Originally Posted by
cerewa
I think they work pretty well, except for the fact that most of the buses on routes I have seen are unable to compete with the speed of a bicycle.
I wasn't thinking of the racks being too slow for the cyclist. I think they're too slow for all the other passengers. One reason people (including you, evidently) don't like buses is they're slower than cars, so it would be good to speed them up a bit.