ofo put brakes on Phuket bike share

By The Phuket News

 

The ofo bike share was launched on Sept 20 last year. Photo: The Phuket News / File

 

PHUKET: The company behind Phuket’s first bike share service, ofo Thailand, yesterday (Aug 30) announced that the service has come to an end.

 

The announcement was made in a press release issued by Samantha Suriwon Tng, ofo Thailand’s Head of Ops and Country Lead and shared by Phuket City Development (PKCD).

 

The press release stated that ofo China changed its policy of service on Tuesday (Aug 28) and had decided to cancel the ofo Thailand tomorrow (Augt 31).

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Those bikes are all around the island without lock, so yes, seems it has failed.

Most of the ones I see are parked in peoples drives and garages.

We have them here in the moobaan and people do use them, although they started out with 5 bikes and as of last week there is only 1 left which does not have a saddle.

No idea what they charge as I have never used them, but in general i would say Thailand is not suitable for bicycles (no biking lanes, no safety, too hot).

This was a Stuff up before it started. No control, chaos ,Failure.