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The Bike rack at Menards on Clyborn and Wrightwood is pretty lame too. It, like the TJ rack is more than half-full with employee bikes (but good for them for riding to work!) and the smoking area picnic table is chained to the rack only a few feet away. Even if there isn't a half-dozen chain-smokers actively polluting the air for a 50' radius you can still smell the stench of a 5-gallon bucket full of butts. This rack is also pretty darn far from the front door as well.
The wheelbender racks were obsolete in the 80's. Why to businesses still install them? Are they THAT clueless?
After months of upgrading, including a new parking lot, the Jewel on Clark and Ashland finally installed a bike rack yesterday. A fine example of a bad rack:Yes, that is a wheel bender rack hidden behind the shopping carts
All the more sad, because on the same day a new bike rack got installed at the soon to open Walgreens across the street:A wave rack, with plenty of room, right in front of the entrance.
Walgreens 1. Jewel 0.
Most of the iron fencing in front of the Andersonville Jewel was removed as part of the store and parking lot renovations.
David said:
That's a pretty bad bike rack, but doesn't that store still have the mid-height iron fence running the length of the front of the store, which is just perfect for bike parking? The Jewel in Wicker Park is like that: a horrible wheel bender bike rack but the entire front of the store is essentially one huge bike rack. I like going there because I know there's never a problem finding a place to park.
While Home Depot's ladder display is definitely a waste, I think there's a second bicycle rack at that location. Although last time I saw it, it was jam packed with bikes.
-jbn
While Home Depot's ladder display is definitely a waste, I think there's a second bicycle rack at that location. Although last time I saw it, it was jam packed with bikes.
-jbn
im a senior at Northwestern and im working with the city of evanston to redistribute their bike rack parking. if you want to give input (and note that wherever you say bike racks are needed, they will **probably actually put one**), take the jump into this link and take the survey. wherever you indicate that you feel unsafe parking, there is also a likelihood that cameras or lights will be installed. thanks.
jump to survey: http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/city-of-evanston-bike-rack...
I just listed four new locations, I'll add more as I can think of them.
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