Time to put the brakes on nation's fad for bike-sharing

I had been a super fan of bike-sharing until I spent about 20 minutes searching for a functional bicycle on the streets and ended up disappointed.

Last week, I was in a morning rush to interview a CEO. Being just three kilometers away and with shared bikes scattered around the streets, I decided to embrace the latest byproduct of the sharing economy to get to the destination as soon as possible. After all, bikes are the most convenient tool amid a terrible morning traffic jam.

But I was discouraged to find that a line of bicycles in front of you does not mean that you can ride them as easily as bike-sharing companies had promised.