# Lime Referral Code > The widest UK coverage of any ride referral — £4 each side across London and a growing list of cities, on a generous 60-day window. Smaller than Forest, but usable in far more places. - TopScore: 6.9/10 (Solid) - Sector: E-Bikes, Scooters & Mobility - Reward (new joiner): £4 ride credit each side - Code: `RRZ2ZIZTGZA` - Referral link: https://lime.bike/referral_signin/RRZ2ZIZTGZA - Qualifying action: Create a new Lime account via the link and complete one paid ride within 60 days - Time to qualify: The new rider's first paid ride (no minimum duration) - Last checked: 2026-06-21 (June 2026) - Page: https://topreferrals.co.uk/offers/lime Use the Lime referral link for a £4 single-ride coupon each side once a new rider completes one paid Lime ride within 60 days. Lime e-bikes and e-scooters run across London plus Greater Manchester, Oxford, Nottingham, Milton Keynes and (from April 2026) seven West Midlands cities. The £4 coupon auto-applies to one ride — under £4 it's free, over £4 you pay the difference — and unused value is forfeited. London pricing is about £1 unlock plus 31p a minute. ## Rewards - New joiner: £4 — Single-ride coupon auto-applied to the first ride; unused value forfeited; expires 60 days after sign-up - Referrer: £4 — Single-ride coupon after the new rider's first paid ride; expires 60 days; cap 40 paid referrals per existing rider ## How it works 1. Join Lime through the link — code RRZ2ZIZTGZA attaches automatically. 2. Install the Lime app and create a new account. 3. A £4 coupon lands under Wallet → Promos and auto-applies to your first ride. 4. Unlock a Lime e-bike or e-scooter and take your first paid ride; under £4 is free, over £4 you pay the difference. 5. The friend who invited you earns a £4 coupon once your first paid ride completes. Both expire 60 days after sign-up. ## Eligibility New Lime accounts only. To ride a rental e-scooter you must be 18+ with a provisional UK driving licence (category Q); e-bikes follow standard UK pedal-cycle rules. The £4 coupon applies to one ride and expires 60 days after sign-up. ## FAQ **Is the Lime referral active in 2026?** Yes — £4 to each side once a new rider completes one paid ride within 60 days. The coupon lands under Wallet → Promos and applies automatically; we re-check the link daily. **Where can I use a Lime?** London plus Greater Manchester, Oxford, Nottingham and Milton Keynes, with seven West Midlands cities (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton) added from 1 April 2026 — the broadest UK coverage of any operator on our table. **Does the £4 cover the whole ride?** Yes for a short trip: the coupon covers the full ride including the unlock fee, so a ride costing under £4 is free. If the ride is over £4 you pay the difference, and any unused value does not carry over to a second ride. **Do I need a licence?** For a Lime e-bike, no — it is an Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle (14+, no licence, no helmet legally required). For a rental e-scooter you must be 18+ with a provisional UK driving licence (category Q), as scooters run only under the DfT trial, which is extended to May 2028. **How long does the coupon last?** Sixty days from sign-up. It is one coupon per account, one per ride, and non-transferable. **Is there a cap for the referrer?** Yes — up to 40 paid referrals per existing rider, per Lime's Help Centre. Beyond that the referrer coupons stop. ## Full review Lime's referral is smaller than Forest's, but it wins on the thing that often matters more: **reach.** £4 each side is modest, yet Lime runs e-bikes and e-scooters in **more UK cities than any other operator on our leaderboard**, on a generous 60-day window — so for most riders outside central London, it is the offer that actually works where they live. ## What you get, and the one-ride rule The new rider gets a **£4 single-ride coupon** that lands under **Wallet → Promos** and auto-applies to the first ride; the referrer gets a matching **£4 coupon** once that first paid ride completes. The mechanic to understand is **one coupon, one ride:** if your ride costs **under £4 it's free** (including the unlock fee), but if it costs more you pay the difference, and **any unused value is forfeited** — it does not roll over to a second trip. So the way to extract full value is a single ride that lands near the £4 mark. Both coupons expire **60 days** after sign-up — much more breathing room than Forest's seven days — and the qualifying ride has **no minimum duration.** ## Where Lime operates This is Lime's trump card. It covers **London, Greater Manchester, Oxford, Nottingham and Milton Keynes,** and from **1 April 2026** added seven **West Midlands** cities — Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton — under a five-year Transport for West Midlands contract. Lime is the largest shared-mobility operator in the world by ridership, and that scale shows up as the broadest UK footprint here. ## E-bike versus e-scooter: the licence difference The rule that catches people out: a **Lime e-bike** is an Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle, so there is **no licence requirement** (14+, no helmet legally required). A **rental e-scooter** is different — you must be **18+ with a provisional UK driving licence (category Q),** because scooters operate only under the Department for Transport's rental trial (extended to May 2028). Privately owned e-scooters remain illegal on public roads and pavements; only the rental trial fleets are legal to ride. ## Pricing context For reference, London pricing in early 2026 is around **£1 to unlock plus 31p a minute** pay-as-you-go, with LimePass bundles bringing the effective rate down to roughly 9–13p a minute and a LimePrime subscription offering cheaper short rides. Against that, a £4 coupon is roughly **9–10 minutes** of peak London riding — useful, and free for a short hop. ## What we checked We verify this against **Lime's own Help Centre,** which documents the £4 figure, the 60-day expiry, the 40-referral cap and the one-coupon-per-ride mechanic, re-checking monthly with a daily link test. We keep the pricing context current because it is exactly the sort of figure that drifts when a city's rate changes.