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Sunday, May 06, 2018

More Abuse To The SBY Orange Bikes



When it’s not yours and there are no consequences for taking poor care of something this is what you get.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's free money just raise taxes to cover it

Anonymous said...

That's not abuse. They are dockless, meaning they can be left any place.

LimeBike, Mobike, Ofo and Spin have dockless bike share operations in Washington DC area.

SBJ

Anonymous said...

Did you see that some of the ones downtown, have their back lights broken? I get it will happen from time to time, but damn already???

And these locking things can easily be cut off and the bike stolen...

Rebel Without a Clue said...

There's been one sitting by the store on N. Salisbury Blvd. by the RR Tracks for two weeks now.

Anonymous said...

Joe, who is being paid to repair them?

Anonymous said...

8:21
I'm sure they have kick stands on them and I'm also pretty sure the schools have a bike rack. To just throw them on the ground is abuse. They don't care because it is not theirs. Just another freebie for the leeches.

Sand Box John said...

@ 9:25 AM

Spin repairs them at either their facility or at a contracted facility. They may be transporting them to Washington DC for servicing where they have a much larger operation.

SBJ

Anonymous said...

I saw one by the dumpster in the Walmart parking lot. My question is... who keeps track of them and retrieves them from random places where they get dumped to relocate them to more useful places??? Otherwise, they become one-use only disposable bikes!

Anonymous said...

May 4, 2018 at 8:21 AM - Ever hear of a kickstand???

bayman said...

Don't rent to whoever did this, anymore.

Anonymous said...

Dockless means you throw them on the ground? They have kick stands. That’s not how I take care of my bike.

Anonymous said...

They have GPS locking devices on them... but can be cut off and bikes can be stolen...

Anonymous said...

SBJ ...Salisbury Jake? Who else would defend such nonsense?

Anonymous said...

Bayman,
Great advice for the owners of the bikes.
I assume that is to whom you addressed your comment?

Anonymous said...

Their indestructible see them all over town.

Anonymous said...

@ 5:31 PM

I'm not defending, I'm simply explaining how the business model is set up.

I see no logic in having a bike share program in a community with demographics like Salisbury.

Bike share programs are all the rage in government dependent, granola crunching, liberal enclaves.

SBJ

Anonymous said...

Don't you have to pay for this rental somehow? Can it be tracked who rentedvtatr bike?

Anonymous said...

go read the latest city council packet. they are closing streets permanently on rt.13 so they can finish the bike path from SU to EVO along the railroad tracks