The OA links to an article about dockless bike sharing in Manchester UK [1]. Quote from the Manchester article "On launch day, the Chinese designer told me the

The OA links to an article about dockless bike sharing in Manchester UK [1]. Quote from the Manchester article "On launch day, the Chinese designer told me the bikes were basically indestructible and should last four years without maintenance. It took a matter of hours before local scallies worked out how to disable the GPS trackers and smash off the back wheel locks." Truly "the street finds its own uses for things". The kids are hacking the bikes for fun and display of prowess which is normal-ish behaviour for adolescents. These objects suddenly arrived in the world, so the local teenagers decided to explore this new and interesting crop. The OA mentions New York city authorities sending cease and desist letters to a dock-less bike sharing company in the city. I'm hardly surprised, the pavements need active management at the best of times. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/16/manchesters-bike-share-scheme-isnt-working-because-people-dont-know-how-to-share https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/16/manche...