http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: bike rack etiquette - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:07:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7213#post-75311 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:22:03 +0000 kaputnik 75311@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So here is the script.</p> <p>The bikeracks at work are wheelbenders that alternate low wheelbender - not so low wheelbender - low wheelbender etc. If you have a tyre about 2" wide, you can wedge that in there, but if you have anything slim (like a x25) then the bike rests against the spokes. I don't like this, as bike spokes were not designed to take the weight of the bike pushing against 1 or 2 of them from the side and if some clumsyclutz of a workman / driver / cyclist was to knock the bike, I'd probably end up with bent/broken spokes and/or a buckled rim.</p> <p>No worries, I have a neat way of leaning the bike against the rack using the non-drive side crank and part of the bike rack that holds the wheelbenders together as a chock to stop the bike rolling out of the frame.</p> <p>However, recently I've noticed that someone has been re-positioning my bike every day, putting the front wheel into the wheelbender and leaning it against the spokes.</p> <p>Now I don't know if they think they're being helpful or if they think I'm taking up too much room. Personally I don't think I am, my bike is considerably narrower than most of the full suspension MTBs that come into the office, with extra width handlebars and non-bike-stacking-friendly bar ends, and in my preferred position it is c. 1" to the right of where it would be if it was in the wheelbender.</p> <p>Anyway, do you think it's bad form to move someone else's bike from where it is parked, if it isn't either blocking someone in / taking up an antisocial amount of room etc.</p> <p>I considered putting a note on my bike saying DON'T MOVE IT then realised I could just start using the cheap combination lock again to stop it being shifted.</p> <p>Oh and there is no shortage of spare racks at work, we don't have a very large number of committed cyclists, and I recognise most of them (and their bikes) and they're not to blame.</p> <p>Also - does one have more dibs on the bike rack closer to the locker room if one is a "more committed" cyclist who commutes come rain, hail, wind or snow vs. the occasional once-a-week summercyclist? </p>