tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post929594765642699904..comments2024-01-31T10:54:16.570+00:00Comments on Real cycling: Scottish Parliament's cycle parking takes shapeRob Ainsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-74848243504290696212011-11-30T23:18:33.384+00:002011-11-30T23:18:33.384+00:00In your first & third photos, you can see a ci...In your first & third photos, you can see a circle on the ground in line with the others, where presumably the fifth stand (shaped like the last wheel) should be....KapteinKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061664662104457489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-20628163095654439092011-11-17T16:59:58.312+00:002011-11-17T16:59:58.312+00:00There's a phrase "it probably won an awar...There's a phrase "it probably won an award" to describe something that looks pretty but is utterly unusable. These fall in to this category. It may be that there is a way to safely lock a subset of bicycle types to them without the locks being removable (you probably need to put your bicycle frame under the open one to prevent it)<br /><br />Each rack looks like it has its own solution, so users of the rack will have to learn and remember four different techniques -and the cost of getting it wrong will be a new bicycle. <br /><br />This is just daft. Sheffield racks may not look pretty, but they are designed to keep your bicycle there.SteveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654931341335136008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-59758512800030174572011-11-17T14:04:32.556+00:002011-11-17T14:04:32.556+00:00I can kinda see how you can slip a lock through th...I can kinda see how you can slip a lock through the stand without opening it...ndruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15324118775089929952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-63512052943358427832011-11-17T14:03:01.105+00:002011-11-17T14:03:01.105+00:00It all suddenly makes sense! I am enlightened... m...It all suddenly makes sense! I am enlightened... many thanks.<br /><br />But hang on... I'm on my stomach now on the floor... nope, it's not working. <br /><br />There's only one wheel. Because there are only four stands, not five!<br /><br />So it's a nice idea but, er, one wheel short of a bicycle.<br /><br />Still, it suggests all sorts of possibilities for similar perspective tricks. Particularly with rude shapes.Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-27875287842951464352011-11-17T13:41:45.448+00:002011-11-17T13:41:45.448+00:00No paper clips, but much closer related to cycle p...No paper clips, but much closer related to cycle parking as such. Try observing them from a low point where all five stands line up and together (supposedly) form the shape of ... see for yourself: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12771303@N00/12943126 (photo by Dave Morris)<br /><br />/TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com