Bike Parking and Bike Lock Fails. Spot It. Snap It. Share It.

Do you see some poor soul out there with a wheel locked to the rack but nothing else? Take a pic and post it to this thread.

Also, if you see someone managing to take up most of the bike rack with their bike so that pretty much no one else can lock their bike there? Take a pick and post it to this thread. 

I saw one bike lock fail that turned out to be a bike lock psych out - a guy made it look like his bike was locked but too lazy to actually lock it when he did his grocery shopping at TJ's (I ran in to him when I was leaving and he confirmed he was being lazy).

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 7, 2017 at 4:45am

Here's a different kind of fail - locked to the bus stop railing in the Washington bike lane at State St. This is not a bike rack.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on November 7, 2017 at 5:16am

smh!

Permalink Reply by Jaik S. on November 7, 2017 at 7:32am

Bikes belong in the bike lanes!(just not like this)

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 8, 2017 at 5:56am

Exactly.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 20, 2017 at 9:48am

With a bike rack configuration like this, parking perpendicular to the racks like this person did is rack hogging.

Parking parallel to the racks to allow the maximum number of bikes is the more considerate way to go.

Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on November 20, 2017 at 10:07am

In the case of this picture, I'll agree: the racks are mounted perpendicular to the street or curb.
 
But what about when the rack(s) are mounted at right-angles to the street?  Locking the bike parallel to the rack allows for two bikes per rack, but locking the bikes perpendicular to the racks allows three bikes per rack: one on each side, and the 3rd up the middle and underneath the rack.

(I wish I had a picture - it would be easier to demonstrate!)

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on November 20, 2017 at 10:28am

Not as much as you'd hope. You will have to space the staples further apart so the bikes don't hit one another and so people with their bikes in the middle can get in. (It's not like an airplane where the guy on the aisle will just grumble and let you into the middle seat.)

If there were nine bikes locked as you suggest to the three foreground staples in the above picture, I'd hate to be the poor schmuck who came out and wanted to retrieve his bike from the middle of the second staple, especially if it wasn't short enough to simply roll in there in the first place.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 29, 2017 at 10:16am

If they are INDIVIDUAL racks of this style (not adjacent to another rack), then 3 bikes per rack can be feasible. If there's more than rack close together, I'd agree with Skip's comment. 

Permalink Reply by Bruce on November 29, 2017 at 9:08am

Hmmm, can I lock my bike to my wheel?

Geez, I guess I shoulda gotten a new phone for cyber monday to take better pics!! DOH!

Permalink Reply by Ryan Stahlman on April 27, 2018 at 2:50am
Spotted a guy locking up his bike with a u-lock through the front fork on Wacker Drive. Perfect way to lose a bike.

I stopped and convinced him to lock up through the rear wheel. It took some talking to get him onboard, he seemed completely confused that someone could steal his whole bike (minus the front wheel) the way he was locking.

He only had one lock and no cable, so I hope his front wheel is still there when he gets back.

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