The homeless and ride-share bikes

[CG2014]

I saw a yellow one yesterday at the supermarket shopping center but it looked out of place.

It wasn't right in front of the supermarket entrance, it was toward the side and end of the parking lot, on the grass, under a tree.

[The_Waco_Kid]

Originally Posted by 200K

I also work in the mockingbird area. Lots of streetwalkers and their security people riding those bikes up n down mockingbird. I've even seen a large pile of the bikes at a bus stop on Irving Blvd. I have ridden my own bike to that QT Store, sure glad I have a good lock!

wonderful area to work yeah? not. it's by far the worst of any office space i'd had to use.
of course it's the closest to downtown Dallas i've ever had to go to. makes you wonder what downtown Dallas is like?

Mockingbird Lane is an interesting dichotomy isn't it? like Royal Ave. there are areas that are industrial/commercial, then there are areas where the houses are as exclusive as it gets in Dallas. places where you couldn't touch a house unless you have 7 figures to shell out.

[HoustonRiley]

I've been wondering why there are random yellow bikes around Dallas

[CG2014]

Originally Posted by HoustonRiley

I've been wondering why there are random yellow bikes around Dallas

also green and white ones and orange ones.

It's like 5 different bike companies in Dallas right now, 3 of them are the big players.

[DFWClubgoer]

Now they are bringing in electric ��. Can’t wait to see a slow speed police chase on the things.

[CG2014]

Originally Posted by Dfwclubgoer2

Now they are bringing in electric ��. Can’t wait to see a slow speed police chase on the things.

Like this?

[CG2014]

Here's an article about the electric bikes/scooters:

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...-coming-dallas

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I wonder how much money do these bikes companies have allocated or what kind of insurance do they have to cover losses and damages to their bikes?

Like the ones in these photos:

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/c...carnage-dallas

[TexTushHog]

Why would they insure the bicycles? Insurance is for people to guard against catastrophic loss. These companies are overcapitalized, if anything. These are literally multi hundred million dollar companies. Billion dollar companies if the have Chinese operations. Is that valuation ridiculous? Perhaps. I’m not familiar with their financials and they are guarded very closely. But folks at one time thought Amazon, Google, Facebook, Airbnb, and Uber had ridiculous valuations, too. Network effects definitely alter the value of companies. I don’t profess to fully understand why, but I believe the effect if real.

[CG2014]

Here comes the electric scooters.

15 mph!

I got to get me one!

https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/...oters-10863278

[dallasfan]

These guys just throw stuff out there or have they thought through everything?

Battery problem? You ride it and all of the sudden you lose power and have to ditch the scooter.
Liability issue? Someone cracks their skull. Who is responsible. How do they do the waiver thing?

[CG2014]

I think most of these bike shares companies are owned by different companies in China.

You know... made in China...

a sure sign of quality and reliability and safety.

[dallasfan]

Pretty much everything now is made in China now.

[billw1032]

Originally Posted by dallasfan

These guys just throw stuff out there or have they thought through everything?

Battery problem? You ride it and all of the sudden you lose power and have to ditch the scooter.
Liability issue? Someone cracks their skull. Who is responsible. How do they do the waiver thing?

Well, I took a look at limebike.com just to pick one. They're in 67 US cities and a few in Europe. The company started in Seattle (imagine that). Took a look at forbes.com and search limebike, there are a bunch of articles about this trend, and found the company was valued at $225 million as of last October. So yeah, I'd say they've given this thing some thought.

**EDIT** Everyone might want to take a look at their User Agreement. It's about a mile long, of course, and some provisions may be a little scary as far as what you may be liable for.

Originally Posted by CG2014

I think most of these bike shares companies are owned by different companies in China.

You know... made in China...

a sure sign of quality and reliability and safety.

Hey, don't knock it unless you've been there recently. The Chinese know how to move people around in large numbers. The train and subway systems are superb with top-notch equipment. The airlines I've been on are at least as good as American, and Hainan Airlines is a 5* airline. The airports are great with a lot of new terminals (except that Shanghai Pudong needs more gates to handle the traffic). Customer service is generally superb on airlines, in hotels, and in stores. AND they know how to make this bike sharing thing work. Sure, you can still buy cheap junk there, but from my observations "made in China" doesn't mean what it used to.

[CG2014]

Originally Posted by dallasfan

Pretty much everything now is made in China now.

Except the girls on here.

[CG2014]

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...las-bike-share