The Wheely Spotted in Shanghai

by John Pasden
in language
11 Jul 2013

I saw this guy on the street the other day in Shanghai’s Hongkou District:

One-Wheelin'

A little research seems to indicate that this is the Wheely 500W by BeInMove. €899 is over 7000 RMB. Not only is that expensive, but I’ve never seen this kind of thing for sale here. I wonder where this guy got it…

Update: it seems to be selling for 2999 RMB on Taobao. (Thanks, Brad!)

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John Pasden

John is a Shanghai-based linguist and entrepreneur, founder of AllSet Learning.

Comments

  1. Brad Says: July 11, 2013 at 9:34 am

    Here it is on taobao for RMB2999: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=16621913753

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  2. Ruud Says: July 11, 2013 at 9:53 am

    I saw the same thing about a week ago here in a subway station in Beijing. I can’t say whether it’s the same guy, but if it’s not it means they’re apparently is a market for them. Or some clever marketing is going on…

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  3. peter Says: July 11, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    seems to work, not sure it would fit my lifestyle i’d rather hop on my motorcycle

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  4. win Says: August 30, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    i think i will buy one…. but i am not sure using this in CHINA is safe.

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  5. Kait Says: November 1, 2013 at 1:23 am

    Wow, I see these all over Beijing. It’s an epidemic. Are they popular in the west too these days? I may have lost touch, haha.

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