About us

” Our vision is cities where it is good to live, walk and ride a bike comfortably and safely.”

How did we get started?

Nextbike Czech Republic was founded in 2018 by Lukáš Luňák and Tomáš Karpov, best friends and long-time hockey teammates. Lukáš grew up in a family of bicycle manufacturers, so he was close to cycling from a young age. When he was finishing his sporting career and starting to return to his roots in the family business, he was attracted to a German buyer of bikes made in Hořice v Podkrkonoší – nextbike 💙

The guys knew bikesharing from their travels and wondered why shared bikes are exported from Hořice to 25 countries in Europe and not to the Czech Republic. They believed that Czechs have a relationship with movement and they like shared bikes.

So they took off – in 2018 they bought the nextbike license and started going around the first town halls with arguments for supporting shared mobility.

The first opening broke out in Lukáš’s home region, Prostějov, in 2019. That year, Havířov and Ostrava boldly and successfully joined in.

In 2020, the guys were joined by a third close friend, Dan Rambousek to help spread the vision of micromobility. That year, the nextbike took off and rolled into 14 more cities.

In this group they gradually managed to take the position of the largest Czech bikesharing, which counts more than 40 cities, 7 500 city bikes and e-bikes. Nextbikers have already saved over 2 000 tons of CO2 in the air with their rides, which absorb for example 18 000 trees a year.

Over 470,000 people have already downloaded the nextbike app in the Czech Republic, and that’s how many people can influence the shape of urban transport! 🚲

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Fastest transport within 3 km
Get around town healthily and gently
Easy bike rental and return through the app in 2 seconds
Touchless bike unlocking thanks to electronic lock
3 or 8-speed city bikes for the ultimate comfortable ride
Rent a bike even in the outskirts of cities
With one app you can ride in all 25 cities in the Czech Republic and all over Europe
In most cities the first 15 minutes of each ride are free