Have you ever been put off taking a shared e-bike in this hot, sweaty weather, thinking about all the hot, sweaty behinds to have been sat on that saddle right before you? Well, now there’s an answer. And what else to call it than the “cool cushion”?!
在这个炎热、出汗的天气里，您是否曾经推迟过骑共享电动自行车，想着坐在您面前的车座上时屁股会热得出汗？好吧，现在有答案了。除了“酷垫”还能叫什么？
The new cushions made their debut recently in the City of Taizhou in our very own Jiangsu Province. There, 1,000 e-bikes from ride-share specialist, Hello Bike, have been mainly assigned to city centre-spots where demand is greatest.
新的坐垫最近在我们江苏省泰州市首次亮相。共享出行专家 Hello Bike 提供的 1,000 辆电动自行车主要分配给需求最大的市中心地点。
It is understood that the cool cushions are actually custom-made seat covers. Silver-white in colour, the cushions effectively reflect sunlight, making them several degrees Celsius cooler than their black-plastic, sweaty cousins.
据了解，酷垫实际上是定制的座套。这些坐垫呈银白色，能有效反射阳光，比黑色塑料、出汗的同类凉爽几摄氏度。
A local citizen, Ms Fu, said she thinks the move by Hello Bike is very considerate, while the riding experience is also very pleasant, reports Sina Finance.
据新浪财经报道，当地市民付女士表示，她认为Hello Bike的举措很贴心，而且骑行体验也很愉快。
But it’s not the only initiative of Hello Bike considerate of the high temperatures and mindful of those using and working with their shared bikes.
但这并不是 Hello Bike 考虑到高温并关注共享单车使用和工作人员的唯一举措。
Working with the Taizhou City administrative authorities, Hello Bike provides high-temperature allowances, together with heatstroke prevention and cooling materials, to all its moped-operation-and-maintenance personnel in Taizhou.
哈啰单车联合台州市管理部门，为台州所有助力车运维人员提供高温津贴以及防暑降温物资。
The water bottles, sunscreen sleeves, sun visors, etc., provided to them help employees take measures to prevent heatstroke and cool down in hot weather to ensure their safety and health.
为他们提供的水瓶、防晒套、遮阳板等，帮助员工做好防暑降温措施，确保员工安全健康。
For they have little choice but to be out there. An employee surnamed Wang said, “It’s very hot, and I have to drink a lot of water every day. Several refills of this one-litre water bottle a day, in fact”.
因为他们别无选择，只能走出去。王姓员工说，“天气很热，每天要喝很多水，这一升的水瓶一天要加好几次”。
Wang each day relies on big-data prompts on his mobile phone and verbal instructions from his colleagues to ensure that there are enough bikes in the City’s downtown, and now to also make sure there are 1,000 fewer hot butts riding the streets of Taizhou.
王每天依靠手机大数据提示和同事口头指令，确保市中心有足够的自行车，现在还要确保台州街头骑行的辣妹减少1000个。
