Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore

Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by bdamm on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @04:17PM (#16277613)

I loved riding OBikes around Singapore when I was there for a week last year. They seemed to cluster in surprisingly useful places. However, the difficulty they are having with maintaining the fleet quickly became clear as I'd wander down the street to test bike after bike to find one that had working pedals, seat, and handlebars.

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Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by ccozan on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @04:23PM (#16277669)

I had recently a really bad experience with a Deutsche Bahn bike in Munich. I needed a quick ride and I took really the first one. After 100m the bike almost desintegrated and to my luck, I ended up on the sidewalk and not on the adjacent street ( running with cars at full speed - heh, Mittlere Ring! ). Result: Shoulder injury, 3 weeks of spitalization. Nothing to do, since the TOS requires that you check the bike and report it if broken.

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Re:Uber Bike – A New Way to Commute or Explore by rorykoehler on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:36PM (#16279108)

That's more a reflection on the terrible quality of Obikes bicycles. Mobike and Ofo, while not perfect, have way fewer issues in that regard. So much so that I stopped using Obike altogether.

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