Last year, the results of the New York CityRacks Design Competition were announced. The winner? Woking, in leafy Surrey, England. While New Yorkers get a fragile, ugly and hard-to-use steering-wheel-shaped rack, the rather prettier and much more functional Y-Rack (a losing entry in the contest) is being installed on English streets.
Just take a look at the picture and decide which you would be happier locking your ride to: The useless, circular rack that looks like a quick kick would snap it off at the root, or the handsome, thick y-shaped rack, a sturdy looking design that looks like it could evenaccommodate four bikes.
On a related note, I’m in NYC right now and I have been checking out the bikes. You guys need to learn to use a lock. Do you really think that locking a fixie to a railing using a single D-lock around the seat-stem is secure? If you do, you deserve to have your bike stolen. Just sayin’ is all.
Product page [Y-Stand via Core77]
CityRacks Design Competition [NYCityracks]
See Also:
- A Junkie Stole My Bike: Why All Locks Are Not Equal
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- Lockdown: Paranoid Bike Lock Sculpture
- Twist a Pen, Open a Lock
Posted under Gadget Reviews
This post was written by publisher on June 9, 2009
