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Thank you. I am still researching bicycle racks, among other things. I am fortunate to be in a historica, walkable, mixed-use downtown area with "scenic" highw

Thank you. I am still researching bicycle racks, among other things. I am fortunate to be in a historica, walkable, mixed-use downtown area with "scenic" highways running through it. In other words, old-fashioned highways where bikes are permitted, not limited-access freeways where bikes are Verboten. So we already have cyclists coming through here in spite of the lack of bike racks. I talked to a group that began in Seattle and said they were heading up around the Olympic Peninsula and down to San Francisco. So they are traveling quite the distance because of existing infrastructure and interest. I already take photos of the area and post them online in a forum I run, which is what sparked me to think up this project. I now have a new goal of documenting bike racks and potential bike rack sites. I will develop things from there.

tmp538394722 5y ago
As someone who rides a bike for errands and fun, I’m often locking it up. My unsolicited opinion: I love the plain and simple single upside down U. My unsolicited rant: I’ve seen and attempted to use many variations, and anything more or less than a single upside down U is always worse. - usage of space: “racks” that are intended to be used for lots of bikes almost never work out. An upside down u fits two bikes. Simply installing more U’s will have a better outcome than a single “multi-bike” rack because the racks almost never work as advertised - inevitably someone has a kids seat attached to their bike, or a trailer, or a taller bike or shorter bike, or whatever, and then they just end up using the two sides, or going across the whole rack, so all the middle space is wasted space anyway. - security (eg is it the right height/width/length that I can fit my lock, and lock up all the parts of my bike, not just the wheel). With the U rack, yes, otherwise, almost never as good, and often much worse. ergonomics - can I easily get my lock around the rack and my bike, lean my bike against it) I’ll grant that maybe you want to sacrifice utility for a particular “look” but please do so carefully and deliberately. Good luck!!
- DoreenMichele 5y ago
  I am absolutely soliciting opinions. Thank you very much for this.

tmp538394722 5y ago

As someone who rides a bike for errands and fun, I’m often locking it up. My unsolicited opinion: I love the plain and simple single upside down U. My unsolicited rant: I’ve seen and attempted to use many variations, and anything more or less than a single upside down U is always worse. - usage of space: “racks” that are intended to be used for lots of bikes almost never work out. An upside down u fits two bikes. Simply installing more U’s will have a better outcome than a single “multi-bike” rack because the racks almost never work as advertised - inevitably someone has a kids seat attached to their bike, or a trailer, or a taller bike or shorter bike, or whatever, and then they just end up using the two sides, or going across the whole rack, so all the middle space is wasted space anyway. - security (eg is it the right height/width/length that I can fit my lock, and lock up all the parts of my bike, not just the wheel). With the U rack, yes, otherwise, almost never as good, and often much worse. ergonomics - can I easily get my lock around the rack and my bike, lean my bike against it) I’ll grant that maybe you want to sacrifice utility for a particular “look” but please do so carefully and deliberately. Good luck!!

DoreenMichele 5y ago
I am absolutely soliciting opinions. Thank you very much for this.