A couple of years ago my friend Sean Quigley suggested opening a gym in which all of the machines provided the utility power. It's certainly not a new idea, Anthony shed some light on bicimaquinas a while back and a new bar has opened in Portland where folks can pedal to power the electricity: Hopworks BikeBar. So why hasn't anyone harnessed a full gyms-worth of power? Here's how the rack racks up:
Form - Industrial
Function - Pass
Environment - Doesn't mimic
Points of Interest - Downtown YMCA
I have a picture of the same rack from a job site visit I went to last month. It's funny how every bike is on the rack in a different way. One hogging the spots, mine is over the bar, another has it's front wheel locked, and one at the end of the rack locked.
ReplyDeleteI usually go with over the bar because I only had a U Lock in college and my bike is less likely to fall over and takes up less space on the sidewalk.
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