Re:What Dockless Bikes and Scooters Are Exposing
by btrettel on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @05:21PM
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The terrible quality bike racks are a major problem. Thanks for pointing this problem out.
I'm particularly irritated by racks which are so close to buildings that they can only be used at half capacity. Whoever installed them obviously has no idea how they are used.
In Austin, many bike racks also are coated in bird poop, though I'm not sure what can be done about this aside from regularly cleaning the racks. I never ran into this problem anywhere else.
Re:What Dockless Bikes and Scooters Are Exposing
by bsder on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @06:17PM
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> In Austin, many bike racks also are coated in bird poop, though I'm not sure what can be done about this aside from regularly cleaning the racks. I never ran into this problem anywhere else.
Presumably because the racks are underneath trees or shade (which the grackles also like) to avoid baking your bike in the sun.
Austin gets really hot in the summer and non-reflective surfaces can get hot enough to impart burns.
But even for regular bikes, it can be an issue when there is not enough parking. Here in Cambridge, over the last few years, the city has installed a fairly large number of parking rings for locking up bikes, and it still can't keep up. And don't even get me started on parking lots at supermarkets, etc., that don't have any racks or have crappy racks made for kids' bikes.