- Bicycle stand
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Toronto, Ontario ]A bicycle stand, also commonly called a bike rackcite web
url = http://www.bfw.org/btww/commuting/bikeRacks.php
title = Bike Federation of Wisconsin, Bicycle Commuting Guide: Bike Racks
accessdate = 2007-12-27] cite web
url = http://www.transalt.org/blueprint/chapter12/chapter12c.html
title = Transportation Alternative, On-Street Bicycle Parking: Bike Racks
accessdate = 2007-12-27] cite web
url = http://www.bikeracks.com/
title = Bike Security Racks Co., Inc.
accessdate = 2007-12-27] , is a device to which bicycles may be securely attached. It may be free standing or securely attached to the ground or some stationary object such as a building.Early models tend to offer a means of securing one wheel: these can be a grooved piece of
concrete in the ground, a forked piece of metal into which a wheel of the bicycle is pushed, or a horizontal ladder providing positions for the front wheel of many bicycles. These are not very effective, since a thief need only detach the wheel in question from the bicycle to free the rest of the bicycle. They also do not offer much support, and a row of bicycles in this type of stand are susceptible to all being toppled in adomino effect . These types of stand are known as "wheel benders" among cyclists.Since 1984 the City of Toronto has installed post and ring bicycle rackscite web
url = http://www.toronto.ca/bug/bp_choosingrack.htm
title = Toronto: Bicycle parking - Choosing a rack
accessdate = 2007-12-27] consisting of a steel post topped by a cast aluminium ring.cite web
url = http://www.toronto.ca/bug/bp_choosingrack.htm#recommended
title = Toronto: Bicycle parking - Recommended racks
accessdate = 2007-12-27] In August 2006, it became publicly known that these stands could be defeated by prying the ring off with a two-by-four [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1155678611477&call_pageid=971358637177&col=Columnist1050919322274]In Amsterdam two-tiered bicycle stands are ubiquitous. The bicycles can be parked in a smaller area as the handle bars (the widest part of the bicycle) of every other bicycle is at a different height (either high or low). These racks are made of steel and have a large bar that make it easy to lock the frame to the rack. Most dutch bicycles have a rear wheel lock, so the rear wheel does not need to be locked.
ee also
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Bicycle locker – a similar device, that offers even more security.
*Bicycle carrier – a device to transport a bike with another vehicleReferences
External links
* [http://gizmodo.com/381738/japanese-multi+level-bicycle-parking Japanese robotic multi-story bicycle stand]
* [http://www.dero.com/world_bike_racks.html Gallery of bike rack styles around the world]
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