http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Bike Racks With No Racks in Copenhagen" en Mon, 18 May 2026 22:20:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11718#post-134596 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 14:03:57 +0000 cb 134596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My experience of cycling in Muenster (germany) last year was that there were very few racks you could actually lock a bike too. Most were of the large concrete slab with slots for wheels variety.</p> <p>Lots and lots of bikes (particularly around the Uni) were just left standing randomly on their propstands. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11718#post-134532 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:38:03 +0000 chdot 134532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Comment from above link -</p> <p>"</p> <p>The bikes have a simple lock on the rear stay, that goes through the rear wheel, so it can't turn.</p> <p>The bike can still be picked up and moved, of course.</p> <p>You can use a bigger lock, and lock it to something, but it's not really worth your time. If you take into a account how unlikely it is that your bike is stolen, then <strong>any lock that takes more than three seconds to lock, is just too unwieldy</strong>.</p> <p>"</p> <p>My bold! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11718#post-134530 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:27:43 +0000 chdot 134530@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/10/bike-racks-with-no-racks-in-copenhagen.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/10/bike-racks-with-no-racks-in-copenhagen.html</a></p> <p>Three reasons why Edinburgh isn't ready for this idea. </p> <p>Not many bikes with propstands. </p> <p>Fear of theft. </p> <p>Keeping cars off. </p> <p>Cheap though! </p>