Users will also receive a cycle map of central Auckland and the attractions they can visit. The bikes will be for fair weather use as they will not have mudguards.
But Auckland Transport has yet to decide how to fill a gap left by the withdrawal from the streets nine months ago of the Next Bike hire scheme, which gave up to 30 minutes of free riding between a variety of locations.
Next Bike director Julian Hulls said his 170 bikes, with their remotely controlled unlocking devices, remained in storage, and the transport organisation had yet to conduct a feasibility study requested by the Auckland Council and the Waitemata Local Board.
He said his company - which hired bikes for $4 an hour after the first 30 minutes, up to a maximum of $16 a day - missed out on a tender for the World Cup tourism scheme on cost grounds even though he believed his machines would have won on quality criteria.
Auckland Transport spokeswoman Sharon Hunter said the tender process was based on which operator could provide the best value for money.
