Living Car Free - Cool bike racks

Here are some that were designed by David Byrne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne), all located in New York City. Does anybody have other example of cool bike racks--either artistic (like these) or practical?



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http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/bike_racks/views/photo_The-Villager.jpg

http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/bike_racks/images/drawing_grid.jpg


More photos (http://www.flickr.com/photos/army-of-neff/2795631859/in/photostream/)of Byrne's bike racks (flickr)
http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/bike_racks/index.php

Good for a library...

http://www.bicycleparkingracks.com/images/custom.jpg

Here are some that were designed by David Byrne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Byrne), all located in New York City. Does anybody have other example of cool bike racks--either artistic (like these) or practical?

Not artistic, but I like this rack in Tiburon since it just looks like a normal fence railing. But it's very functional with the variable rail spacing and the little dip in the pavement that holds the wheel in place.

Here's the winner of the bike rack competition in NYC, and a couple other cool racks I found:


http://nycityracks.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/winner_mahaffy_de-greeve.jpg?w=356&h=267http://nycityracks.wordpress.com/



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/3993463066_1b00d7e2ae.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/3970459476_e41f97f1d0.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/bikerack/

in front of The LA Times

On the MoMa (not sure what that is) I can see somebody putting the lock around the narrow part by the top so that it doesn't go through the rack, just around it. They look really good, though.

in front of The LA Times

Unintentional signal there:

the LA times, and other print newspapers, are being supplanted by new technology, just like the penny farthing was.

What about a spiral? Apparently commerically available.

http://www.bikeparking.com/wellespiral/wsr_park2.jpg

http://www.bikeparking.com/wellespiral/wsr_sfsu5.jpg

Warner Center Orange Line Metro Stop
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I like how in the first photo of the dog bike rack it's empty but the traditional bike rack behind it is full. All though these bike racks look cool they don't seem too functional. I still think the simple upside down U rack is the best and least obtrusive styles of bike racks.

I like how in the first photo of the dog bike rack it's empty but the traditional bike rack behind it is full. All though these bike racks look cool they don't seem too functional. I still think the simple upside down U rack is the best and least obtrusive styles of bike racks.

I imagine they waited for the rack to be empty before they took a picture of it.

BTW, coincidentally, one of the best discussions of form and function in design is in David Byrne's book, Bicycle Diaries (http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/books/bicycle_diaries/). Read it...it coule literally change the way that you look at the world.

Long Beach (CA) has the stylized bikes with a rider with hair blown back.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/3002348531_b0dfe13f0b.jpg

We have these healthy ones at the River Market.