Questions tagged [parking]
Questions about parking your bike, in public places or at home.
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How should I warn someone I haven't met that their bike is locked insecurely?
At my office building I've noticed that a bike is consistently locked in a way where it could be easily stolen. All someone would need to do is deflate the front tire and remove it from the fork and ...
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What is the difference between a bike dock and a bike rack?
Are the two terms synonymous, or are they different? I've always tend to refer to the "racks" at which you can lock a bike as a "bike rack," but recently, when I started to use ...
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Is it possible to use a tailgate pad and hitch mount rack at the same time?
I'd like to carry up to 5 or 6 mountain bikes on my truck. I have a hitch mount rack for 2, but need to find a way to carry at least 3 more bikes to take the whole family biking. Does anyone have ...
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Parking rear-wheel first: which sprocket to put rear derailleur in?
So, I want to keep this from happening:
To that end, I like to park my bicycle rear-wheel first, which was discussed in answers to this question, where I'm taking the images from. Since almost ...
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Can bicycle parking stands damage wheels? [duplicate]
I mean stands like this:
If there is a little bit of wind or someone pushes your bike when they are trying to park, can the lateral forces damage the wheel?
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Where can you park your bike?
I've started biking and see its potential for being able to go around the local area. But when you are running errands (biking to a store or the bank or something) you have to physically put it ...
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Where is the best place to park a folding bike?
This is quite a generalised question, but I'm looking for some principals to follow when looking for parking for my folding bike, that I just bought this morning. I think the ideal situation would be ...
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Bike Rack design
I found this bike rack recently, and it works fine for normal bike wheels. However the other side has hooks that face out at about chest height.
The hooks are steel but are covered in black plastic ...
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Commuting daily with an Expensive Bike, tips?
I have been commuting to work daily for years now. Sadly I just switched jobs and there is no bike parking, so I have to leave it in the street. My main problem is that I'm riding a Colnago Single ...
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Practical way to park many bicycles in one garage for everyday use?
I have seven bicycles, four of my personal use, and three for each one of my wife, stepson and nephew, all of them adult-sized.
My lifestyle involves one or two short daily commutes and a lot of ...
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Parking a bike with wide tyres in a narrow bike rack
I park my bike at work in a rack like this:
At the moment I have 26 x 1.9" knobbly tyres and the wheel just squeaks into the rack. However I'd like to replace these with 26 x 2" Schwalbe Marathons ...
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Leaving lock on the parking rack - is this rude?
We have a bicycle parking rack near the office building. It's rather large: for about 30-35 bikes.
Someone has left their lock (chain or whatever) locked around one part of the rack.
So, I've got ...
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Indoor bicycle tray to preclude the rug from getting wet
When I take my bicycle indoors, and there's snow, ice, etc on it, the snow melts and the water runs onto the floor. Long-term water damage to rugs is an issue, and I don't want to leave the bicycle ...
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Whole Bicycle Rack Easily Removed! Is the provider liable?
The story is - Parked and locked the bicycle at a seemingly secure parking-rack provided by a supermarket. I soon discovered that someone had locked my bicycle (and their own) to the rack. Returning a ...
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Looking for an alternative to the Speedlifter Twist / quickly rotate handlebars solution
I'm looking for an alternative to the Speedlifter Twist: http://www.speedlifter.com/twist.php?L=en
The only function I'm interested in is the parking feature where I can turn my handlebar 90˚. I have ...
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