Unfortunately I am not a real fan of the duckbill racks, there is better stuff out there.
* Like some of you have mentioned they bend easily. * They don't fit all bikes - especially some with fenders. * They are potential wheel rim benders. * They are debris collectors that are hard to clean out. * They are next to impossible to be cleared of snow in winter. I don't recall if the spacing is good. The new city ordinance will require a minimum of 2-foot spacing between spaces. Sorry. My 2 cents. Mike Rewey *********************** On 11 Aug 2010 at 10:43, [email protected] wrote: I absolutely adore these racks as well. The only shortcoming I've ever seen is that they're pretty sensitive to getting plowed over and rendered unusable. Two out of nine in front of my building resemble abstract sculpture more than bike racks. -Mindy Preston > YES!!! For what it's worth, the "duck bill" racks that John is > writing about are my favorite bike racks too. > <http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/duck-bill-bike-rack.jpg> > > To reiterate what John said but added from my experience, the duck > bill racks seem to accommodate more bicycles, more types of > bicycles, and allow people to use the racks without having their > bikes tip over than any of the other racks that are out there. They > balance the need for space between bikes and the ability to fit the > maximum number of bikes into the minimum amount of space. > > If folks have critiques of these racks, I'd like to hear them. I > have always wondered why these duck-bill racks weren't ubiquitous. > > -India > > On 08/11/10, John Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've always wondered why the (imho) WONDERFUL "duck bill" >> rack<http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/duck-bill-bike- rack.jpg> <http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/duck-bill-bike- rack.jpg> isn't more common. It supports wheel/frame locking, provides enough clearance for big wheel/fender combos, and most importantly supports bikes even when they're not tightly locked (and this is its advantage over the all-too-common "inverted U" racks, which are littered with fallen >> bikes). >> >> >> >> Are the duck-bill racks disparaged as fence racks? I've heard that >> they're made at the UW. Has anyone seen another source for them? >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010, Robbie wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > * [a decent bike rack] Supports the bike frame in two places, so >> that the bike can be leaned >> > >> > >> > against the rack. NO FENCE RACKS, that only support the wheel. These can >> > >> > bend the wheel if the bike is jostled. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > -- > India Viola > Stretton Lab > 115 Zoology Research > 1117 W. Johnson St. > Madison, WI 53706 > 608.262.3336 > > "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge > them?" -Anonymous > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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