Recumbent - Is a Bicycle Legal Transportation?

I ride my bike to the post office, grocery store, hardware store, bank, Lowe's, Home Depot, restaurants, Mall, Work, everywhere. Lots of parking places for cars and motor cycles but none for bicycles. It is illegal to lock a bike to a street sign, lamp post, power line pole, etc. Where is a person suppost to park a bike???????????? Can I take my bike into the restaurant and park it next to my table? Can I ride my bike up and down the isles of Wal Mart and Home Depot? Sometimes I see signs that says, NO BICYCLES!!! At the city park there is a bike rack about 50 ft past the sign that says, NO BICYCLES PAST THIS POINT. Can anyone tell me how to put my bike in the bike rack if no bikes are allowed past this point? If I can not park it, lock it or take it with me after I get there then what am I suppost to do with my bike?

Once I saw the police cut a bike lock on a bike that was locked to a street sign at the mall. The police hauled the bike away.

At the city park there is a bike rack about 50 ft past the sign that says, NO BICYCLES PAST THIS POINT. Can anyone tell me how to put my bike in the bike rack if no bikes are allowed past this point?Walk your bike the 50 feet to the rack and park it, I'm sure that's what they expect.

You might want to check your information about it being contrary to law to lock your bike to a pole. This is true in some places but not others.

You will, of course, be best served by asking the specific restaurant of your choice about parking. Some, even many, are quite helpful if you ask. Note, the ask part. Demands might have different results.

If a business does not provide you will an accommodation you find adequate, you can take your money elsewhere.

Your park problem has already been solved above.

In general, I find bike parking more convenient that auto parking.

You might want to check your information about it being contrary to law to lock your bike to a pole. This is true in some places but not others.

You will, of course, be best served by asking the specific restaurant of your choice about parking. Some, even many, are quite helpful if you ask. Note, the ask part. Demands might have different results.

If a business does not provide you will an accommodation you find adequate, you can take your money elsewhere.

Your park problem has already been solved above.

In general, I find bike parking more convenient that auto parking.

I agree 100%. If I were to drive to work I'd pay $8.75/day to park if there was a spot available in the garage. Bicycle parking is more convenient.

I rode to a nice little restaurant without a good place to park the bike and asked. They let me bring the bike in the building, not at the table, but inside and safe.

Oh, I just noticed this was the 'bent forum... strange place for this post.

Weren't they having a referendum today in California to make bicycle legal transportation?

You can get a DUI on a bike in Florida...that's pretty legal. And there is often no place to park a bike.... or a car.

If I go to a store and there is no bike rack, I bring it in with me. I've gotten a few looks at Albertson's and Home Depot, but no one said anything. If they ever did, I would say, "Sure I'd like to lock my bike up outside! Can you show me where the bike rack is?"

If I go to a store and there is no bike rack, I bring it in with me. I've gotten a few looks at Albertson's and Home Depot, but no one said anything. If they ever did, I would say, "Sure I'd like to lock my bike up outside! Can you show me where the bike rack is?"

I've brought my bike into two stores. The first was a grocery store in the town I used to live in. There was no place to lock up, so I wheeled it in. I was approached by a manager who asked that I not do it again. She was very polite, and asked that I leave it in the entryway where the security guard would watch it. Yes, small town grocery store had a security guard.

The second store was a drugstore here in Louisville. They don't bat an eye. I've been in there twice.

Sure you can ride your bike up and down the aisle at Wal-Mart. Why would you ask such a question? Also you can use the interstate if it saves some time and miles. Make sure and use the slow lane on the right hand side.

Where do live? You might try writing a letter to some of the store managers of the places you frequent suggesting a bike rack would be appreciated. Most places I've been to there are no problems locking a bicycle to a street sign - does your municipality have a by-law against bicycles parked on the sidewalk?!

I try to lock my bike:

(A) to a pole that a 7-foot tall man could not lift the bike overtop (like say, a tree or a wrought-iron gate)

(B) someplace where nobody will see it