I hope they are not just that thoughtless. I tried to find them in the store so we could lock our bikes but no go.
by cesargeronimo
I hope they are not just that thoughtless. I tried to find them in the store so we could lock our bikes but no go.
by cesargeronimo
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From how they locked their bike it looks like they know exactly how to lock a bike. This is the equivalent of taking up 4 parking spaces to park one vehicle.
Look at me I have this awesome bike!
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It’s just one lock. Lift it up and turn it to the proper orientation.
I don’t know how to use a public bike rack, because I almost never see one, and no one’s ever showed me how.
But based on a few scenes from movies, I think the bikes generally go perpendicular to the rack. The rack in the picture doesn’t look anything like what I’ve seen in movies though.
I always hope that if I ever pull up to a rack, other bikes are already there so I can just mimic what they did.
Jerk
Average bianchi owner
I’m not sure what you expected from a fixie rider, they don’t know how to use brakes either
a Fixie with toe straps and spiked pedals
what could possibly go wrong?
Look for dude with quads of steel
I agree this may not be the intended use for the rack but it’s confusing because this is exactly how I would lean/lock my bike to a single U rack. So this is basically two single U racks integrated into one piece. What’s stopping you from locking up in a similar way on the opposite side?
Bianchi Pista is still cool?
Damn that bikes has some staying power. Shit was crazy popular in 2008.
if you only have one lock, lock the front tire though the frame at least
edit: front wheel and frame is superior to rear wheel and frame, rear wheel is harder to take off with the drive train, front wheel is just there
Those racks are shit. Used as designed your bike is just as likely to have the front wheel flop or the bike to tip over. I don’t blame the fixie rider for this in the least.
There’s literally no issue, this is how you use these racks…you aren’t meant to put a tire though or something silly like that. Lock your bikes up together or use the light pole 15 feet from this rack.
I’d consider that the problem isn’t the user, but the rack design itself. Wave racks should be banned. ([The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals agrees](https://www.apbp.org/assets/docs/EssentialsofBikeParking_FINA.pdf)).
It’s not that cool really. The bike that is.
This would be the correct way to use this rack with 2 locks. It’s an adaptive use and is fairly common.
OP – how would you park a bike in this rack? Serious question.
A CONVERSION???!!!
Ahhh hell nah!
If you live and ride to a place everyday and never see another bike locked there you get full right to lock it this way. I worked for years at a hospital and never saw another cyclist until one day someone showed up and locked opposite of me on this rack. I changed the day after.
You should go buy another lock and throw it on the front with a note that sends them on a long scavenger hunt that takes them all over the city to get the key. And if you really want to mess with them have the scavenger hunt end 10 feet from their bike with the key under a rock lol.
No brakes – too cool to share.