bike rio's bright orange bicycles are immediately recognizable around the city and have proved to be a great success  with locals and visitors alike - some individuals have nicknamed the bikes 'laranjinhas'  (small oranges) as an enduring way to identify these popular forms of transportation.

locals and visitors alike can rent bike rio's bicycles by signing up on the application, via a local telephone number, and paying a monthly fee of 10 reais - the monthly fee allows individuals the ability to rent a bicycle several times in a day, as long as they keep each usage to less than one hour - if individuals keep their bicycle longer than one hour, in a given period, they will be charged an additional daily fee.

the minimum waiting period between returning a bicycle and picking up another one, without being charged, is fifteen minutes - these system has proved to be extremely popular across the city due to its reliability and affordability.