Lyft-owned Citi Bike is pulling its electric bikes off the streets after brake complaints, continuing a tough week for the company

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Citi Bike, which was acquired by Lyft in June 2018, published a service update on its blog announcing it was taking the bikes out of circulation.

reported the pedal-assisted bikes first began disappearing from the Citi Bike map over the weekend.

DC's Capital Bikeshare and San Francisco's Ford GoBike, which are also both owned by Lyft, also pulled their electronic bikes, citing similar reasons.Citi Bikes' pedal-assisted bikes have been pulled off the streets as some users have complained about an overly powerful front brake.on Sunday announcing it was taking the bikes out of circulation.

"We recently received a small number of reports from riders who experienced stronger than expected braking force on the front wheel. Out of an abundance of caution, we are proactively removing the pedal-assist bikes from service for the time being," the blog post said."We know this is disappointing to the many people who love the current experience — but reliability and safety come first.

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1000 rides on regular CitiBikeNYC n no problem. 1st ride on the electric and I go over the bars. I used to race bikes too and thought it was me. Got the email this morning and kind of pissed.

TIL LYFT owns Citi Bike😳

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