Quads, hamstrings, glutes — remember those muscles, Capital Bikeshare users? On Sunday, Capital Bikeshare announced that it was removing electric bikes from its fleet after receiving a “small number” of complaints from people who said the front wheels’ braking force was “stronger than expected,” according to the operator’s announcement. Lyft, the ride-hailing company that operates Capital Bikeshare and similar systems in New York such as Citi Bike and Ford Go Bike in San Francisco, also began pulling electric bikes from those cities. At the end of last summer, Capital Bikeshare announced it would launch the new bikes. By September, it rolled out 80 of them under a pilot project branded Capital Bikeshare Plus.

Source: Washington Post April 14, 2019 22:18 UTC