Bike rack too high!

This was what I saw At Yio Chu Kang Community Club, I saw the bike and rack from afar. And thought the rack was a new design...  But once I got closer, what I see is in the picture...

The bike (very cool and retro btw) is seems o be trying very hard to park into the rack, so is this an honest mistake? Did the workers who installed the rack think twice? Are they definitely not cyclists?

This obviously is a mistake! But yet why is it not corrected... Well that just brings me to the conclusion that only one person ever uses it. Food for thought.

"MRT" bicycle parking

On the way to Asa Zoo I wanted to make a stop for a quick banana energy boost and to go to the toilet. Where else would there be a toilet but the MRT station? And when I looked for the area to park my park I saw this.

A cyclist's dream come true, it is like a basement carpark! A small decline down and there you have it! Simple, no racks, just some shelter and painted white lines. Damn, will I ever get to see such a sight in Singapore?

Radical Stimulus aka An Impetus to ride: Parking

Not wanting to steal the title "An Impetus to ride", yet still wanting to keep a relation with "sister site" commutinginsg. I looked up the Thesarus and found "Radical Stimulus", sounds pretty damn good to me!

So "An Impetus to ride" = "Radical Stimulas" on dualcircles!

One of the keys things of why I enjoy commuting so much is because I can park really close to where I want to go, often within arm's length (Say if I stop by a coffee shop for lunch). And when you can park so close to both the beginning of your journey and the end of it, you save precious time and maybe a bit of energy(compared to walking, the advantages just keep coming).

And yes, even in Japan they totally get it. The picture above is a typical parking area under apartments, almost full and if vacant could have probably parked 2 or more cars. Not really a big deal, but from what I have heard, parking here each day can cost an average of 500 Yen or SGD$7.50 at your apartment's carpark. Park in the city for work, and it could easily double, add the doubled cost with your apartment's cost and its technically triple. So what many people here do is find the cheapest lot parking their cars there, leave if for the weekdays and cycle instead. Cycle to the parking lot to get your car, sounds like a multi-mode commute to me!

So its free and you can always find a parking lot. No doubt in my mind is this a Radical Stimulus to ride!

 Tags: Bicycle Parking, Commuting, commutinginsg.blogspot.com, Hiroshima, Japan, motivation to ride, parking, Radical Stimulus, singapore

Your personal parking spot!

Who wouldn't want their very own bike rack aka personal parking spot at your HDB void deck?

Pros

• Its a very in-your-face, parking spot and that means if your keep parking there. People are probably going to recognize you and your bike. Thus, some people might, just might, stop the someone(a thief) fiddling/trying to get your bike.


• Its beside the letter box, and a path with heavy human traffic. Making doing something unethical (stealing a bike) more unlikely.

Cons

• It has plenty of space around the bike, thus giving the thief plenty of space to maneuver his tools around the bike to get the best leverage to break the lock.


• This is an old bike rack(haven't seen the new bike racks at a single HDB(Housing Development board) void deck yet though), where having a short lock means only locking either your rear or front wheel. Leaving the rest of your bike vulnerable.

Will you park your bike there?