{"id":143196,"date":"2016-10-14T12:17:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T12:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=143196"},"modified":"2016-10-14T12:17:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T12:17:45","slug":"mobike-shanghai-1-euro-5-hour-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/10\/14\/mobike-shanghai-1-euro-5-hour-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobike in Shanghai \u2013 1 Euro for a 5 Hour Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An ex-Uber employee has started up a bike hire company that\u2019s been turning heads for a number of reasons.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>She\u2019s got the look<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>First of all, hire bikes have a history of being ugly and heavy, but Mobike is neither. The tiny orange wheels bring out the inner child in me, and remind me of my beloved childhood BMX. The statement frame ditches the right stay and fork making it something of a head turner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143202\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/10\/2016050312582442.jpg\" alt=\"2016050312582442\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Technology<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mobike make it as easy as possible to get cycling. Simply register with Mobike using an app and pay a refundable deposit of 299 rmb (about 40 euros). The Mobike app locates your nearest bikes by GPS. When you\u2019ve found a bike, just scan the QR code and the Mobike app unlocks the bike. No need to worry about losing your keys!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143201\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/10\/b083fe955a741941958f52.jpg\" alt=\"b083fe955a741941958f52\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cost-effective<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The current hire rate for one of these bikes is 1 rmb for 30 minutes \u2013 that\u2019s 15 US cents, or 13 Euro cents for half an hour riding. That\u2019s plenty of time to cut across Shanghai city centre at a leisurely pace. At just over 1 euro for 5 hours use, it has to be one of the most attractive cycle hire models in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143203\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/10\/Mobile-China-bike-sharing-app-photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"mobile-china-bike-sharing-app-photo-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ex-Uber employee has started up a bike hire company that\u2019s been turning heads for a number of reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":143198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[567,568],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-143196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-urban-cycling","tag-mobike","tag-shanghai"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mobike in Shanghai \u2013 1 Euro for a 5 Hour Ride - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An ex-Uber employee has started up a bike hire company that\u2019s been turning heads for a number of reasons. 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