The problem with the bike and scooter rental businesses is they're unable to offload the maintenance burden to someone else like the car business. Uber thought

The problem with the bike and scooter rental businesses is they're unable to offload the maintenance burden to someone else like the car business. Uber thought it was a good transportation business. It was wrong. It's a good market maker, and a good middle-man. Ebay? Middle-man. All retailers? Middle-man. Pay Pal? Middle-man. Find out how to be the middle-man.