Originally Posted by
BarracksSi
And my own mass bike parking pic, taken outside the main train station in Heidelberg. Most, if not all, of these bikes are simply parked here instead of at the owners' homes while they travel elsewhere. My sister often kept her bike locked to another railing downtown (along with a hundred other bikes) while living in a residential area on one of the neighboring mountains.
I've done a little work in Heidelberg. Lots of the people in the office were from out of town and just left their bikes at the train station over night. I guess a few had bikes at their hometowns too.
Surprisingly difficult to find a cheap bike there. I ended up with a 5 speed from a charity place, cost 50 or 80 euro. For about 200 you can get a department store bike with lights/racks/fenders.
Fantastic bike, left it in the rack at the office and it was there the next summer when I went back.
