![]() The service racked up 2.78 million users by the end of last year, which accounts for nearly 1 in 4 residents in the capital. The city’s bike rental service known as Seoul Bikes or “Ttareungyi” also saw a 24 percent year-on-year increase in usage last year as they emerged as a pandemic-safe mobility alternative to public transport, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Standard bicycles, including utility and city bicycles, enjoyed a 24 percent year-on-year increase in sales while mountain bikes and Mini Velo bikes saw their sales rise by 15 percent and 38 percent, respectively.Ĭycling clothes saw an even bigger jump, up 53 percent over the same period, while sales of bibs and shorts rose by a whopping 136 percent. ![]() The popularity of the two-wheeled vehicle remains strong nearly a year into the pandemic in South Korea, with sales of bikes and cycling clothes on online marketplace Gmarket seeing a 9 percent and 12 percent year-on-year jump, respectively, in the first two months of 2021.įor the whole of last year, Gmarket saw a 13 percent jump in overall sales volume of bikes. You can cycle anywhere as long as your stamina allows,” he said. You don’t need to have a partner or have to keep the tempo with others. “You are free, not restricted by time or place.
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