How to look like the “Bicycle cemetery” in China (photos)

Hundreds of thousands of unwanted bicycles stored in Parking lots and unused soccer fields.

A few years ago China started to velomania, and across the country began to receive dozens of companies weaseling. Any resident could rent a two-wheeled vehicle, paying by credit card, and roll — to leave the bike at any point of the city.

However, the supply very soon exceeded the demand, many companies began to go bankrupt. As a result, in China there were hundreds of thousands of unwanted bikes which utilities started stocking in Parking lots and even the unused soccer fields.

Publication from Guardian Australia (@guardianaustralia) 1 May 2018 at 8:38 PDT

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Their contribution to the appearance of the cemeteries of bicycles made and the police which are withdrawn incorrectly parked vehicles and stockpiled it on stratstone. The owners were not profitable to buy the bikes back, but because their number only continued to grow.

Now velospace can be seen in the Chinese cities of Xiamen, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Hefei and Nanjing.

Publication of CGTN (@cgtn) 31 May 2018 at 7:21 PDT

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