Obike 退出新加坡市场 Obike Ceases Operation in Singapore

Out of surprise, Obike, one of the largest bike-sharing company announced in their facebook page that they have decided to exit from Singapore Market.

毫无预警的，新加坡其中一家最大的共享单车公司Obike 今天在他们的脸书群组宣布他们将退出新加坡市场。

他们所给予的理由是因为未能符合新加坡政府为整顿共享单车乱象而出台的政策-政策要求业者确保使用者的行为。

The reason given is they unable to cope with the latest regulation by the Singapore Government ,which aim in regulate the mismanagement of bike-sharing to better control the user behaviour of using bike.

Photo Source: Obike SG

对于这项宣布,@auleo是觉得非常惋惜，因为刚好这家共享单车是我选择的一家，起初当这股共享单车热潮在新加坡推展开来的时候，就是看上它的车队是最大型、而且最多优惠的-那时几乎每个周末都免费骑车，平日还有出猛招-上下班高峰期免费骑。

Saddened to have read the announcement, as Obike is the bike-sharing company that @auleo chosen over the other competitors- given that Obike is having the largest fleet of bikes and having the most aggressive promotion – Free ride during weekends and many more free rides during travel peak time.

共享单车市场打的最热的时候，消费者则是最开心了- 那时公园全都是骑士们踏着共享单车。

When the bike sharing companies were fighting fiercely for the market share, the consumers get to enjoy their promotion – you get to see everybody is riding on Obike, Ofo & mobike all over in any parks.

不过Obike它本身先天有着缺点-就是它的单车比较笨重、且不能调速，所以它的车队虽然最大，可是坏车率也最大。到处都看到它的坏单车-不是自己倒下，就是遭到破坏。

But Obike does have it own weakness- its bikes are among the heaviest and unable to tune the speed. As so, even it’s having the most bikes but the faulty bikes also the highest. You can easily see faulty Obike everywhere- be it fall by itself or being sabotaged by someone.

近几个月，反而观察到来自中国的OFO有迎头赶上的势头，黄单车变得更多人骑了，且看起来保养的比较好，地铁站外常看到它整齐的排列着，应该是有聘专人打理。

Recently I do observe OFO seems to pickup fast and overtake become the market leader- more riders chose Ofo over Obike, and it looks more well-maintained and you can easily find a good Ofo outside any MRT station. Ofo bikes are lined up neatly and I think Ofo hires someone for upkeep it.

新加坡政府政策下来，不知还有没业者会退出市场。@auleo在想人心险恶下，要衡量方便与管理，看来有桩共享单车模式会是比较可行的。

Not sure if any other market player would exit the Singapore market. To strike balance between convenience and management, @auleo guess docked bike-sharing model should be more ideal.

不然完全没公德心的用户随便放，心里想着反正这不是我的单车，就随处停放阻碍交通。有些过分的行为还包括把单车推入水沟、河流里，实在是病态的心理!

Or else those irresponsible users park the bike elsewhere, without any sense of responsibility, as those bike do not belong to them. Some extreme cases even throwing the bikes into the drain or rivers, it’s real sickening!

Obike 不久前也推入大马市场，现在已经出现了单车乱葬岗:

While Obike was launched in Malaysia not long ago, we start to see the same messy bike somewhere:

不免也为共享单车公司感到痛心，不过现在@auleo 更关心的是，下来是怎么取回Obike的单车保证金，呵呵，唯有不断查阅它们的脸书群了。

Feel pity for the bike-sharing company, but more concerned to @auleo now is how should we as the users get refunded the bike deposit. Sigh hope to get good news in their facebook page then.

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