Bike 14
Parking
One's parking options in winter are complicated, not only for motorists, but also for cyclists.
Those bike racks that do exists, when not shovelled regularly -- and even sometimes when the are -- are too hemmed in by snow to slide a wheel under the crossbar. And that's just the beginning. Low fences are too low to slip the u-lock shank over and still reach the frame. The more substantial posts of bus stop signs and the spindly metal strips of parking signs which serve in summer when a rack is not to be found can be surrounded with several feet of snow. On one occasion, I clambered up a snowbank nearly as tall as myself to plant my bike up there next to a tall signpost.
That is to say, I'm really glad the snow is beginning to melt.
One's parking options in winter are complicated, not only for motorists, but also for cyclists.
Those bike racks that do exists, when not shovelled regularly -- and even sometimes when the are -- are too hemmed in by snow to slide a wheel under the crossbar. And that's just the beginning. Low fences are too low to slip the u-lock shank over and still reach the frame. The more substantial posts of bus stop signs and the spindly metal strips of parking signs which serve in summer when a rack is not to be found can be surrounded with several feet of snow. On one occasion, I clambered up a snowbank nearly as tall as myself to plant my bike up there next to a tall signpost.
That is to say, I'm really glad the snow is beginning to melt.
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