The commune usually tries to reduce the number of bikes in the city, and they do this by putting a sticker on the handlebar, ~"is this bike abandoned? if it isn't, care for it or we'll disintegrate it". If they didn't do this, the whole city would be flooded by bikes, which actually is close to the situation anyway.

But now they did something different, namely injected tons of bikes into the city pool. These are so-called "EU bike"s. I haven't found a single mass media article covering it, but apparently it has happened in several cities..

They bikes are made in China or Taiwan as there are stickers with Chinese chars. They have drum brakes on both wheels, which are 24s, with 37-540 tires (24x1-3/8 or 600x35A). They have a bell that looks like a grip shifter, a basket, reflectors, fenders, a chain guard, and a kick stand.

They have a frame lock which is controlled by a QR code and a dedicated smart phone app. You get to ride it "ten times free of charge", after that 5 SEK/30 minutes, a ridiculously low prize.

Here [1] is an image from Stockholm, but it doesn't give justice to the huge quantities dumped around the railway station in my Uppsala, which is a much, much smaller city.

[1] https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram...48174848_n.jpg