FAQ

Registration

Register quickly and free of charge via nextbike app or on the website. Bikes can be rented via the nextbike app or via the hotline +40 755 217 214.

To activate your customer account, you need to deposit a credit of 1 €. This is for verification purposes of your means of payment only. You can transfer the deposit, pay via PayPal or debit it from your credit card and use it later as starting credit.

After successful debiting via credit card or verified Paypal account, your customer account will be activated immediately. If you make a bank transfer, your account will be activated after two to four days, depending on the bank.

To verify your payment method and to activate your account, your bank account will be debited with 1 €. However, this is not a registration fee, but can be used as your starting credit. This 1 Euro will also be deducted when you change your means of payment, in order to verify the new means of payment as well.

Customer account

You can easily change your phone number in your customer account on our website. Log in, click on "User Settings" and enter your new mobile phone number. Click on "Save changes". This function is not available in the app. Per customer account only one mobile phone number can be used.

You can easily cancel your account in your customer account via the website. Log in and click on "Close account". Any remaining credit on your customer account that has not yet been used will be refunded automatically. There is no proportional refund if the annual rate is cancelled.

Alternatively you can send us your cancellation by e-mail to tbike@nextbike.ro. 

To process your cancellation by e-mail or post, we need your name and the phone number that is linked to your customer account.

If you have specified a credit card as the payment method, the fees for your trips will usually be debited 24 hours after your rental.

With the direct debit payment method, we debit the open fees monthly from your bank account.

You can view your rental history and direct debit invoices in your customer account at any time. Log in via the website. With SEPA direct debit, the invoice can be downloaded after the end of each month.

If your account goes into the red because open amounts cannot be debited, your account will be temporarily deactivated until the open amount has been paid. Please check if you have deposited a valid means of payment (e.g. if the validity of your deposited credit card has expired). If we cannot debit your account with EU Direct Debit, we will charge a service fee of 5 Lei.

Generally speaking you can contact our customer service via tbike@nextbike.ro or +40 755 217 214.

There is no charge for calling nextbike customer service at +40 755 217 214. Our call center is located in Leipzig (Germany). Nevertheless, you will only be charged the usual connection fees to the domestic landline network.

Please contact our customer service by phone or email to have incorrect charges corrected. Please provide us with all necessary information about the rental / rate / customer account in order to understand the issue.

The nextbike customer service for City Bike Campia Turzii can be reached at tbike@nextbike.ro or +40 755 217 214.

Probably open sums could not be debited from your bank account or there is no means of payment deposited. Please check this in your customer account and contact customer service if in doubt.

Your PayPal account is probably not verified. For more information please visit PayPal.

Invoices are available for SEPA direct debit only. You can download your invoices after the end of the respective month in your customer account via the website under "Account status".

Rent, park and return

The bikes may only be returned to official stations. You can easily see where the next station is located on the location map in your nextbike app. 

Push the bike into a bike stand at an official station and close the lock. The bike will be returned automatically.

Check via the app whether the return was successful and inform customer service if this is not the case.

Yes. Bikes can alternatively be rented and returned via the hotline +40 755 217 214.  

Yes, you can. Activate the parking mode in the app and then close the lock (note: if you close the lock before the parking mode is activated, the bike will be returned immediately). To continue cycling, exit the parking mode in the app and the lock will open automatically. Therefore, never exit the parking mode remotely.

The maximum payload of our bikes is 108 kg, of which a maximum of 10 kg may be transported in the basket.

 

All stations have bike racks and station signs. In addition, the stations are marked with large markers on the map in the app or on the website (the small markers indicate individual bikes). 

If all the bike racks at a station are occupied, you can simply park your bike right next to the station and return it there. The bike must be locked with the lock as usual.

If you leave your bike off the official station without permission, you will be charged a service fee of at least 100 Lei. 

Please report the failed return promptly to our customer service via app feedback, or the hotline at +40 755 217 214 and have the bike number, the return location and the actual use time ready. Our customer service will end the rental for you and adjust the rental fees accordingly.

With your nextbike account you can use almost all nextbike affiliated bike sharing systems worldwide. However, for some systems a second registration in the respective system is necessary. This applies to the MVG-Rad Munich, VAG_Rad Nuremberg, Mol Bubi Budapest / Hungary, Sitycleta / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Bilbaobizi in Bilbao / Spain. In some systems, bikes can be rented without re-registration, but only via the local app. This applies to Veturilo Warsaw / Poland, among others.

You can rent up to four bikes at a time using one customer account. Booked tariffs and special conditions usually only apply to the first bike. In exceptional cases we offer you the possibility to rent up to seven bikes at the same time, please contact our customer service.

Defects can easily be reported to our customer service via the feedback function of the app, hotline or e-mail. Please check the bike for obvious defects before starting your journey or before renting it and inform us of any damage so that the bikes can be locked and repaired as quickly as possible. If you went off with a bike and only then notice a defect, end your ride and call our service. Only then can we cancel the ride and register the bike for repair.

Unfortunately, we cannot refund any fees if you have continued using the bike despite obvious defects.

First check whether a spoke is blocking the lock by turning the rear wheel slightly. Then open it again via the app.

If the frame lock does not open even after another attempt to open it via the app, our system automatically detects this after three minutes and cancels the rental. No costs will apply. Please check the cancellation in your app and contact our customer service if it is still active after three minutes.

Please inform our customer service immediately by phone or via the support function in the app and tell them the bike number, your usage time and the location of the bike. Our customer service will end the rental for you and take care of the unlocked bike. 

Tariffs and conditions

The cancellation can be done via app or by email to tbike@nextbike.ro. To process your cancellation by email, we need your name and the phone number that is linked to your customer account.