I’ll Consider It After I See It

Additional to yesterday’s put up, not solely is Brooklyn supposedly one of the best massive metropolis in America for the driving of bikes (though it’s NOT A CITY), however New York Metropolis’s bicycle parking program goes to “revolutionize city biking throughout North America:”

Certainly, it’s a “potential turning level,” and smuggies are actually even evaluating New York to Europe, their platonic ultimate of completely every part:

New York’s upcoming bike parking community isn’t simply excellent news for locals—it’s a possible turning level for city biking throughout North America. Cities reminiscent of Montreal, Portland, and Vancouver have made strides with protected bike lanes and bike-share techniques, however few have tackled parking in a significant, citywide means in a related style to European cities the place the modal shift has already swung additional within the two-wheeled path.

So can New York pull it off? I’ve my doubts. With out boring you with my litany of complaints (you already know, the type that begin with “I’m a taxpayer and…”), it is a deeply dysfunctional metropolis. The inexperienced roof on the bike pod is an amusing contact, although. I’d say they need to construct housing on it as an alternative, but it surely’s most likely not mandatory as a result of somebody will quickly be residing up there anyway–except somebody elsoe figures out learn how to park their RAV4 up there, which is equally probably.

I imply how are we going to revolutionize bicycle parking after we can’t even put a motorbike rack by a pool?

Although to be truthful it sounds just like the Central Park Conservancy needed to transfer the rack as a result of individuals in New York suck at driving bikes:

The middle, which is run by the Central Park Conservancy – the nonprofit group that manages most of Central Park – initially put in bike racks on the finish of that difficult downhill zig-zag on the East Drive north of 106th Avenue. To entry the bike racks, cyclists must dismount at high speeds, after which could be in hurt’s means as different cyclists handed. And cyclists getting into from Harlem must salmon uphill to entry the racks.

Uh, why would cyclists “must dismount at high speeds?” Have they not heard of brakes? Even the fixie doofuses can step by step handle to skid themselves to a cease.

I have to say I’m additionally shocked the advocacy set nonetheless makes use of the time period “salmon.” In any case, it was I who invented it, they usually’ve roughly excommunicated me. In actual fact I’d cease them from utilizing it if I might, purely out of spite:

Wanting that, it appears to me they need to at the very least give you their very own time period, and if they will’t try this I’m pleased to assist them. Would possibly I recommend “wrong-dogging?” You’ll be able to have that one without spending a dime.

In the meantime, from Eurobike, right here comes the gravel motor you’ve been ready for:

Simply be sure that to make use of it with this micro-massaging gravel bar tape:

Hey, it would very nicely be unbelievable, but it surely positive is creepy wanting:

These seem like ambulacral grooves:

This complete gravel factor is simply getting bizarre.