We'll be seeing fewer yellow Ofo bikes around the U.S. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images The bright yellow Ofo bicycles came into our country fast and furious last ...

The bicycle weighed 25kg and was a model used by the now-defunct bike-sharing firm Ofo, which lost its licence to operate in Singapore in 2019. No injuries were reported from this incident.

In 2018 for many cities outside China they became a little less numerous, as the Chinese bike sharing service Ofo contracted its operations and pulled its distinctive yellow machines from the streets.

Bike-share company Ofo has logged more than 32 million rides globally. Jump bikes, the red e-bike-share Uber recently acquired, have about six trips every day per bicycle in San Francisco.

Similar business models in China led to the creation of bicycle-hailing startups such as Ofo and Mobike, which became pioneers of the category and have since expanded to other parts of Asia and ...

Ofo’s smaller peer, No.1 Bicycle, halted services in February, while Bluegogo, facing financial pressure late last year, ended in a tie-up with ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing.