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06-03-2018, 07:19 PM
How bike-share companies protect their fleet against vandalism, abuse
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It can be tough out there as a bicycle in a bike-share fleet, endlessly unlocked via an app, pedaled around **and then left behind before the whole process repeats itself.
The companies behind the growing trend of bike-sharing optimize the vehicles for high frequency use — but on top of that, the bikes need even more protection from vandals.
SEE ALSO: Bike-sharing has blown up in the past year, but cities are wary after the mess in China (https://mashable.com/2018/05/18/bike-to-work-dockless-bike-share/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The shared bikes get used a lot more than your average bicycle, so durability is an issue on top of any tampering. Bike-share company Ofo has logged more than 32 million rides globally. Jump bikes, the red e-bike-share Uber recently acquired (https://mashable.com/2018/04/09/uber-jump-bikes-acquisition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), have about six trips every day per bicycle in San Francisco. The average bike trip is just over a half mile.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/06/03/bike-share-ofo-jump-lime-pace-design/)
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It can be tough out there as a bicycle in a bike-share fleet, endlessly unlocked via an app, pedaled around **and then left behind before the whole process repeats itself.
The companies behind the growing trend of bike-sharing optimize the vehicles for high frequency use — but on top of that, the bikes need even more protection from vandals.
SEE ALSO: Bike-sharing has blown up in the past year, but cities are wary after the mess in China (https://mashable.com/2018/05/18/bike-to-work-dockless-bike-share/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The shared bikes get used a lot more than your average bicycle, so durability is an issue on top of any tampering. Bike-share company Ofo has logged more than 32 million rides globally. Jump bikes, the red e-bike-share Uber recently acquired (https://mashable.com/2018/04/09/uber-jump-bikes-acquisition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), have about six trips every day per bicycle in San Francisco. The average bike trip is just over a half mile.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/06/03/bike-share-ofo-jump-lime-pace-design/)
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