TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact
‘Are we really doing this again?’ Is what every resident of Australia’s major city is thinking after new lime green bikes have started popping up at random across the city.
The latest share-bike, Lime, is hoping to succeed where its predecessors, Ofo and Reddy Go, miserably failed. Theyâre hoping that by being power-assisted and also offering scooters people might actually use them.
According to social data, the nation cares just as little for these bikes as they did the other stupid bikes, with many citizens already picking out what bodies of water they are going to throw the bikes into.
âWhatever is closest,â said one man.
âTheyâve bloody made them heavier, so I canât put it up a tree, Iâll have to use it as a sinker on my yabby potsâ said another.
âIâll take one to bloody California and chuck it in the bloody harbour there, when will these people get the message? We donât want bloody bikes!â
Weâre awaiting reports from to see what the real reactions of citizens are and whether the bikes went directly to the bottom of the ocean or they got to clock up a few Kâs first.
The Advocate has reached out to the San Francisco start up but are having some communication issues as their AI assistant is having trouble understanding our thick Queensland accent.
Itâs not yet known why the San Francisco company thinks the obnoxious lime green bikes will succeed where others fail, time will tell.
