{"id":427328,"date":"2026-08-08T12:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/427328\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:22:28","slug":"from-broken-arms-to-brain-injuries-the-alarming-toll-of-sfs-e-bike-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/427328\/","title":{"rendered":"From broken arms to brain injuries: The alarming toll of SF\u2019s e-bike boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published Aug. 7, 2026at6:00am<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block break-words article-body text-left\">The first time Sabrina Yeung rode an e-bike, she broke her arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block break-words article-body text-left\">The 33-year-old tech worker was leaving Hayes Valley the evening of June 19 to meet her boyfriend at Haight pizza spot Jules \u2014 a little too far to walk, but too close for an Uber. She had some time, so it seemed like the perfect chance to try a Lyft e-bike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block break-words article-body text-left\">But when she began pedaling, she was unprepared for the jolt of power from the motor. After a few feet, she fell, using her left arm to catch herself and the heavy bike. The next morning, she felt a sharp pain whenever she twisted it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block break-words article-body text-left\">\u201cThat\u2019s when I realized, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s probably more serious than just a simple strain,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published Aug. 7, 2026at6:00am The first time Sabrina Yeung rode an e-bike, she broke her arm.\u00a0 The 33-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[3694,16500,16501,3987,101,103,102,104,106,105,1967],"class_list":["post-427328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-e-bikes","tag-e-scooters","tag-lime","tag-lyft","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}