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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 2, 2013 at 3:45pm

I'm not so concerned about the bike rack. My worry would be that there was a bike locked to it at the time.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 2, 2013 at 3:55pm

Oh, in that case the issue would seem to be the theft of the unique bike rack. Those racks are probably just made of mild steel. Short work for a cordless cut-off wheel.

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Permalink Reply by Vince Zaworski on December 2, 2013 at 5:22pm

Looks stolen to me. That's the problem with making them fancy. 

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Permalink Reply by Bikefreeek on December 3, 2013 at 6:20am

Is that for bikes or bike racks or both?

Vince Zaworski said:

Looks stolen to me. That's the problem with making them fancy. 

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Permalink Reply by Charlie Short 2.9 on December 3, 2013 at 6:43am

What's weird about those racks is that it looks like older style racks were placed there before those "fancy" racks were installed. I'm sort of running bike parking right now, and a lot of these specialty racks are installed without any regard for how a person would use them.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on December 3, 2013 at 7:09am

I love the idea of cool looking racks, but yes, many are installed more for show and aesthetics than function.  Someone should create a  info page  with rules, good manufacturers, etc. for those companies and neighborhood groups who want to install these.

Charlie Short 11.5 said:

What's weird about those racks is that it looks like older style racks were placed there before those "fancy" racks were installed. I'm sort of running bike parking right now, and a lot of these specialty racks are installed without any regard for how a person would use them.

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Permalink Reply by Charlie Short 2.9 on December 3, 2013 at 9:31am

Julie, Steve Vance has a web page that gives some pretty straightforward advice on installation. (I'm looking for the link.)

Howard and Julie, you wouldn't believe (actually you would) some of the suggestions we get for local installations. "How about we block pedestrian traffic with this bike rack? It's so pretty people won't care!"

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Permalink Reply by Vince Zaworski on December 3, 2013 at 11:39am

The fancy "foreign car emblem" bike racks. 

Bikefreeek said:

Is that for bikes or bike racks or both?

Vince Zaworski said:

Looks stolen to me. That's the problem with making them fancy. 

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Permalink Reply by Vince Zaworski on December 3, 2013 at 11:54am

I forwarded the thread to Kurtis, the Urban Planner of the Berwyn Development Corp, and Chainlinker, who forwarded it to Berwyn Public Works, a clear indication that it is the work of nefarious villians and not the city. At least not official City of Berwyn nefarious villians.

Also, when the Roosevelt project was completed I mentioned the odd placement (too close to each other, too close to curbs, etc.) to Kurtis and if I remember correctly there was some concerns about sidewalk interference. When I see him I'll ask him about it.

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Permalink Reply by Vince Zaworski on December 3, 2013 at 12:01pm

Took me about 3 tries to get that the last quote wasn't about  pretty people not caring being caused by bike racks blocking sidewalks.

As my daughter says "I can't brain right now, I've got the dumb".

h' 1.0 said:

Looking forward to the expose when you retire to the private sector :-)
 
Charlie Short 11.5 said:

Julie, Steve Vance has a web page that gives some pretty straightforward advice on installation. (I'm looking for the link.)

Howard and Julie, you wouldn't believe (actually you would) some of the suggestions we get for local installations. "How about we block pedestrian traffic with this bike rack? It's so pretty people won't care!"

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 3, 2013 at 2:01pm

I just might have to use that on occasion!

Vince Zaworski said:

As my daughter says "I can't brain right now, I've got the dumb".

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