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Yea or Nay? The Parkis Automatic Vertical Bicycle Rack
Apartment-dwelling cyclists: How and where do you store your bike?
I'm a Citibike user so have never had to deal with storage. If I did, I think I'd go with an overhead bike hoist; as narrow as bicycles are, they seem to take up a disproportionate amount of floor space to me, and I'd rather get the thing completely overhead.
For those wishing to minimize their stored bicycle's footprint, this Parkis system was invented:
What do the hardcore cyclists among you think of this system? I ask because while it looks nifty, it almost seems like it takes up more space to me. (I'm aware that that's a perceptive issue to do with the intrusion of the handlebars at torso height.) I suspect that bike storage solutions are as specific to the user as the bikes themselves, and I'm curious to hear about the range of solutions you readers use.
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Slick. But my goodness is it that hard to lift a front wheel off the ground, and attach it to a $2 hook?
Exactly Sean. This is a solution looking for a problem. $2 hook, and a rubber mat to catch the run-off from the rain is all you'll ever need.
When I commute in the rain or wet roads, water will somehow accumulate in the frame tubes. When the bike is tipped like this, it finds its way out around the rear dropouts. If I leave it standing like normal, the water doesnt cover the floor. I can only imagine a puddle of mud under my bike one time before I have to start leaving it outside the office.
In Nederland we have most bikes fitted with fixed fenders because of commuting through all weather. This will scrape.
Potentially good for older people. Mechanism is too fast.
I like the mechanism but I’m not sure about this idea as a whole. I live in a apartment and own two bikes. I place them out on the balcony, leanning up next to each other. To save space I have them facing different ways to the handle bars are overlapping, reducing the foot print. If I had this system stored, it would look nicer but take up far more space.
If someone is able to ride a bike (let's leave out e-bikes), doing a wheelie is the problem being solved? Check.
I think this might be a good solution for public bike racks (although it would need a locking feature). At about $400 it's probably too expensive for most people.
This is a fantastic idea! I already store my bike on the wall and this just seems like it would make the whole experience much easier. Rather than awkwardly lifting a bike, click, up it goes!