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Featured ContentCity Explorer I completed the City Explorer in September. Aside from the wonderful all-black picture captured from my app (which I used to print up a t-shirt), there was no recognition from Citibike or Lyft. I th...Solved
Recent ContentApp suggestion: Filter for classic bikes only This idea is not really specific to Bike Angels, but seems like as good a place as any to post it since there's no community for CitiBike, Capital Bikeshare, Divvy etc. anywhere else that I know. There's already a filter icon in the CaBi app, you tap it and your 2 options are: All bikes: Show all ebikes and classic bikes Ebikes: Only show e-assisted bikes Well, I prefer to ride the classic bikes, I know I'm in the minority in the world and ebikes are great and get more people bike commuting and all that, but I personally prefer pedaling for the exercise, plus the red bikes are way lighter to whip around, just more fun and I ride them 99% of the time. (Sometimes for sure I will take an ebike if I need to leave it undocked somewhere, or I'm late for a meeting and need to truck 5 miles uphill in a straight line.) Anyway I probably shouldn't be trying to explain that riding bikes is fun or that different people have different preferences and that's OK but that is what it boils down to. So anyway, maybe we could have a 3rd option in the app? Like: Classic bikes: Only show classic bikes I know it's not a gamechanger, but it would be cool for me, and I think for Bike Angels it also makes sense, sometimes you don't pay attention and end up somewhere where there are like 13 ebikes and no real ones. And I'll help out and rebalance ebikes too sometimes, but it doesn't really make sense to be spending $ or credits to do that, so most of the time I'm just looking to ride classic bikes. And it should be pretty low effort dev-wise, I mean the data is already there in the app, and adding a third option to this menu that slides up won't clutter the UX in anyway. Anyway that is my pitch for this feature! Of course any other ideas are welcome too. I think the app developers have done a great job on the level of detail on the map. Thanks! Do we have to rate every ride?? If I'm doing a bunch of short rides in a row to earn more Bike Angel points, it's annoying to be prompted to rate each ride before I can get back to the screen/map to start the next ride. Is there any way to bypass having to rate each ride? TIA Station is missing from the database There is a Divvy "lightweight" station near the Lincoln statue at cnr N Western Ave & W Lawrence Ave. This station is not shown in the app! It's like it wasn't entered in the database. Here's a streetview link where this station is located: https://maps.app.goo.gl/E7AiZJmHwbxwsc1L6 And here's a photo from today, when I docked e-bike 213-0706 there: I was curious what would happen if a ride was ended there, since the system does not seem to be aware of the station existence. The consequence is that riders parking a bike there still get charged an "out of station" fee ($1.30), and the end address of the ride is just shown as a street address: This station should be added to the database so that everybody using the dock doesn't get dinged with an out of station fee. Thanks! Baywheels Android app crashes after ride I updated my BayWheels Android app yesterday, and now after rating a ride, it crashes after every ride. I complete the ride, click the rating, then the app disappears. Bike angel rewards I just amassed another 1000 Bike Angel points, went to the app to redeem and see the value is now $150, reduced from $200. When, and much more important, WHY did this happen? SolvedSecond 3x ride didn't count to reset the timer Dear Bike Angels community, Yesterday I entered a 3x streak,took a bike home with 9 points, did another 6 point ride in the evening and was ready to get my last time in before the timer ends but the app showed "2 more rides to reset the timer" - is this expected, do the early 3x rides "expire" or something or is this a bug? In my ride history I see 3 rides with 3x points within the requested time limit,yet I'm back at 1x now. Thanks in advance for your help. Best regards, Philip SolvedA glitch in push notifications Iβve noticed a small glitch in push notifications after finishing a ride. See the screenshot attached. I completed ride #1, earned 9 points and my bank showed as 836 points. A few minutes later I completed ride #2, again earned 9 points but my bank total increased by 18 points (854 - 836.) I again earned 9 points for ride #3 but my bank balance stayed at 854. l donβt consider it to be a big deal as the error always self-corrects after the next ride or two and, more importantly, the point bank in the app always shows the proper amount. Using the above, after ride #2 my bank total should be 845 points, which is what the app shows. So the error is the number showing in the push notification, not in the app itself. It happens maybe once a month or so. Iβm posting it as an FYI for other BAs as well as anyone on the tech team who wants a project. Lost & Found Did anyone lose a bike key last night (August 13th) in Manhattan...or know of someone else who did? Spread the word and let me know if you hear anything. Details such as the number of the citibike key and what other items were on the key ring would help to verify the owner's identity. Thank you. Undocked bikes obscure the station counts Often when beginning a ride, it may be worth checking the destination dock to see if it has spaces available. For example, if there are no spaces available I'll take an e-bike (so it can be parked out of station), otherwise I'll take a classic bike. Unfortunately, when there are undocked bike(s) or scooter(s) placed very near the station location their icons overlap the station count. In some cases you can't actually see the bike/dock counts at the station, not even when zooming in completely in the app. It would be beneficial if the station icons can always be "top priority", so they can't be hidden by icons from undocked bikes/scooters. I'll attach some example app screenshots below, where you can't see the station information at Larrabee St & Kingsbury St because of the undocked bikes nearby. It sounds like a rare edge case, but actually this is a quite common occurrence at popular stations - they often have one or two undocked e-bikes near the station, presumably left there in rush hours when the station happened to be full. Please render the station information as top priority, placing undocked icons underneath so that the number of bikes/docks available is never hidden. Thanks! Android baywheels app and Pedal Assist Preference On the "Ebike Pricing" page under "Pedal Assist Preference" https://help.baywheels.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048955492-Ebike-Pricing it says I can set my Pedal Assist Preference in the app by going to Profile > Bike key > Pedal assist preference. However, I do not see "Bike key" on the profile page. (Bay wheels, Android app). NOTE: I'm having trouble posting the link; when I submit this it says invalid html