{"id":67333,"date":"2020-09-26T21:17:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T13:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=67333"},"modified":"2022-09-26T21:18:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:18:30","slug":"ofo-a-convenient-bike-sharing-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/09\/26\/ofo-a-convenient-bike-sharing-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"ofo: A Convenient Bike-Sharing Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riding a bike is indeed an exercise; it can sustain health and fitness. In fact,\u00a0studies show\u00a0that biking helps regenerate the immune system, keeping it young and nourished. It certainly produces zero-pollution. Also, owning a bike is space-saving: it can be compact&#8211; something\u00a0a car can&#8217;t do.<\/p>\n<p>While you are still not owning one yet, fret not as <strong>ofo <\/strong>has got you covered.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ofo | Bike Sharing Simplified\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/259066988?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>ofo<\/strong> is the world\u2019s first and largest station-free bike sharing platform founded in 2014\u00a0based in Beijing, China. Committed to a less-hassle transportation and a low-emission travel, the sharing platform has already built connections to over 200 million users in more than 21 countries: Australia, Austria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, the Netherlands, the UK, US, and now the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3616\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/07\/36041747_1073154679504879_3262367869966483456_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>ofo Bike \/IMAGE DontSkipManilaPH<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During the Manila Day last June 23, VivaManila in cooperation with ofo Bike Share and Intramuros Administration gathered all bikers to the Book Bike Barter Tour in Intramuros where participants\u00a0exchanged the tour service for a book. ofo lent bikes and let everyone bike around the Walled City.\u00a0The tour\u00a0was promoted\u00a0to improve\u00a0urban transport environment with less-congested traffic and to minimize the hustle and bustle in the metro.<\/p>\n<p><em>Also read:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/03\/23\/guide-to-biking-trails-in-manila\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guide to Biking Trails in Manila<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3615\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/07\/36040994_183429268969600_3542134364521365504_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Bike Barter Tour in Intramuros \/IMAGE DontSkipManilaPH<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The platform has been making more than 32 million daily transactions and been reaching users in 250+ cities with over six billion convenient and suitable rides.<\/p>\n<p><em>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/08\/19\/pedal-power-riding-a-bike-in-the-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pedal Power: Riding a bike in the Philippines<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To use ofo,\u00a0just open the app and find all the bikes near you. When you find the bike, tap the \u201cunlock\u201d button and scan the QR code to automatically unlock the bike. At your destination, simply park your bike legally, and manually lock it to automatically end the trip.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3635\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/07\/Picture1-e1531217448293.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may download ofo via the App Store or Play Store<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: Unfortunately, ofo\u00a0Bikeshare has been pulled out in Southeast Asia including the Philippines, says VivaManila.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/mar\/08\/cycling-keeps-your-immune-system-young-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theguardian.com<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofo.com\/ph\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ofo.com<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get where you\u2019re going on two wheels with ofo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/09\/36040994_183429268969600_3542134364521365504_n-e1531218132856.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67335,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67333\/revisions\/67335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}