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Does anyone know where I can get decent racks for events?

Hey everyone,

I am trying to find places that I can either rent or purchase moveable bike racks for events like the Andersonville farmers market and Midsommarfest.  I have looked at the Dero event racks already but I would love to find something local to Chicago.  Another thought I had was to use Tri Racks, but they may not be as durable and they are not as secure.  Any thoughts or recommendations?

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on March 7, 2012 at 11:29am

Contact Active Transportation Alliance.  They should be able to help you out.

Permalink Reply by Ace Mann on March 7, 2012 at 11:31am
Get in touch with Activetrans.org I think they rent out the bike racks that they have.Workingbikes.org has some also,don't know if they rent racks
Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on March 7, 2012 at 12:00pm

I'll have our sponsorship guru and queen of the bike swap, Katie Leisner, respond soon!

Ethan Spotts, Active Trans

Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on March 7, 2012 at 12:33pm

Hey all, Katie here. 

Brian, Active Trans went through this process a few years ago when we bought new bike racks for our Bike Valet program.  We ended up purchasing triathlon-style racks because they are reasonably priced, easy to move and store well.  We have about 60 of them in a small corner of our storage area.

As you point out, though, they are not secure (it is impossible to lock to them).  Active Trans uses our racks for our Bike Valet program (http://www.activetrans.org/consulting/bike-valet), and we have someone watching the bikes all the time anyhow, so it works for us.

If you are interested, we actually rent out our racks during the times when we don’t have Bike Valet contracts – or if you have a little budget and want to save some time, I’d be happy to put together a quote to hire our Bike Valet.  If you want to chat about it, my email is linked to Bike Valet page above.

Katie Leisner, Active Trans

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 7, 2012 at 12:55pm

Lee Diamond may know what the source was for the "secure"  racks used at Pitchfork and North Coast (?)

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 7, 2012 at 9:21pm

Sorry to see the question is still not answered.

I'll drop a line to Lee to see if he knows the source.

Permalink Reply by Lee Diamond on March 8, 2012 at 9:08am

United Rentals.  They are a national company and their Chicago location is at 3233 W 36th St.  You can reach them at 773-733-4684. 

 

Also an ideal place to go if you happen to need forklifts, cherry pickers, giant outdoor festival crash-gates or scaffolding for your insane PA speaker setup.

Permalink Reply by Brian Bonanno on March 8, 2012 at 11:45am

Hi Katie,

Thanks for getting back to me, this is great information.  I would love to get a quote for the bike valet if you have one.  I want to do something for Midsommarfest here in Andersonville; June 8th-10th.  I am not entirely sure if there will be a budget for anything like this but it definitely cannot hurt to research.  I have a little grant money that I was thinking of possibly using for more permanent event racks from Dero.  That way I could use them for our farmers market and other events throughout the year, so I am waiting to get some quotes form Dero.  If you would like to get in touch with me directly, my email is bbonanno@andersonville.org or phone 773 728 7552. 

Thanks for your help.

-Brian

Active Transportation Alliance said:

Hey all, Katie here. 

Brian, Active Trans went through this process a few years ago when we bought new bike racks for our Bike Valet program.  We ended up purchasing triathlon-style racks because they are reasonably priced, easy to move and store well.  We have about 60 of them in a small corner of our storage area.

As you point out, though, they are not secure (it is impossible to lock to them).  Active Trans uses our racks for our Bike Valet program (http://www.activetrans.org/consulting/bike-valet), and we have someone watching the bikes all the time anyhow, so it works for us.

If you are interested, we actually rent out our racks during the times when we don’t have Bike Valet contracts – or if you have a little budget and want to save some time, I’d be happy to put together a quote to hire our Bike Valet.  If you want to chat about it, my email is linked to Bike Valet page above.

Katie Leisner, Active Trans

Permalink Reply by Brian Bonanno on March 8, 2012 at 11:46am

Thanks everyone for all of the great tips.  I definitely have a lot of leads to follow up on so that is awesome.  I will keep you posted on what we end up doing.

Permalink Reply by Brian Bonanno on March 8, 2012 at 11:47am


Thanks Lee,

I will definitely give them a call. 


Lee Diamond said:

United Rentals.  They are a national company and their Chicago location is at 3233 W 36th St.  You can reach them at 773-733-4684. 

 

Also an ideal place to go if you happen to need forklifts, cherry pickers, giant outdoor festival crash-gates or scaffolding for your insane PA speaker setup.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 8, 2012 at 1:05pm

Since Brian now seems to have what he needs, I would like to take this opportunity to see if anyone else is interested in doing a group buy on a cherry picker.  It doesn't have to be a huge expensive one-- 40 feet will be fine.



Lee Diamond said:

United Rentals.  They are a national company and their Chicago location is at 3233 W 36th St.  You can reach them at 773-733-4684. 

 

Also an ideal place to go if you happen to need forklifts, cherry pickers, giant outdoor festival crash-gates or scaffolding for your insane PA speaker setup.

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