Category: capital bikeshare

Lyft expands bike rentals to Washington DC

[ad_1] Lyft acquired Motivate, the company behind Citi Bike, Capital Bikeshare and Ford GoBike last year, and has aggressively pushed into the bike-sharing market. But there have been problems along the way, like unexpectedly strong brakes which required a recall of 1,000 electric bikes in April. In the DC area, the Capital Bikeshare service offers […]

Lyft removes e-bikes from various cities over unexpectedly strong brakes

[ad_1] A new e-bike is on the way, Citi Bike said in a statement, but for the time being all three companies are replacing e-bikes with classic pedal bikes in their fleets. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are proactively removing the pedal-assist bikes from service,” the companies said in respective statements. “We know […]