Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Whos'e Bike is On The Cover of Today's Metro?

http://ny.metro.us/metro/local/article/Bike_racks_with_a_fresh_flavor/13396.html

wtf

Non NYer^

so tight....3 favorites


talking heads
art
and da biiiiiiikes

The money sign ($) is down the block from me and pretty cool...it's getting alot of attention however I haven't seem a single person lock their bike to it.

The money sign ($) is down the block from me and pretty cool...it's getting alot of attention however I haven't seem a single person lock their bike to it.

nice -- which block is the dollar sign?

Non NYer^
Nah, just that Philly beat you to the punch. We've already gotten excited about new & artistic bike racks, debated installing new & artistic bike racks, implemented new & artistic bike racks, used new & artistic bike racks, vandalized new & artistic bike racks, and gotten over new & artistic bike racks.

nice -- which block is the dollar sign?

Wall & Water (in front of AT&T)

I have a question about your old bike racks. Could they be overcome with a 2x4? If not, can you please ship them to Toronto? T.I.A.

That bike is facing the wrong direction.

Nah, just that Philly beat you to the punch. We've already gotten excited about new & artistic bike racks, debated installing new & artistic bike racks, implemented new & artistic bike racks, used new & artistic bike racks, vandalized new & artistic bike racks, and gotten over new & artistic bike racks.

i'm saying. welcome to 2006, nyc.

That bike is facing the wrong direction.

Indeed

This was on BSNYC not to long ago. David Byrne is the ****. Glad to see these rolled out.

I took the camera for a stroll along Wall Street...
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/jackxter/IMG_38971.jpg

Locations and renderings of all the Byrne bike racks: http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/bike_racks/index.php

I saw that female silhouette one a couple weeks ago. Sorta cool, but makes for limited bike locking configurations.

nice! thanks for the shot, eMwolB

I love David Byrnes (at least TH era David Byrnes), but some of these designs are hella impractical as actual bike racks.

Clearly I'm being too literal though.

if its a cycling-related thing that catches the eye of a non-cyclist, it may be a super positive thing.

I agree, it's got the potential to do some good in terms of raising awareness. I wonder with some of the designs if passer-byes will recognize the connection to cycling.

nice! thanks for the shot, eMwolB

After all the photos you've submitted? It's my pleasure!

Saw this one on Friday, I was confused.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n276/squidly_01/rackcar.jpg

Has anyone stolen any of these racks yet?

The Car One Is Ironic:thumb:

How is that Jamis on the road?

Nah, just that Philly beat you to the punch. We've already gotten excited about new & artistic bike racks, debated installing new & artistic bike racks, implemented new & artistic bike racks, used new & artistic bike racks, vandalized new & artistic bike racks, and gotten over new & artistic bike racks.

There here in Bmore too.

There here in Bmore too.
Word. I'll do a bike rack circuit next time I come home.

Typical NY post. No need to mention city in thread title because there's only one publication called Metro, right?

sometimes i think bigbris thinks of this as a regional forum.

If that were true he would leave like the others did.

im doing that circuit. i want my bicycle to be famous !

Bf.nyc.ss.fg.

“It was important to me that [the racks] be the same thickness and material as the existing racks — to help identify them as practical bike racks and not just modern art,” Byrne said.

I wouldn't have guessed they were bike racks, no matter what thickness they were.

this is almost as brilliant as his powerpoint 'art'.

sick to tunes, david.

http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/06_04/bike_rack.jpg

I'm glad those were tightly secured with 3 inch bolts.

http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/06_04/bike_rack.jpg

Oh for **** sake...

Okay, I may have only been in NYC for two weeks, but why does it seem that everyone is up on David Byrnes' jock?

edit: Also, Its because of Woody Allen that I discovered the Hungarian Pastry shop. So yummy.

How is that Jamis on the road?

agreed, in nyc i'm surprised you haven't been shot for it yet.

http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/06_04/bike_rack.jpg

Thats a big U-lock

http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/06_04/bike_rack.jpg

Warren Street, right off Church???

Saw this one on Friday, I was confused.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n276/squidly_01/rackcar.jpg

They should put some bars through the middle of it to give you more locking options. That looks like it might be kind of annoying to use with drop bars, although most racks have the potential to be.

They should put some bars through the middle of it to give you more locking options. That looks like it might be kind of annoying to use with drop bars, although most racks have the potential to be.

Its not for people who lock bikes up.
Its for people who dont who will walk/drive by and say "dang, thats clever" and then imagine the city is a great place to live or that life is better.

Its not for people who lock bikes up.
Its for people who dont who will walk/drive by and say "dang, thats clever" and then imagine the city is a great place to live or that life is better.

Gotcha.