WalkleyIan   10 #673 Posted July 25, 2018 Metal theft across Sheffield has fallen dramatically over the past five years  Read more at: https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/metal-theft-hot-spots-in-sheffield-revealed-1-9235892 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Top Cats Hat   10 #674 Posted July 25, 2018  Metal theft across Sheffield has fallen dramatically over the past five years   Which coincidentally is when the 2013 Scrap Metal Dealers Act which tightened up regulation of the industry.  Also you would have to be a really, really stupid scrap dealer to take a load of bright yellow bikes which are not only easily recognisable by the police but also by most honest citizens who visit their local scrappy's. And as not one OFO bike is privately owned, the dealer could not use as a defence that they had been shown evidence that the person they bought them from were lawfully allowed to do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
paula4sheff   10 #675 Posted July 25, 2018 Which coincidentally is when the 2013 Scrap Metal Dealers Act which tightened up regulation of the industry. Also you would have to be a really, really stupid scrap dealer to take a load of bright yellow bikes which are not only easily recognisable by the police but also by most honest citizens who visit their local scrappy's. And as not one OFO bike is privately owned, the dealer could not use as a defence that they had been shown evidence that the person they bought them from were lawfully allowed to do that.  I'm not sure I believe the 'flatbed trucks picking up loads of bikes' angle myself. As you say, it seems fairly implausible that many scrap dealers would want such evidence.  I wonder if there is a lot more to the OFO story than us mere mortals are aware of, behind the scenes..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
WalkleyIan   10 #676 Posted July 25, 2018 cycling back from the AMRC last night I saw two "modified" OFOs still in use around Price of Wales road Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #677 Posted July 25, 2018 I'm not sure I believe the 'flatbed trucks picking up loads of bikes' angle myself. As you say, it seems fairly implausible that many scrap dealers would want such evidence.  I wonder if there is a lot more to the OFO story than us mere mortals are aware of, behind the scenes.....  They are pulling out of many cities all over the world... Presumably to consolidate in locations where they're making profit (or more profit). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Weredoomed   10 #678 Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) Anyone want a few bikes? The Chinese have a few spare.  https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversupply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/  I guess all those "Look at me, I'm so green, I'm saving the planet", lycra-clad bike divvys aren't going to be saving the planet after all. Oh dear, what a shame, never mind.  Looks like Sheffield got off lightly. Edited August 10, 2018 by Weredoomed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
katkin   10 #679 Posted August 10, 2018 the BBC did a video report of this a while back. its shocking the amount of sheer waste that went into the creation of these bikes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bargepole23   337 #680 Posted August 10, 2018 Anyone want a few bikes? The Chinese have a few spare. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversupply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/  I guess all those "Look at me, I'm so green, I'm saving the planet", lycra-clad bike divvys aren't going to be saving the planet after all. Oh dear, what a shame, never mind.  Looks like Sheffield got off lightly.  I don't think many OFO riders bothered to wear lycra, I think you've managed to miss the mark entirely with your childish jibes.  Maybe come back when you've grown up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dalek Boy   10 #681 Posted August 12, 2018 Saw one being ridden in Denaby Main today, without it's locking mechanism. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bean55788   10 #682 Posted August 12, 2018 Apologies if this has already been posted but Ofo is a bit of a shady company in regards of accepting that they have overstretched in their expansion and blaming vandalism for the withdraw of schemes.  The below is a good read to anyone interested  https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ofo-bike-share-leaving-sheffield-norwich-leeds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Martin C Â Â 82 #683 Posted August 22, 2018 It's not just Sheffield where the lowlife spoil it for everyone else then:- Â https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/22/bike-sharing-scheme-mobike-threatens-to-pull-out-of-manchester?CMP=twt_gu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   214 #684 Posted August 23, 2018 Nearby Liverpool doesn't have half as many problems with the long running and more secure Citybike scheme:  https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/citybike-station-620x390.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...