http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/10/bike-racks-with-no-racks-in-copenhagen.html
Three reasons why Edinburgh isn't ready for this idea.
Not many bikes with propstands.
Fear of theft.
Keeping cars off.
Cheap though!
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"Bike Racks With No Racks in Copenhagen"
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Posted 11 years ago #
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The bikes have a simple lock on the rear stay, that goes through the rear wheel, so it can't turn.
The bike can still be picked up and moved, of course.
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 any lock that takes more than three seconds to lock, is just too unwieldy.
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My bold!
Posted 11 years ago # -
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.
Lots and lots of bikes (particularly around the Uni) were just left standing randomly on their propstands.
Posted 11 years ago #
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