Got to see a brand new bike-parking room at a downtown office building. Folks there all proud of themselves. Very nice (and pricey) gesture of goodwill. Fairly obvious to me they were sold something and didn't do their own consultation with "real" riders or all-season riders.
Issues:
- normal size entry/exit door to the room
- nice slick shiny floor... zero drainage
- entry/exit route goes through 4 normal size doors, and partially through a lobby. Makes for fun if you've got a mountain bike and panniers.
- No plans for a mat through above entry/exit route... should be fun with all that muddy water on marble-like flooring.
- hard steel upside-down-"U"-shape frames to lock ones bike to, all placed about 18" apart. That'll be fun playing bike-jenga getting bikes in/out, not to mention scratched. Bikes stay on their two wheels, instead of hanging by a wheel.
- no bike lock bar; no garbages
- single small change room, no drain, no hooks, no garbage bin.
It was an effort at least. whaddaya do?
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