Lyft recalls 3,000 e-bikes across US

Ride-hailing company Lyft has recalled 3,000 electric bikes from cities in the US because of concerns over their braking systems. The brands affected are Citi Bike in New York, Capital Bikeshare in Washington, DC, and the Bay Area’s Ford GoBike. A similar statement on each company’s website says: “We recently received a small number of reports from riders who experienced stronger than expected braking force on the front wheel. Out of an abundance of caution, we are proactively removing the pedal-assi
April 17, 2019 Read time: 2 mins

Ride-hailing company 8789 Lyft has recalled 3,000 electric bikes from cities in the US because of concerns over their braking systems.

The brands affected are %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external Citi Bike false https://www.citibikenyc.com/blog/service-update-pedal-assist-bikes false false%> in New York, %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external Capital Bikeshare false https://www.capitalbikeshare.com/blog/service-update-putting-riders-safety-first false false%> in Washington, DC, and the Bay Area’s %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external Ford GoBike. false https://www.fordgobike.com/blog/service-update-electric-bikes false false%>

A similar statement on each company’s website says: “We recently received a small number of reports from riders who experienced stronger than expected braking force on the front wheel. Out of an abundance of caution, we are proactively removing the pedal-assist bikes from service for the time being. We know this is disappointing to the many people who love the current experience — but reliability and safety come first.”

The %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external New York Times false https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/nyregion/citi-bike-electric.html false false%> says ‘dozens’ of riders have reported injuries while riding e-bikes.

Citi Bike, which had previously pledged to increase its bike fleet to %$Linker: 2 Internal <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 4 37669 0 link-external 40,000 false /sections/transmart/news/ride-hailing-firm-lyft-highlights-new-bike-share-service/ false false%> over the next five years, says it will make a new e-bike available soon and will “quickly replace” the models it has removed with “classic pedal bikes”. Meanwhile 278 Ford GoBike said: “A portion of electric bikes in San Jose have different components, and will remain in service.”

Lyft bought %$Linker: 2 Internal <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 4 36075 0 link-external Motivate false /categories/utc/news/lyft-and-motivate-intend-to-implement-bike-share-systems-across-us/ false false%>, which runs the three bike-share brands, last year.

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