MONTREAL With the improving weather comes the promise of the return of Bixis to Montreal roads, but some people aren t happy that renting one of the bikes will come with an increase in price this year. While the electric variety of the bike used to cost $1 per ride, users will now be charged $0.25 per minute. Bixi e-bikes were used 60 per cent more than regular bikes in 2020. Julian Couasnon lives near the St-Denis bike path and is a regular e-bike user. He s started a petition against the new pricing scheme. “This price system is a discriminatory practice, it s something that is really unjust and they should reverse this decision,” he said.