Comments on: 10/17/2012 – Boxed In

By: Jimm Pratt

Jimm Pratt — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:12:04 +0000

At the Bicycle Innovation Lab – Bike Library http://www.bicycleinnovationlab.dk/?l=UK we use shipping containers for the library itself. Big, solid, and protects the library bikes from theft.

By: Gonçalo Pais

Gonçalo Pais — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:47:47 +0000

It allready happened in Spain. In a motoGP they offered parking in a container for a small value. When everybody was watching the race, several trucks carried the bikes away…

By: Schmuck

Schmuck — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:12:41 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddAi8FF3F4

By: Bruce (@Sacchoromyces)

Bruce (@Sacchoromyces) — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:13:09 +0000

The good folks at Rustbelt Welding won’t like this one. They just completed one for a local municipality near Cleveland.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151041947492583&set=a.10151027270717583.421579.140980087582&type=1&theater

By: Maarten

Maarten — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:08:50 +0000

WD40 is an excellent degreaser, you just have to know what to use it for.

By: BlindPilot

BlindPilot — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:12:26 +0000

WD40?!?!?! :-@

I keep that stuff as far away from my bike as I can. Chain lube, grease, or some Simple Green would attract me, but not WD40.

By: Dondare

Dondare — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:48:22 +0000

A can of WD40 would be better bait for bicyclists.

By: Dondare

Dondare — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:16:18 +0000

Yehuda was chuffed to travel by container:
http://yehudamoon.com/20110912/

By: K'Tesh

K'Tesh — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:05:07 +0000

last sentence was an unfinished edit… I was going to remove that.

I’ve seen at some staple racks where people will lock their bike sideways (taking up 5-6 spots) to prevent their bike from falling over. When the rack is empty, this isn’t a problem, when it’s a busy one, then the rest of us have to deal with it.

I’d love to see more staple racks, they have two points of contact preventing the bike from falling over (rather than the one you get with a waveform). When they are properly installed, they are easy to get between and lock/unlock the bike, and there’s no lifting involved.

By: K'Tesh

K'Tesh — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:58:13 +0000

What’s the problem?

They are a bad design. I hate it when my bike falls over and the finish (in my case reflective film, most people have paint or bumper/biker stickers) gets damaged. I had a frame that got dented when it was knocked over by someone trying to lock their bike in a crowded waveform rack.

Lifting a wheel over the lower part of the wave is a PITA (my bike’s heavy), and trying to fit it between the vertical parts on the upper part of the wave never works because they are always too narrow. Often I feel like I have to be a contortionist to try and fit mine in a crowded location and get it locked securely.

I hate it when they are crowded to the point that I can’t