Fuck Cars @lemmy.world grue @lemmy.world 2mo ago

It's always worth asking for a bike rack!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30563342

This store just opened up a few months back, and they had zero bike parking.

I emailed their head office, saying that I was planning to shop there, but not until they added a bike rack.

Went to check last night, and boom! Bike rack!

Bicycling @lemmy.world Showroom7561 @lemmy.ca 2mo ago

It's always worth asking for a bike rack!

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Isn't that backwards?
- Also even if it wasn't, that's a public footpath? That would be completely blocked by a bike going across it?
  
  Either this is layers of stupid, or the original OP came on the Internet to tell lies.
  
  The path ends right there. You cannot go around the corner. There is nothing, that is blocked.
- Probably not bolted down and installed properly either. Which part of the US is this?
- No, you stick your wheel between the parallel bars and you can lock the wheel and frame to the rack with a u-lock or chain.
  
  I thought the wheel was supposed to sit between the two bars on the ground
- No, it's the right way around. The designers just did a bad job.
- You are correct.
(Note: @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca is OP; I just cross-posted.)
it's always good to have bike racks, but installed like this would completely block the sidewalk when a bike is parked 😕

Edit: unless this is just a useless corner that just leads to the back of the store.
Remember to ask for an upside-down U rack.

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