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vélib métropole, Paris bike rental

I've used the Paris bike rental system, now called vélib métropole, very successfully in the past. However, I gather the system has been changed greatly fairly recently. Does anyone have experience with the system that is in place now? I would like to know practical things like: can you generally find bikes? Could you use your credit card successfully? Generally, did the system work for you?

Thanks for any info, Doug

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It does not work quite as well as in the past and it is more expensive, but after a very difficult start in the first year or two, it works better now and is "usable". No idea about US credit cards.