Bikeshare cycles dumped en masse in China

NEGLECTED BIKES: Dozens of bicycles left behind by Fangzhou bike rental company are left neglected by the roadside in the Wudaokou area in Beijing.

BEIJING: More than 500 bicycles from China’s flourishing bike-sharing companies have been dumped in huge piles on the streets of the southern city of Shenzhen, reports said.  

Pictures showed jumbled stacks of vehicles nearly three metres high, with handlebars, baskets and other parts scattered on the ground.