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Hi,
It would be wonderful to have a small back rack here for residents/visitors on Pearl to lock their bikes. All the signposts on Pearl are the sharp angular kind that scratch up a bike frame. There is one rack further down on Pearl (outside of 67 I think) but that is often full and it would be great to have more bike parking, particularly since the rack in front of Cafe Romeo and JJ Cleaners is not very large and usually full so there is spillover need from the corner.
The rack could either be installed in the patch of grass, or, which might be easier, there is a few feet of concrete between the driveway and the grass along the curb that could fit one or two U racks.
Thanks very much!
— Max Chaoulideer
6 Comments
Kent 14 (Registered User)
The city should be spending money in the hood, where people actually need services.
Mchaoulideer (Registered User)
Kent 14 (Registered User)
An easy DIY solution is locking your front wheel to the downtube. No one can ride off on a bike locked in this manner.
captainkickstand (Registered User)
Locking a wheel to the frame doesn't keep someone from carrying your bike off in a car or truck and cutting the lock later at their leisure. Residential neighborhoods all over need more bike racks; too often, there are no parking meters and no secure places to lock a bicycle. Street signs are often just planted in the dirt and are easily pulled up.
You are right that some areas need attention that they are not getting but wrong that bikes are a vehicle for the 'privileged class'.
Kent 14 (Registered User)
Having been a cyclist in this city for 25 years, I can tell you that most of these "cycling activists" are indeed of the privileged class.
And most of what they advocate for are quality of life improvements for the wealthier parts of town.
As for a bike being carried off? A cheap u lock can be popped even more quickly.
And, btw folks... don't leave your bikes outside overnight... even locked.
Closed Mchaoulideer (Registered User)