Bike Parking outside your house
Discussion
As title, this story popped up on my FB feed and recieved a LOT of comments mostly containing the word 'entitled'
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/co...
If their house is the one behind with blue door why not just widen the gateway
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/co...
If their house is the one behind with blue door why not just widen the gateway
Saleen836 said:
If their house is the one behind with blue door why not just widen the gateway
That would place the children kept in the bike's cargo carrier closer to the house, where the parents could hear them screaming and shouting. By leaving it further out on the street the parents have more of a chance of a decent night's sleep.Saleen836 said:
If their house is the one behind with blue door why not just widen the gateway
Suspect part of the challenge would then be finding a way to get the thing past the nose-to-tail parked cars and out onto the road.Better answers needed all round - folk willing to tackle the challenge of living without a car should be encouraged.
Ian974 said:
I'd agree with that, absolutely fine parking a bike like that in a space on the road.
Sticking down planters to reserve your space is daft though. Would they expect to get away with doing that if they were doing it for a car?
I have seen some people put out cones to mark "their" space in areas with only on the road parking.Sticking down planters to reserve your space is daft though. Would they expect to get away with doing that if they were doing it for a car?
boyse7en said:
Maybe they should see if they can get permission to fit an anchor point into the kerbstone. That would lay flat, so less chance for someone to trip over it, and also provide some security for the bike.
That's something I'd be in favour of funding a bit more of. Properly secure bike anchors/ parking is fairly rare and would be cheap to put in placeblue_haddock said:
Ian974 said:
I'd agree with that, absolutely fine parking a bike like that in a space on the road.
Sticking down planters to reserve your space is daft though. Would they expect to get away with doing that if they were doing it for a car?
I have seen some people put out cones to mark "their" space in areas with only on the road parking.Sticking down planters to reserve your space is daft though. Would they expect to get away with doing that if they were doing it for a car?
boyse7en said:
Maybe they should see if they can get permission to fit an anchor point into the kerbstone. That would lay flat, so less chance for someone to trip over it, and also provide some security for the bike.
The problem is that 9 times out of 10 a car would be in its place. Cargo bikes like that are stolen pretty often, I'm surprised it hasn't been stolen yet actually, as mentioned maybe it will now!The only real solution is to just buy a large rusty van with a side door and ramp
edit: The big brain solution is to buy a 40+ year old van then it's tax and MOT exempt. Could probably get limited mileage classic insurance for it.
Edited by Gareth79 on Wednesday 12th July 19:42
I wonder if they could leave a clamped trailer on the road and lift the bicycle on to it?
I don't think I could risk having my partner and kids (if I had any) using a bicycle like that everyday. One driver staring down for too long whilst he cycles through the myriad of settings on his touchscreen climate control, and that's your entire family wiped out.
I don't think I could risk having my partner and kids (if I had any) using a bicycle like that everyday. One driver staring down for too long whilst he cycles through the myriad of settings on his touchscreen climate control, and that's your entire family wiped out.
blue_haddock said:
Ian974 said:
I'd agree with that, absolutely fine parking a bike like that in a space on the road.
Sticking down planters to reserve your space is daft though. Would they expect to get away with doing that if they were doing it for a car?
I have seen some people put out cones to mark "their" space in areas with only on the road parking.Sticking down planters to reserve your space is daft though. Would they expect to get away with doing that if they were doing it for a car?
heads too. I thought it was massively entitled at first, but the argument they make does have some merit.
Seems like they've tried all they can to get everyone to agree to it, so not really comparable to cones reserving a car space.
On balance, I'm on their side.
(I do despise those damn cargo-bikes which are too wide for a normal bike to overtake on a bike lane)
Seems like they've tried all they can to get everyone to agree to it, so not really comparable to cones reserving a car space.
On balance, I'm on their side.
(I do despise those damn cargo-bikes which are too wide for a normal bike to overtake on a bike lane)
SpeckledJim said:
Such a Bristol story.
“We sought out ways we could seek permission for what we were doing - but there were none."
Dear Council, can I have a bit of the road and turn it into my garden?
--- Dear Tiresome New-Age Hyper-tts,
--- No, of course you fking can't.
“We sought out ways we could seek permission for what we were doing - but there were none."
Dear Council, can I have a bit of the road and turn it into my garden?
--- Dear Tiresome New-Age Hyper-t
ts,--- No, of course you f
king can't. 
Brilliant, reminds me what PH was like all those years ago
Seems like a possible solution is to buy an old Transit, park it on the road and store the bike in the back of it. Keep the van taxed, tested and insured so it's legal, but don't drive it if you're that concerned about air quality.
Hey presto, your very own bike parking space, as a bonus point the saddle wouldn't get wet when it rained. Unless the Transit was from 1984.
Hey presto, your very own bike parking space, as a bonus point the saddle wouldn't get wet when it rained. Unless the Transit was from 1984.
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