Too many E-Bikes at high elevation stations
Ever since the new policy that ended our ability to get free e-bikes on stations with no regular bikes (see https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/09/19/say-good-bye-to-the-free-citi-bike-e-bike-loophole) ...
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I experience this issue a lot in Washington Heights. At then end of the day, only e bikes are available, but I prefer the new policy compared to before when many perfectly good classic bikes were stuck, made un available by people who wanted free e-bike rides 😡.
I don't find riding a low assist bike unpleasant. Going downhill, low assist is no different from riding a full assist bike.
An alternate policy might be to ban, or give a time out to riders who flag an unreasonable amount of bikes as broken- especially bikes that have recently been ridden successfully.
