r/Citibike

this neighborhood is already in a transit deficit relative to its peers based on distance to Manhattan. The one dock in this picture near me had its wires hanging out. Most docks had someone sitting on their checked-out bike, waiting for someone to walk up and check a new bike out so they could dock. It seems to be this way every weekend, for the entire weekend. I chased a few Ps before getting beat by E-Bikes every time. Only biked into the neighborhood because I saw 5 Ps before I entered, but they were all taken before I arrived.

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Is there a citibike developer community/forum/discord/mailing list somewhere?

I’ve been writing some apps for citibike riders (myself included), but I haven’t found anything like this yet.

What is the cost of membership with CitiBike for folks with SNAP benefits?

And what is the standard price?

This girl did a baby version or hockey stop in this video.

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It's definitely not breaking with both handlebars. It's definitely not breaking with the right handle bar. I tried doing it with the left handlebar and it moved somewhat like that. Or is it not using break and just sliding when you are going really slow?

So I as an avid angel point rider see one major flaw in the system. For context I use the angel point solely for riding my bike to and from work, about 10 minutes in each direction , so 100 minutes a week (ebike of course). So the major flaw I see, is e-bike distribution… the reason I don’t distribute them evenly is due to the fact, I need to waste ebike points in order to gain points, but moving it from one location to the other, given traffic plus any other inconveniences, I lose more ebike time than I gain. Not only that, my work neighborhood in particular flooded with e-bikes, I can literally count how many open parking spots…. 6…. Out of about 24 STATIONS!! So in reality it creates 2 problems, less open spots and less e-bikes in certain areas.

The fix up- The way I would fix it, in the app there should be a commitment service for E-bikes, they temporarily let you use the ebike at full assist, to get it to an empty doc. With a time limit. That way regular users of e-bikes can have more at there local stations, Citibike saves money in hiring movers, plus gains more if e-bikes are located at popular locations, and the angel rider gets to do a public service plus gets some ebike points…. To quote Micheal Scott “Win, Win, Win”. Do you Citibike could implement something like this?

Every four point-earning rides (without a reverse osmosis ride) resets the 3x multiplier clock for a fresh 24 hours.

I usually end my points hunting with three such rides and wait until the next day to get the 4th ride. This is to give me more time to keep my streak alive. In this way, the system disincentivizes us from taking a marginal points-earning ride.

If instead, the fourth ride _added_ 24 hours to my multiplier time on top of what I’d already accrued, I would keep riding for points until I had something better to do.

Any ideas as to why they chose this particular setup given the stepwise value of the third and fourth rides?

I always take a bike to grocery shop at Wegmans. Left it unattended for 5 mins. It was gone when I got out. I know, my fault.

Obv was able to track the guy. Rode around Dumbo area for an hour or so. The bike eventually stopped at a public housing building near me (at Gold St. and York St.)

Waited for it to be stopped for 30 mins. Found a cop car on street. They were actually unable to move bc there was a shooting at another nearby building. They called a new car. Two housing cops walked me through the entire 15 story building (including roof and basement). We didn't find the bike. Probably in somebody's apartment.

I got a notice to "end ride" and I did...So the bike is now useless, but also I lost the GPS.

What is my recourse with Citibike, if any? I know they charge up to $1200 for a lost or stolen bike.

The guy will likely dump the bike (but probably won't redock it).

So say one is training for a century or triathlon, which will be ridden on a carbon (aka MUCH lighter & faster bike). If one rides the OG blue standard (non-electric) citibikes as training, how would those miles convert?

I feel like 5 miles on CitiBike should convert to 10 on a carbon fiber bike (or at least “5 mile uphill), based on effort & load. Anyone else ever worked this out?

For practical reasons, sneaking in training via CitiBike commuting is awesome bc they’re indestructible when it comes to the tires handling city potholes, etc. The road bike could never!