{"id":52316,"date":"2017-03-17T18:48:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T10:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/?p=52316"},"modified":"2019-03-21T18:09:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T10:09:23","slug":"bike-share-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/bike-share-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #20: Bicycle Share Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the podcast Charlie sits down with Natooke Bicycle Shop gurus Larry and Jacob (for the first time since their last podcast two years ago) to talk about Chengdu&#8217;s\u00a0shared bikes programs. Over the last six months in particular Chengdu\u00a0has seen shared bicycles come to fill the streets and sidewalks of the city as companies compete in the traffic space.<\/p>\n<p>In our conversation, we talk about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 2014 inception of China&#8217;s shared bikes<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to the technology behind bike sharing<\/li>\n<li>Comparison of China versus overseas programs<\/li>\n<li>The potential effects of bike sharing on Natooke<\/li>\n<li>Bike sharing as an introducing to cycling for Chinese<\/li>\n<li>Design\u00a0&amp; engineering of shared bicycles<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining thousands of bikes in a large city<\/li>\n<li>Investment &amp; economic viability of bike sharing<\/li>\n<li>Bike sharing as an inroad to the bicycle lifestyle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Download &amp; Stream Links<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/podcasts\/chengduliving.com_podcast20.mp3\">Download Podcast #20<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Or click below to listen to the podcast now through your browser.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52316-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/podcasts\/chengduliving.com_podcast20.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/podcasts\/chengduliving.com_podcast20.mp3\">https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/podcasts\/chengduliving.com_podcast20.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>You can also search for the podcast in your favorite podcasting app (ours is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overcast<\/a>, which we highly recommend for iPhone users).<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy the podcast, please share it!\u00a0Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chengduliving\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chengduliving\">Twitter<\/a> and subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date with Chengdu Living content.<\/p>\n<h2>Links &amp; Info<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mobike2.jpg\" alt=\"Mobike\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mobike2.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mobike2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mobike.jpg\" alt=\"Mobike\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mobike.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/mobike-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natooke.com\/contact\/chengdu\/\">Natooke Chengdu website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobike.com\/global\/\">Mobike official website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chinachannel.co\/china-bike-sharing-report-march-2017\/\">China Bike Sharing Report: March 2017 on China Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Follow Natooke Chengdu on WeChat by searching for &#8220;CustomBicycles&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the podcast we speak to Larry and Jacob of the Natooke bicycle shop about Chengdu&#8217;s shared bicycle economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":52317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[386,211,96351,51],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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