Comments on: The Great Bike Rack Contest

By: Gina (of

Gina (of — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:15:14 +0000

Arleigh, we’d love to see those rack that you mentioned. Fritz, you are on the mark. It is about the derth of bike decent bike parking: Racks that are safely placed, permits truely-secure locking, and look good. The contest is over but the impetus remains.

Let me add that the industry group APBP have rack guidelines, and that some municipalities will install back racks for businesses for free!

Thanks for discussing this topic. Thanks, commutebybike.com for your good work. Cheers!

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:52:06 +0000

No photos, sorry; and I don’t live in Colorado any more.

I’d imagine the point of the contest is to point out the good, the bad and the ugly in bike parking. So many people are not aware of what good parking is and just put up with what’s available rather than engaging the imagination with the possibilities. Most bike parking is something like a local Wal-Mart with only a rutted mud parking lot that also doubles as a cattle feed lot. Most cyclists put up with it because we don’t even know what it’s like to have real bike parking.

Of course, one of the advantages of a bike is that it can be locked to a variety of things, and it can be rolled into the store if no parking is available.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:27:11 +0000

What is the point of this contest?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:24:11 +0000

I can’t think of any great bike racks here (functional, yes, awesome, no), but it does sure seem like I’m good at finding the bad ones.

By: Arleigh

Arleigh — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:38:42 +0000

Fritz – have any pictures???

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:06:25 +0000

I really really really like the recycled car steering wheels that are attached to the parking meters in Boulder, Colorado for bicycle parking.