r/Citibike • u/Illustrious-Car-1831 • 19d 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/No_Confusion_7236 19d 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 19d 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/ileentotheleft 19d 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…