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    Hundreds Of Bikes Dumped At Dallas Recycling Center As Ofo Leaves Market

    "Terrible," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said of the sight of hundreds of bikes in a massive pile. Ofo sold the bicycles as scrap metal.
    by Bill Chappell Aug 07, 2018 2 minutes
    In the past year, thousands of Ofo bicycles have popped up on the sidewalks of Dallas and other cities — but the company has recently been shrinking its operations. These bikes were photographed in Singapore last summer.

    Bike share company Ofo left an unwelcome parting gift as it exited the Dallas market: a heap of hundreds of its banana-yellow bikes. A photo of the massive pile went viral, prompting questions about who is responsible for the rental bikes — and the fate of similar bike-share ventures in other cities.

    "Terrible," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings that featured a photo by Robert Vandling, who spotted

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