yup... for the 15 minute stop at a near down town biz, they are perfect.
I wouldn't lock a bike overnight or all day anywhere in that area anyway.
ME
On 8/29/11 5:51 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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
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*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
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