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submitted 1 month ago by grue@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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!

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[-] SaintWacko@slrpnk.net 36 points 1 month ago
[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 13 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month ago

The path ends right there. You cannot go around the corner. There is nothing, that is blocked.

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Probably not bolted down and installed properly either. Which part of the US is this?

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] SaintWacko@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

I thought the wheel was supposed to sit between the two bars on the ground

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That's just the shadow of the vertical bars

[-] SaintWacko@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

No, I mean the big bars. Like this

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 month ago

If it was turned the other way, it'd be flush against the wall and you wouldn't be able to fit your tire into the space to lock it up.

[-] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

No it wouldn't, the bottom bars stick out beyond the vertical bars and would give them clearance from the wall. It's backwards.

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, got it. Yes, that's how it's supposed to go. The lower bar does help keep the bikes steady, but at least you can still lock your bike up even if it's backwards.

[-] polygon6121@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

You are correct.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

No, it's the right way around. The designers just did a bad job.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

(Note: @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca is OP; I just cross-posted.)

[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Remember to ask for an upside-down U rack.

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