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Bike parking suggestions

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  • Started 4 years ago by CECactivetravel
  • Latest reply from Murun Buchstansangur

  1. wingpig
    Member

    Hhmmmmm. You can just about get a D-lock from the front wheel-bracket to a frame on a diamond-frame setup, but the bracket itself isn't as solid as those I've seen on other double-deck racks. I don't know if I'd use it if I had the rear seat fitted as it would feel too top-heavy waggly. The sliding section only pivots down when fully extended and conversely only starts to slide forward when the bike is fully lifted. You don't need to lift the full weight but I found I needed one hand to stop the bike falling off sideways and one to lift. The rear wheel-catch didn't have full control of the rear wheel (think mine's 35mm just now) and it wouldn't take much of a shift or slip for it to jump out. The deck starts to slide back when loaded unless it's all the way forward and you'd need a long cable lock to go all the way to your back wheel AND around the bar at the front to stop the mechanism being slid out whilst the bike was still locked. I would recommend that those amongst us able to use these use these when we can if we have a long-enough lock to leave the easier Sheffield stands for those less into heaving things about.

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    Posted 3 years ago #
  2. wingpig
    Member

    Went back and had a longer look today. It seems unlikely that any D-lock/bike combination would allow the frame to be locked to the front wheel cage. Maybe something with tiny wheels, or a locking loop on the front fork.

    You could get one from the left chainstay to the poorly-welded rear wheel retainer, but that leaves the bike very vulnerable to damage if someone decided to slide that rack down. I'll be going at the edge and at least cable-locking to the structure itself.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  3. davecykl
    Member

    Ugh, why are these horrible contraptions starting to appear everywhere?

    They have poor support for bikes and lack convenient lock attachment points (so are less secure), and given that we don't (and probably never will) have the incredible quantity and density of bike parking requirements as the Dutch do at their railway stations, is there any sensible reason for going for the extra expense of these (surely they can't be any cheaper than the equivalent number of Sheffield stands) rather than just using more ground level space for more Sheffield stands (and if you claim shortness of space, just colonise a few car parking spaces)?

    There surely also has to be an accessibility and Equality Act issue with these as well: there are people with sufficient movability to bike or trike but with walking or balancing difficulties who would find it difficult or impossible to try to lock their cycle to these, especially the upper level. Would, say, Cycle Law Scotland and relevant disability groups be able to prepare a case for these not being legally suitable for use?

    Posted 3 years ago #
  4. MediumDave
    Member

    Perhaps because they are a single-unit purchase and don't require a whole work gang with core drills to drill big holes in the concrete to fit individual Sheffield stands.

    Having said that a "toast-rack" style Sheffield stand assembly is similarly easy to install. Only an ordinary masonry drill needed.

    ObConspiracy: Building managers know exactly what Sheffield stands are but take perverse delight in installing bizarre cycle parking systems instead.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  5. gembo
    Member

    Hey hey we’re the Doubledeckers

    Posted 3 years ago #
  6. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    https://twitter.com/TomWoolno/status/1671920579438428160

    Tom Woolnough
    @TomWoolno
    You know what’s great?
    @cyclehoop bicycle hangars
    But you’ll only be able to open them 1/4 of the time because
    @Edinburgh_CC didn’t put parking restrictions near them, so you can’t open the doors and use your bike to go to work…

    #edinburgh #cycling #sustainabletravel

    Posted 9 months ago #

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