PARIS - People wanting to get on their bikes in France have one option less to do so after the Gobee.bike hire service said Saturday it was closing following a welter of thefts and vandalism. The Gobee.bike service in France has been terminated because of vandalism and thefts"It is with great sadness that we are officially announcing to our community the termination of Gobee.bike service in France on 24 February 2018," the Hong Kong-headquartered service said. We had to come to the conclusion that it could not be viable and there was no other choice for us than shutting down, nationwide," Gobee.bike said. But a redesign and partial switchover to electric versions, plus a change of management from French giant JCDecaux to Franco-Spanish upstart Smovengo proved messy. Many riders complained the mobile app regularly crashed while calls to customer service went unanswered.

Source: Bangkok Post February 24, 2018 22:41 UTC