>From what I can tell, the bike racks are being used as structural >reinforcement for the snowbanks, their regular spine-like layout providing a >sketetal structure to keep the snowbanks from collapsing back into the >streets. I forgot to look when I was at the Library on Saturday, but I >remember last year, the Overture Center plowed their sidewalks, in many places >considerably beyond what was needed (wider than a typical 5-foot-wide >residential sidewalk), and used the rack on W. Mifflin St as a place to dump >the snow.
>From a cursory look at the racks on the square, they're mostly useless. I saw >one with a mtn. bike sorta laid on top of it, with just enough duckbill >sticking out of the snow to get a cable through. If you have a U-lock, U outta >luck. ---- Matt Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone besides me noticed how poorly the State Street bike racks > have been maintained through the last few snow storms? As I tried to > park my bike at the BFW listening session, I noticed the UW racks were > absolutely abysmal in terms of how well they have been maintained this > winter. How is the rest of Madison doing? --------------- Paul T. O'Leary Chronic Nuisance Madison, WI USA _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
