OBike Refund in Singapore, Australia, and Malaysia

Re:OBike Refund in Singapore, Australia, and Malaysia by Cthulhu_ on Monday July 02, 2018 @07:05AM (#17440677)

S$49 is I guess not that big a loss for a bicycle, buying one yourself is probably more expensive.

What happens to the bikes then? I can imagine they're being stored left and right now.

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Re:OBike Refund in Singapore, Australia, and Malaysia by johannes1234321 on Monday July 02, 2018 @07:42AM (#17440843)

I haven't tried oBike as I am already customer of two other bike rental schemes in my town (Munich) but from what I see when looking at those and from reports they are really bad in quality and comfort.

As an example here a (German) video comparing oBike and a "normal" bike rolling down a small hill: https://youtu.be/9bTnwJc5gzc

There are probably better ways to spend those bucks.

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Re:OBike Refund in Singapore, Australia, and Malaysia by Tepix on Monday July 02, 2018 @07:35AM (#17440810)

S$49 is around 30€.

German c't magazine did a review of various rental bikes in Germany and found OBike to be the worst by far. They also got their hands on an offer for their bikes. Apparently these bikes cost 69€ (S$112) if you buy 1000 of them.

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Re:OBike Refund in Singapore, Australia, and Malaysia by mhueni on Monday July 02, 2018 @07:32AM (#17440799)

Here's an idea - "upcycling"

https://mobile.twitter.com/tamberg/status/101308570823448576...

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