Bike Racks at Tourist Traps?

[Condorita]

I don't really want to pay $15 :eek: for parking at the Queen Mary lot to see "Star Trek The Tour." Anyone know if there are bike racks over there where I can lock my bike while I indulge my FanGirlGeekiness? http://www.geocities.com/rats6609/propeller.gif
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[Ziemas]

Even if there is not a rack you can most likely find something to lock up to. I commute every day and I can't remember the last time I used a bike rack.

[Pepper Grinder]

Improvise.

[Grumpy Pig]

Be careful locking your bike to steel sign posts. Look at the post base and if you see a rivet or bolt, it's a breakaway post.

[CritEastwood]

I was at the QM a couple of months ago and don't remember seeing a bike rack. There may be one there though because the bike path does go across the bridge. Even if there isn't, just lock it to a signpost close to the entrance where there is a lot of foot traffic. Even if it's one of the nefarious breakaway posts, I doubt any dirtbag is going to be bold enough to unbolt one of those in front of a crowd there.

Oh yeah, park on 1st street and ride as much of it as possible. The residents there seem to think that bicycles "make too much noise" according to a dingbat resident who spoke those words at a bicycle planning meeting in LB last month.

[Placid Casual]

If you go during the day you can park your bike at Bikestation (at the Transit Mall on First Street) and just take the free Passport C bus down to the Queen Mary.

[prendrefeu]

Be careful locking your bike to steel sign posts. Look at the post base and if you see a rivet or bolt, it's a breakaway post.

Have you ever seen anyone steal a bike by taking away the sign post? (in California) Really?



On that note - which I find a bit odd - there is something similar. The one type of sign you might want to avoid locking up to is the "Loading only" (either business or passenger) style signs. The upper portion of the sign is held on to the post by a few small screws with allen heads. They can, and have been, removed easily. Parking meters, on the other hand, don't come off (easily).

[Condorita]

If you go during the day you can park your bike at Bikestation (at the Transit Mall on First Street) and just take the free Passport C bus down to the Queen Mary.
Thank you!!

[Grumpy Pig]

Have you ever seen anyone steal a bike by taking away the sign post? (in California) Really?

No.

But I manage a PW department and see have seen the posts, signs and everything else you can imagine get stolen.

For example, I don't work for Cal Trans but have you ever driven on I-5 and seen the Warning Pedestrian Crossing signs near the checkpoint/scales? How many cars per hour drive on that section of freeway? Guess how many times the signs have been stolen in the past 5 years.

[prendrefeu]

For example, I don't work for Cal Trans but have you ever driven on I-5 and seen the Warning Pedestrian Crossing signs near the checkpoint/scales? How many cars per hour drive on that section of freeway? Guess how many times the signs have been stolen in the past 5 years.

I can't guess, but if you get me drunk enough I can tell you at least 3 people who have them :D
It's a damn good lookin' sign, by the way. :D

From my side of things (speaking from experience - nothing illegal but definitely finding myself in scenerios that most people would not imagine themselves doing), you'd be surprised at how much you can get away with in locations with high visibility, high traffic (human or otherwise) and during the day light if you know what you're doing.

It's much easier to do these things in the United States than in other countries, too. :rolleyes: