They started going up last fall. Back then, a person at the city told me that Madison plans to convert old parking meters into bike hitching posts as time progresses. I used to know more details, but they were all on my computer at the Bike Fed, and I do not have a photographic memory. I know I was a little concerned about how easily they could be unscrewed by someone who has the right type of wrench/screwdriver (the bolts have asterisk-shaped depressions in their heads, rather than the more common flathead, phillips or alan depressions), but if you only lock junkers to them you are probably okay. I wouldn't put my nice road bike on one. But they are pretty awesome for convenient parking during errands.
Kathryn Kingsbury www.kathrynkingsbury.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynkingsbury Skype: kathryn.kingsbury ________________________________ From: Mark Evans <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, August 29, 2011 5:22:57 PM Subject: [Bikies] Is this a new Bike Parking tool? I'm sorry but I do not have a picture of this thing I saw. I don't carry a cell phone and the digital camera I had, well, I actually was dropping it at BDC Camera on Johnson when I saw it... I was parking my bike in front of the quirky used clothing store next to BDC when I spied this metal ring, actually laser cut with the word 'Madison' and an outline of a bike, bolted onto the parking meter (or was it a parking sign??). The ring appeared to be a bike parking spot where I could lock my wheel too. Sweet! I scanned the street for more of them, even scanned Johnson as I biked off, but saw no more. Is this a new initiative? Or is it an anomaly, perhaps installed by the business? Either way, this seems like a great and relatively inexpensive solution to bike parking. CAn anyone at the city answer this? thanks Mark Follow Wheels for Winners on FACEBOOK Read Papa Wheelie's Whamblings, Mark's creative blog
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