Much respect Japan.
07-01-08 | 06:41 AM
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07-02-08 | 01:41 AM
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From: 東京都
"Mama-charis" all look the same here, there are hundreds of thousands of them, and most of them are the same silver color. These bikes don't come with locks because someone is afraid of getting their's stolen, but because it is very easy to take the wrong bike by mistake. Many people put colored stickers and such on their bikes so they can distinquish them from others.
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07-02-08 | 03:31 PM
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This Swiss (?) 'bike tree' seems much simpler (albeit much less awesome than the Japanese Super Bike Tour.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcSD5...eature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcSD5...eature=related
07-02-08 | 10:48 PM
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All bicycle in Japan are required to be registered. Just take your registration certificate or receipt and they will release your bike to you. If you don't have it handy, a close description and any conspicuous markings or stickers will be good enough.
"Mama-charis" all look the same here, there are hundreds of thousands of them, and most of them are the same silver color. These bikes don't come with locks because someone is afraid of getting their's stolen, but because it is very easy to take the wrong bike by mistake. Many people put colored stickers and such on their bikes so they can them from others.
"Mama-charis" all look the same here, there are hundreds of thousands of them, and most of them are the same silver color. These bikes don't come with locks because someone is afraid of getting their's stolen, but because it is very easy to take the wrong bike by mistake. Many people put colored stickers and such on their bikes so they can them from others.
Just curious, not attacking
I've never been the type who enjoyed "business English" (8 words max per sentence). But the sentence is grammatically correct, nonetheless.
07-03-08 | 03:47 AM
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Before the bike is released to you, you will have to fill out a form and show your ID. When the real owner shows up and finds his bike is gone, they'll know who took it. The ward office where you live (and which issues your ID) will have your name listed on a map book which shows where you live and where you work. It won't take the police long to find you.
07-03-08 | 05:03 AM
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Just some observations:
This parking thing looks to have about 9 levels, and 18 spaces on each level. So 162 bikes.
The guy used a stopwatch in the vid to find that it took 23 seconds to retrieve a bike.
It would take 3726 seconds to retrieve all 162 bikes, or 62.1 minutes. This is assuming that
the process runs perfectly. If this is in a business district where many people are on similar
schedules, I would not be inclined to park there if commuting for work.
This parking thing looks to have about 9 levels, and 18 spaces on each level. So 162 bikes.
The guy used a stopwatch in the vid to find that it took 23 seconds to retrieve a bike.
It would take 3726 seconds to retrieve all 162 bikes, or 62.1 minutes. This is assuming that
the process runs perfectly. If this is in a business district where many people are on similar
schedules, I would not be inclined to park there if commuting for work.
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07-03-08 | 09:44 AM
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From: Santa Barbara
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there are 36 under ground silos. each one holds 180 bikes. 180 x 36 = 6,480. and with the regular spots up top the parking lot holds a total of 9,400 bikes.
even with 36 towers a mad rush would suck......but I bet it works pretty perfectly. it costs $10 a month to park there (but that's better than getting your bike impounded though--that costs $30-40 to get it back).
thing cost 6.5 mill$ to make though....
even with 36 towers a mad rush would suck......but I bet it works pretty perfectly. it costs $10 a month to park there (but that's better than getting your bike impounded though--that costs $30-40 to get it back).
thing cost 6.5 mill$ to make though....
