The Bike Rack G-ds Heard My Plea!

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on July 20, 2010 at 8:03am

yippeeee !

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on July 20, 2010 at 8:30am

That is one of those mean ugly racks, but at least you now have a rack to lock up to:)

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Permalink Reply by Joel on July 20, 2010 at 8:40am

Why do places insist on installing these racks? You can't use them the way they were intended because you can barely get your wheel into the rack -- forget a uLock on the frame.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on July 20, 2010 at 11:08am

Can you guys just be happy for me :))

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on July 20, 2010 at 1:36pm

I did give you a smile! :) I would be happy too! even if it is one of those racks a car driver would give a cyclist.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on July 20, 2010 at 4:40pm

It's really hard to be happy when you see this garbage.

Julie Hochstadter said:

Can you guys just be happy for me :))

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Permalink Reply by Michael Perz on July 20, 2010 at 5:37pm

Those racks are alright (not good; just alright) if your bike has sufficient clearance between the front tire and the frame downtube. Hoist the wheel over the top bar of the rack, prop the fork crown against it and snake your D-lock through the whole mess. Being skilled at Tetris is helpful as is wrapping your frame's downtube with hockey stick tape. Anyway, congrats. It is definitely better than locking your bike to a middle aged man of ambiguous Eastern European descent that's wielding a hammer drill which is what I'll presume you were doing prior to the rack's installation.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on July 20, 2010 at 5:39pm

Can someone show us examples of "good" racks? I know there is the rack hall of shame thread here somewhere....

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on July 20, 2010 at 5:41pm

found it. The "bike parking hall of fame/hall of shame (was bike parking at store....

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Permalink Reply by Michael Perz on July 20, 2010 at 5:43pm

I feel the need to add that most racks of this style tend to be constructed from the same thin-walled, galvanized tubing as fence posts. Make of that what you will.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on July 20, 2010 at 5:45pm

Have any of you seen someone cut this type of rack?

Michael Perz said:

I feel the need to add that most racks of this style tend to be constructed from the same thin-walled, galvanized tubing as fence posts. Make of that what you will.