Re:How decent bike parking could revolutionize cities
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @07:25PM
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A bicycle is dirty, greasy and has pointy bits. No more welcome in a building that other, um, dirty, greasy things.
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Re:How decent bike parking could revolutionize cities
by jrockway on Thursday October 29, 2009 @12:36AM
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Assuming your bicycle is properly maintained, it will not be dirty, greasy, or have pointy bits. Daily lubrication of the chain prevents it from becoming dirty, and a chainguard (or even better, a chaincase) prevents most things from touching it anyway. After that, no exposed part should be greasy or dirty.
I share my apartment with three bikes, and they are as clean as anything else in the house.
Re:How decent bike parking could revolutionize cities
by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @09:29AM
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All scrupulously clean, except of course the tires which are exactly as clean as the gutter you have been riding in.
Every part of a bike is a pointy bit, made abundantly clear when you go down and tangle with it.
Transportation devices belong in the garage, not in the living room.