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This thread is new to me.
It might be lack of proper caffination levels this morning but try as I might I can not find a link to this "hall of fame" anywhere in this thread. I haven't yet searched each and every page thoroughly but I've spent 5 minutes looking for it and can't seem to locate anywhere.
I'd like to see it.
> The bike rack spaces at Performance are spaced too closely together so nearby bikes conflict and touch. I guess the spaces can slide along the rack, but bike rack users shouldn't have to "operate" a bike rack except for the ones like at the Millennium Park Bike Station that assist the user in loading their bike into the top rack.
> The bike rack is wobbly.
> The bike rack only holds the front wheel and doesn't reach my frame so I can't lock it correctly.
> The bike space wheel well isn't fender-friendly - the rack interferes and kind of crushes the fender or stretches the fender guides (okay, this part is hard to explain).
> The bike racks are too close together and only one person can be maneuvering their bike in or out at once.
This is a better rack choice for when there's no suitable mounting surface.
Matt Wehrmann said:I can't believe people have trouble with the racks at Performance. I actually like them. They take up less space since the bike is somewhat vertical, you don't have to bend over as far, people can't block bike parking by putting their bike longways across several spots, and they're pretty easy to use. My u-lock easily locks up my frame and front wheel (though a mini u-lock probably wouldn't work well). The racks aren't as thick as other wavy ones, but I'm not locking my bike up this for hours on end or overnight. Sure they look confusing at first, but I'd find it hard to believe that it would take someone more than a few seconds to figure out where the wheel goes.
On the flipside, I'd say the worst bike parking in the city is outside Union station/Ogilvie, even though it consists of a very large number of supposedly excellent U-racks. But the fact that most Union Station parking is somewhat long-term combined with the placement of those racks in non-trafficked isolated areas makes Union Station the bike theft center of Chicago.
Well my friends, I have launched my own Bike Parking Hall of Shame on my Chicago Biking Blog. My goal is one post every Friday. If you've got photo's and locations send 'em to me at ddlr at dingdingletsride dot com. If you don't mind me re-posting any of your mentions here, let me know. I'm going to keep my focus on Chicago locales...and yeah, I'm focusing on the 'shame' part not the 'fame' part. ;-) Thanks!
Here's the link to my first entry: http://dingdingletsride.com/2010/11/19/bike-parking-hall-of-shame-a...
Well my friends, I have launched my own Bike Parking Hall of Shame on my Chicago Biking Blog. My goal is one post every Friday. If you've got photo's and locations send 'em to me at ddlr at dingdingletsride dot com. If you don't mind me re-posting any of your mentions here, let me know. I'm going to keep my focus on Chicago locales...and yeah, I'm focusing on the 'shame' part not the 'fame' part. ;-) Thanks!
Here's the link to my first entry: http://dingdingletsride.com/2010/11/19/bike-parking-hall-of-shame-a...
That's depressing Iggi, thanks for the pic.
I have had success complaining to both the manager and to the corporate number for other Home Depots that have done this (Elston, Roosevelt).
Customer Service--
Hours:
M-F 8-8
Sat 9-6
Sun 12-(6?)
1-800-466-3337
Option 7 (if you don't want to wait through the whole voice jail)
Store #1912
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