Electric bikes and scooters

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Permalink Reply by Todd Allen on July 24, 2009 at 7:36pm

Small gas scooters annoy me because they are stinky and obnoxious. They aren't too bad when they are sitting parked but I sure don't want to be right next to them unlocking my bike when somebody decides to start one up.

My bigger peeve though is the people who think bike racks near stores are substitute shopping cart corrals. Carts are almost always blocking the rack at the TJs at Grace and Lincoln. Also the Home Depot at Kimball south of Addison has a bike rack but you would never know it because it is alway buried under seasonal merchandise displays. I often complain to store personel and then park my bike & trailer in the center car parking spot.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schwab on July 24, 2009 at 8:56pm

As long as it has working pedals, it is legal to park on a sidewalk. No pedals must use a space on the street.

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Permalink Reply by Todd Allen on July 24, 2009 at 9:45pm

I've complained repeatedly at their service desk. They always sound like they are taking the complaint and will pass it on, but if the complaints are being passed on they are falling on deaf ears or someone entirely unsympathetic to cyclist's need for a place to park.

I used to shop at my local ACE hardware whenever possible even though it was more expensive than HD because of their better consideration for cyclists. Unfortunately, my support was insufficient for them to survive the economic downturn and they went belly up a couple months ago.

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