(I did a search for this and nothing came up, so my apologies if this is being discussed elsewhere)
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/04/...under-the-bus/
So it looks like all of the electric Citi Bikes have been pulled for safety reasons. Personally I wasn't surprised to read this, having seen more than a few of them in the wild, but these cited "brake issues" are baffling to me. Does anyone know any specifics? I assume that the brakes themselves are fine, and the issue is around the center of gravity for the bike design, but I really don't know.
I did witness an electric Citi bike rider very nearly go over the bars after a pedestrian walked out in front of him, but he was going rather fast and my first thought was that he was a little over-zealous and clumsy with his brake application.
I know that @
noglider has ridden these bikes quite a bit, so I'd be curious to hear his thoughts.