“Big Clearance! 12 in place of 1!”

“Grande offerta! 12 per 1!”

ENFB cyclists’ union, Woerden, 1993; poster by Theo van den Boogaard

@fuck_cars

  • Yokozuna@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’ll speak from experience here, but biking with groceries is the biggest pain in the ass ever.

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    6 months ago

    Pretty gross rack design tho. Should just be a bunch of pipes bent into a large U-shape cemented into the ground on both ends.

    You’re supposed to lock the rear wheel with a u-bolt, not the front wheel.

    Also not all bikes are shaped the same, and once you put a weeks worth of groceries on them that front wheel is popping out of that shitty slot and you’re crushing the guy next to you

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      6 months ago

      You’re supposed to lock the rear wheel with a u-bolt, not the front wheel.

      This must vary a lot, but that’s how you keep only a wheel where I’m from. I even saw those wheels locked to railings here and there in Berlin

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        6 months ago

        I’m not sure if you’re agreeing with me, but the whole reason to lock the rear wheel (as opposed to the front wheel) is specifically to avoid this problem. By locking through the rear wheel inside the rear triangle of the frame, you lock up both the wheel and the frame at once.

        This is why bike racks designed to lock the front wheel are stupid.