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In Australia, oBikes were often thrown in to trees and rivers. They've left Melbourne. [0] [0] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-12/obike-dockless-bicycle-sch

by plasma 8y ago

In Australia, oBikes were often thrown in to trees and rivers. They've left Melbourne. [0] [0] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-12/obike-dockless-bicycle-scheme-to-leave-melbourne/9860314 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-12/obike-dockless-bicycle...

chrisper 8y ago
oBike was also troublesome here in Switzerland. People just left them left and right wherever they pleased.
- Cthulhu_ 8y ago
  That's kind of the idea I guess, find a bike and you can ride it. But that's too socialist, no money to be made in that, and a lot of trashed bikes everywhere.
  - Arnt 8y ago
    I can tell you haven't tried, because otherwise you'd mention the €79 deposit and that they felt like riding a home trainer. I think it was a scam. The idea was to take people's deposits and then declare bankruptcy.
    - Tepix 8y ago
      €79 deposit for a €69 bike (according to c't magazine)
  - MichaelApproved 8y ago
    Socialism is defined as "a range of economic and social systems characterized by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them." What does "ownership and democratic control of the means of production" have to do with littering bikes on the sidewalk?
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the_mitsuhiko 8y ago
Our building in Vienna Austria became a dump for those bikes. They keep putting there on our bike stands but the bikes there are so broken that nobody uses them.
- vesinisa 8y ago
  We have a bike sharing system in my city, but one must always return the bike to an automated bike rental station where the bike is locked. This is how it works in London as well AFAIK. A bike left just somewhere is a violation of the service terms and a penalty comparable to the fine for riding public transport without a ticket is charged from your credit card. I can understand why bike rental system without proper stations where the bikes are stored would be considered corporate littering.
  - the_mitsuhiko 8y ago
    Vienna has docked bikes as well but almost entitely in the inner districts.
- Tepix 8y ago
  They have very cheap brakes that are designed in a way so that they are always slightly braking. Which is terrible, obviously.

by plasma 8y ago

chrisper 8y ago

oBike was also troublesome here in Switzerland. People just left them left and right wherever they pleased.

Cthulhu_ 8y ago
That's kind of the idea I guess, find a bike and you can ride it. But that's too socialist, no money to be made in that, and a lot of trashed bikes everywhere.
- Arnt 8y ago
  I can tell you haven't tried, because otherwise you'd mention the €79 deposit and that they felt like riding a home trainer. I think it was a scam. The idea was to take people's deposits and then declare bankruptcy.
  - Tepix 8y ago
    €79 deposit for a €69 bike (according to c't magazine)
- MichaelApproved 8y ago
  Socialism is defined as "a range of economic and social systems characterized by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them." What does "ownership and democratic control of the means of production" have to do with littering bikes on the sidewalk?

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the_mitsuhiko 8y ago

Our building in Vienna Austria became a dump for those bikes. They keep putting there on our bike stands but the bikes there are so broken that nobody uses them.

vesinisa 8y ago
We have a bike sharing system in my city, but one must always return the bike to an automated bike rental station where the bike is locked. This is how it works in London as well AFAIK. A bike left just somewhere is a violation of the service terms and a penalty comparable to the fine for riding public transport without a ticket is charged from your credit card. I can understand why bike rental system without proper stations where the bikes are stored would be considered corporate littering.
- the_mitsuhiko 8y ago
  Vienna has docked bikes as well but almost entitely in the inner districts.
Tepix 8y ago
They have very cheap brakes that are designed in a way so that they are always slightly braking. Which is terrible, obviously.