http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Rubbish bike parking en Mon, 18 May 2026 10:49:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140465 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:45:33 +0000 allebong 140465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's an almost alright design there, save for the connecting bar at the back, and it being set against the wall. </p> <p>At least if they change it to Sheffield stands, that'll be better than Fountainpark, where they removed dozens of perfectly good Sheffields and replaced them with godawful unusuable wheelbending abominations. Marginally better was Asda Chesser who removed their official bike Sheffields but left a decent trolley rack that functions well as one. See the new Sainsburys Longstone for how it should be done, ie plentiful Sheffields easily accessible near the entrance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140428 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:11:58 +0000 kaputnik 140428@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Its not too bad</em></p> <p>I'd say at best it's a semi-functional art installation. It's no Sheffield Stand in practicality terms. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140427 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:01:12 +0000 DaveC 140427@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thats the foot path beyond the kerb. The road is a little further away. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140424 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:43:23 +0000 EddieD 140424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you're at the other end of the stand, I thing you'd be over the curb.</p> <p>And I doubt I could get the 'bent there - and that's my shopping bike </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140418 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:25:32 +0000 DaveC 140418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Click image above for full photo. Its not too bad. I use a D lock through the seat stay and rear wheel, and this worked here. There are a couple of trollys left by the stands but push them onto the road, and they're no longer in the way of bikes ;O) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140417 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:21:24 +0000 amir 140417@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is that damp patch related to kaputnik's pic? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140416 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:19:12 +0000 DaveC 140416@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://s126.photobucket.com/user/Dave_Crampton/media/2014-01-21%2008.35.15_zpskyptuocz.jpg.html"><img src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/Dave_Crampton/2014-01-21%2008.35.15_zpskyptuocz.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140406 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:21:36 +0000 kaputnik 140406@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@theSpurtle: Spurtle test-pilot reports very localised functional uselessness since: @cocteautriplets @kevlarhead #Tesco #cycling <a href="http://t.co/MPJJQLg9uf" rel="nofollow">http://t.co/MPJJQLg9uf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140400 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:30:26 +0000 DaveC 140400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Considering how much they must have spet on resurfacing the carpark, they could have found a little more space for some normal staples. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140394 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:28:45 +0000 SRD 140394@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>gembo's right, if they didn't have that silly bar along the middle, they'd be fine moved out a foot or so. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140393 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:11:40 +0000 gembo 140393@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not much space near the door at tht shop . They look good . Maybe if they moved them out a bit, bikes could roll through? And the same space wold get used as in the current set up where the bikes will stick out? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140392 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:10:02 +0000 steveo 140392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I expect you're right. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140384 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:17:18 +0000 cc 140384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Presumably the designer merely intended it to be a sort of fancy-looking Sheffield Rack - so, not shoved right up against a wall... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140382 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:53:47 +0000 Roibeard 140382@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Reversing in may work, allowing one to chain the rear triangle to the rack, although that does tend to leave the bicycle exposed.</p> <p>Maybe best to treat them as traditional wheelbenders and secure your bike perpendicular to them?</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140381 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:52:27 +0000 kaputnik 140381@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If they are life size you probably can't push the bike in handlebars first, because the arty saddle/handlebar bits of the rack will foul that. If you put it in rearwards first, there's probably not enough horizontal area to stop a bike flopping over, particularly as you put a pannier on it.</p> <p>Well and truly taken the crummy supermarket bike rack mantle off of Waitrose Morningside. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140380 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:44:38 +0000 steveo 140380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Better check the wheel bit isn't QR. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140377 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:34:23 +0000 PS 140377@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are they "life size", in which case they may be deep enough to allow you to cable lock or chain lock your frame to the "wheel" bit of the design? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140376 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:24:25 +0000 chdot 140376@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's art innit(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12074#post-140375 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:14:57 +0000 BenN 140375@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today's offender is Tescos at Cannonmills. Finally responding to the fact that the spaces provided are constantly full, they have installed these lovely bike parks:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/76893435@N08/12052669514/" title="IMG_20140117_131036 by Ben_N1, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/12052669514_798fd90c57_n.jpg" alt="IMG_20140117_131036" /></a></p> <p>Seriously at a loss as to how to use these - wheel benders that also hold the promise of bending brake discs? </p>