Some research info on OFO:
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/china-shanghai-bikes/index.html
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"Public Bike Hire Scheme"
(102 posts)- Started 9 years ago by chdot
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Posted 6 years ago #
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Gobee giving up on Bruxelles , Paris and all French cities. Seems that the youtz have decided to destroy the bikes for kicks.
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Rode a MoBike for the first time this evening in Newcastle . Not really impressed. It was all a bit cramped and tough. Hardly an easy ride. I was hungry though and riding to food so maybe that ruined it.
Seat only adjusts about 3 inches. The drive shaft thing is weird feeling.
Riding it like a BMX seemed to be the most comfortable way. Maybe better for smaller people than I. Loved how easy it was to grab and go though!
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Is there a way with these schemes to reserve the bike for a period of time rather than until you lock it? I suppose what I mean to say is can you lock it without ending your hire? I'm wondering about nipping into a shop, coming out and finding 'your' bike rented and removed. Or going on a trip to, say, Cramond from town, stopping for a comfort break and discovering you now need a bus.
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I guess there would be nothing stopping you from taking your own cable lock for the odd interim stopping… but that would hardly be conducive for spontaneous cycling.
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Boris bikes (/santander cycles, both names are annoying) have a little manual lock for that if I remember correctly. Mobikes aren't brilliant, although they feel like a pinarello in comparison to oBikes (the app is much better too) The lack of gears on Mobikes mean they're not suitable here anyway. I'm very curious what the Ofo ones are like I haven't tried those yet.
But if the cycling infrastructure is good then the slowness isn't such a big issue. Although rush hour on main Newcastle roads on a Mobike made me really want my own bike.
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Rode a MoBike in the snow along the river to my office this morning as I thought - well I'll give them another go. The low seat just killed it for me. Felt so uncomfortable and the drivetrain (it's a drive shaft right?) just felt like it was super inefficient. Also the tyres are so thin that it was a bit squirrelly to stand up. Not ideal. I think that they need to reethink the seat height thing. I'm not THAT tall. I can't imagine the seat height being appropriate for anyone over about 5'6'' or so.
Posted 6 years ago # -
"I can't imagine the seat height being appropriate for anyone over about 5'6'' or so."
At last! Something custom designed for my needs.
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The average British man is neither tall nor short compared to those in other European countries. Surveys show that the average height of an adult male in the UK is 5ft 10in (177.8cm).
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https://www.onaverage.co.uk/body-averages/average-male-height
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To be fair, the a average British person will be closer to 5'6". Seems like a daft business decision to exclude a large proportion of the population, though.
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Think a variation has already been mentioned on CCE.
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But they have apparently more than halved urban car journeys. https://www.thegef.org/blog/bike-sharing-data-and-cities-lessons-china%E2%80%99s-experience
My lack of chinese makes validating those numbers impossible. But there's a reason the Chinese Government keeps allowing/ encouraging them.
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