On your bikes … testing the new breed of dockless cycle hire schemes

With Ofo and Mobike expanding rapidly across the UK, how do they compare with the more established Santander Cycles?City dwellers will soon be unable to ignore the flood of dockless hire bikes hitting Britain’s streets, courtesy of two Chinese companies, Ofo and Mobike. Leeds is next in line, with Ofo placing 1,000 bikes in the city next month, Mobike is expanding around Manchester, while in London more and more boroughs are greeting the arrival of the yellow and red cycles.The concept is