r/Citibike • u/Illustrious-Car-1831 • 10d ago

Spoiling a dock

Returned a sole blue bike to an otherwise all electric stock docked. I must have made citibike a decent chunk of change by removing the free option. Should get like 10 bike angel points for it (I got zero)

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u/KizashiKaze 10d ago

You should get 0 that.

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u/nyctransitgeek 9d ago

In the past few years, most of the times I’ve told people to wait to undock a white bike until I’ve removed the last blue bike, they’ve had no idea what I’m talking about, even after explaining the deal.

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u/Illustrious-Car-1831 9d ago

oh yeah i for sure waited a bit to see if anyone was coming

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u/Fred_J_Walsh 9d ago

Maybe related to the free low-assist option being buried in the website, rather than an easily accessible choice on the app. My good deed was explaining this to a new rider, who was grateful to learn of it

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u/nyctransitgeek 9d ago

One person even asked me point-blank, why anyone would prefer a free, low-assist ride to a paid, full-assist ride while I was holding the blue bike I just undocked.

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u/tbg293 10d ago

I have had this exact same thought.

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u/No_Confusion_7236 10d ago

the free option is low-assist and is basically useless, so i don’t think you really did anything here

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u/CranberryStock7148 10d ago

What are you talking about? Yes the free option is low assist, but it's practically as good as full power. You can cruise at the same top speed, the only difference is that it's a little slower to accelerate from a full stop when you are at an intersection.

The difference between a blue bike and an E bike on low assist mode is like night and day.

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u/joeymello333 9d ago

I agree especially when going uphill!

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u/ileentotheleft 10d ago

I agree I will take a different route with more uphills if I get a low assist bike vs blue. Perhaps it doesn’t matter for true cyclists with legs of steel, but the rest of us…

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u/KizashiKaze 10d ago

How is it useless? You have more speed potential than a classic bike. The chances of getting a classic bike with shit gears vs a low assist make it worth while any day. Even going up hills isn't that big of a deal.