Velobike (Russian: Велобайк) is a bicycle-sharing system run by the city of Moscow, Russia.

The system was opened in 2013. In 2015 the 1st generation of the system was fully replaced by the Smoove-based solution using B’TWIN bicycles.^[1][2]

In 2016, e-bikes were added to the service.^[3] In 2018 e-bikes were replaced by a fleet of pedelecs.^[4]

In 2018 there were 430 parking stations in the system with 4,300 bicycles. The system had 424,736 users registered and 425 million trips annually.^[3]

A user has to pay by a payment card (Visa, Mastercard, Mir) for a subscription to the system either at the web site, mobile app or the Velobike's station terminal (where available). Access to a bicycle is arranged by account number (user ID) / PIN pair. A Troika transport card can also be used instead of the account number.^[6][7]

The system has been sponsored by a number of Russian banks. First, by the Bank of Moscow, then by the Sberbank of Russia and later on by the VTB Bank. The capital costs are covered by a sponsor while operating costs are covered by the city.^[8]

User can buy subscription on day/week/month or seasonal plans to unlock savings on rides lasting one hour or less. There is an additional charge for time over the limit.^[9]

• Outline of cycling
• Short term hire schemes