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No blocked in a region unlikely to be targeted by the ads at least.

They started off at $50 per person on a two-seater railbike, but went up to $250 for the bike ride (so a 150% increase from $100 to $250, or 2.5x increase).

The explanation was along the lines of "it's what the experience costs, we started off low to gain some steam, but adjusted to actual price later". Their railbikes have electric assist systems too, and the rides are around 90 minutes.



Phew, in Germany those things typically cost somewhere between 35 and 80 € (so around 40 to 95 $) when the pricing is per bike, and the standard model of rail bike that's popular around here usually fits up to four people.

And in some cases the available route length is quite a bit longer than the seven or fifteen miles mentioned in that article.




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