The Bike Rack G-ds Heard My Plea!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Perz on July 20, 2010 at 5:58pm

Julie, I can't say that I've ever seen one cut. My comment was nothing more than a caveat. Galvanized posts are used for fencing because they are cheap and can be cut easily to facilitate quick assembly. What makes it the worst possible choice for a bike rack, in my opinion, is that it can be sliced through silently using a simple tubing cutter. The best racks are ones made from square section tubing, not round.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on July 21, 2010 at 3:53am

well...my first day locking up and I ended up having to lift my bike up over the rack to lock it. But yes it is better than a pole. i will probably stick to the sides (which were already taken when I got in today).

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on July 21, 2010 at 4:01am

good point. I'm not happy about having to lift the bike on and off all the time. I may try to pay and reserve one of the end spots :))

Cameron Puetz said:

That's the same type of rack I have at my office. You might want to install some sort of skid plate on the underside of your downtube if you're going to keep parking that way. I didn't realise how much damage I was doing to the underside of downtube untill it was already done.

Julie Hochstadter said:
well...my first day locking up and I ended up having to lift my bike up over the rack to lock it. But yes it is better than a pole. i will probably stick to the sides (which were already taken when I got in today).

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Permalink Reply by Joel on July 21, 2010 at 6:27am

The racks the city uses are actually pretty good. Just a simple U of square tubing set into the cement -- difficult to cut or pick up, and easy to use a U-lock on the frame and wheel.

Julie Hochstadter said:

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 Ace Mann on July 21, 2010 at 1:23pm

I think this over by the Green City market. It will be nice to have more places to lock up bikes.People lock bikes to any and everything so more places to lock up bikes makes me happy :)