 Gears, Aluminum Frame, Quick release/adjustable
Saddle Bike with Bottle Cage- Rs 150/- per day, available any day.
Contact: katwal.neera@gmail.com; 9880269645
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e_highlighting; Koramangala.
Renting bicycles in Hyderabad

• Not verified, but found on the net that Mahaveer Cycle Store rents cycles.
• Address: New 6-3-828, Ameerpet Begumpet, Hyderabad – 500016
Landmark: Near Siddartha Photo Studio. Phone: +91 40 23410228
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Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa

Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, made a $4.6 billion (32 billion rand) offer on
September 27th to acquire the South African retail chain, Massmart Holdings. If it goes
through, the acquisition will represent the American retailer's biggest acquisition in an
emerging market and the first by a global retail chain in South Africa.

The acquisition won't come cheap, though; the price offered works out to a premium of 26
times Massmart's earnings. Does that make sense? I was surprised to see Wal-Mart add
another company and country to its portfolio. Our recent, in-progress research shows that
most retailers find it tough to use global growth to boost sales and grow profits. A look at
Wal-Mart's previous efforts at global expansion provides good context for this latest foray.

First, let's look at the acquisition in the context of the growth assumptions underlying Wal-
Mart's stock price; its experience in other countries like Mexico, China, and India; and the
opportunity that Massmart represents in Africa. Wal-Mart's expected growth rate, as implied
by its 2009 valuation, was 8.5%. That requires an increase in sales of $34 billion in 2011, and
the growth of Wal-Mart's turnover from $400 billion to $600 billion in, say, five years' time.
Given the current state of the American economy, where Wal-Mart derives 75% of its sales,
international markets have to be its future source of growth.
Wal-Mart has an extensive presence in the UK through the Asda chain; significant operations
in Latin America; large operations in China and East Asia (although not in South Korea); and
it has entered India through a joint venture. There are no real opportunities in Europe,
especially after its abortive foray into Germany, and European retailers are poised to
dominate East Europe. That brings Africa into focus.

Massmart is the third-largest retailer in South Africa, operating 290 general merchandise,
electronics, and food stores and notching up sales of almost $5 billion in 2009. In addition, it
operates 24 stores in 12 other countries such as Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Nigeria, and
Ghana. These stores offer a platform on which Wal-Mart can enter attractive markets
throughout sub-Saharan Africa, whose GDP growth will exceed 5% in 2010. The Massmart
acquisition adds another 5% to Wal-Mart's international sales of $100 billion in 2009, and its
goal will be to expand in the most promising markets such as Nigeria and Ghana. A part of
this is priced into Massmart's stock price; Wal-Mart will pay only a 15% premium.

Wal-Mart's success in Africa will depend on the lessons it has learnt in other countries.
Massmart's focus on low price and efficient operations is consistent with Wal-Mart's
philosophy and to me, it looks like the opportunity Asda represented in the UK. Asda,
Britain's third-largest retailer, has notched up better-than-average performances consistently
after Wal-Mart took it over.

The lessons from Brazil and Mexico suggest that Wal-Mart should buy Massmart not only as
a platform for expansion but also for its management talent. Wal-Mart's Mexican operations
became profitable faster than those in Brazil did because it could rely on local managers, who
have deep consumer insights as well as the ability to tackle the everyday challenges of
operating a retail chain.

Given Wal-Mart's size, it can only acquire companies that make a meaningful impact on its
sales and profits, and they don't go up for sale or become available at everyday low prices. It
has to grab an opportunity whenever it presents itself and at the best possible price, and that's
what Wal-Mart has done in South Africa, thereby gaining first-mover advantage