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Citi Bike Pulls New Electric Bikes Off Streets, Citing Safety Concerns
- Scoundreller 7y agoPublic bike scheme bikes are always built like tanks with lowest common denominator gearing, lowered further for the heft. I dread riding them and was looking forward to electrified versions when I can’t use my low-end 10sp 70s “daily driver” bike. It’s sad they couldn’t restrict electrics to speeds of an average cyclist on an average bike instead of removing them entirely. It’s actually impressive to read about their brakes working well enough to flip a rider: they’re bottom heavy bikes with lowest common denominator ride heights. But I’m the kind of person to do a brake test when faced with new-to-me vehicles or road conditions. I preferred the Chinese drop bikes when I was in places that had them - lighter and more visible.
- closeparen 7y agoUnexpectedly powerful front brakes are a problem with low speed pedal power, too. I flipped myself over the handlebars that way (rear brake had worn, front brake hadn’t).
- jdlyga 7y agoThose electric Citi Bikes are a lot of fun.