Mag Wheels revisited

Spotted in Beijing yesterday:

https://www.cp24.com/world/china-rep...lled-1.5347267

Look like the OGK Japanese nylon mags of the 1980s.
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:14:14 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

Spotted in Beijing yesterday:

https://www.cp24.com/world/china-rep...lled-1.5347267

Look like the OGK Japanese nylon mags of the 1980s.

The orange wheels in the photo are Classic Mobike:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobike
The bicycle weighs 25 kilograms (55 lb)
Ugh.

"Mobike Next Generation" (2017)
https://mobike.com/global/blog/post/next-generation-mobike
Not the "Lite & Easy" motto in the first photo.

More photos:
https://www.google.com/search?q=mobike&tbm=isch

The bicycles with the green wheels look much the same as the Classic
Mobike, but with different type and colored wheels. My guess(tm) is
that it's a mutation of the Classic Mobike:
https://www.dezeen.com/2018/08/13/electric-mobike-dockless-share-bike/
using the wheels from the electric version and the rest from the
non-electric version. This is only a guess(tm).

I couldn't find anything on what the wheels are made from.

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On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:29:40 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:14:14 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

Spotted in Beijing yesterday:

https://www.cp24.com/world/china-rep...lled-1.5347267

Look like the OGK Japanese nylon mags of the 1980s.

The orange wheels in the photo are Classic Mobike:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobike
The bicycle weighs 25 kilograms (55 lb)
Ugh.

"Mobike Next Generation" (2017)
https://mobike.com/global/blog/post/next-generation-mobike
Not the "Lite & Easy" motto in the first photo.

More photos:
https://www.google.com/search?q=mobike&tbm=isch

The bicycles with the green wheels look much the same as the Classic
Mobike, but with different type and colored wheels. My guess(tm) is
that it's a mutation of the Classic Mobike:
https://www.dezeen.com/2018/08/13/electric-mobike-dockless-share-bike/
using the wheels from the electric version and the rest from the
non-electric version. This is only a guess(tm).

I couldn't find anything on what the wheels are made from.

Well, there is a difference in the frames and different forks and I
imagine the wheels are a bit different as the Mobike uses a single
fork leg... but the saddle looks about the same :-)
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Cheers,

John B.