Additional to yesterday’s put up, not solely is Brooklyn supposedly one of the best massive metropolis in America for the using of bikes (regardless that it’s NOT A CITY), however New York Metropolis’s bicycle parking program goes to “revolutionize city biking throughout North America:”

Certainly, it’s a “potential turning level,” and smuggies at the moment are even evaluating New York to Europe, their platonic supreme of completely the whole lot:

New York’s upcoming bike parking community isn’t simply excellent news for locals—it’s a possible turning level for city biking throughout North America. Cities reminiscent of Montreal, Portland, and Vancouver have made strides with protected bike lanes and bike-share programs, however few have tackled parking in a significant, citywide means in a related style to European cities the place the modal shift has already swung additional within the two-wheeled path.

So can New York pull it off? I’ve my doubts. With out boring you with my litany of complaints (you realize, the type that begin with “I’m a taxpayer and…”), it is a deeply dysfunctional metropolis. The inexperienced roof on the bike pod is an amusing contact, although. I’d say they need to construct housing on it as an alternative, nevertheless it’s most likely not mandatory as a result of somebody will quickly be residing up there anyway–until somebody elsoe figures out easy methods to park their RAV4 up there, which is equally doubtless.

I imply how are we going to revolutionize bicycle parking once we can’t even put a motorcycle rack by a pool?

Although to be truthful it sounds just like the Central Park Conservancy needed to transfer the rack as a result of folks in New York suck at using bikes:

The middle, which is run by the Central Park Conservancy – the nonprofit group that manages most of Central Park – initially put in bike racks on the finish of that difficult downhill zig-zag on the East Drive north of 106th Road. To entry the bike racks, cyclists must dismount at prime speeds, after which can be in hurt’s means as different cyclists handed. And cyclists coming into from Harlem must salmon uphill to entry the racks.

Uh, why would cyclists “must dismount at prime speeds?” Have they not heard of brakes? Even the fixie doofuses can progressively handle to skid themselves to a cease.

I have to say I’m additionally shocked the advocacy set nonetheless makes use of the time period “salmon.” In any case, it was I who invented it, they usually’ve kind of excommunicated me. The truth is I’d cease them from utilizing it if I may, purely out of spite:

In need of that, it appears to me they need to a minimum of give you their very own time period, and if they’ll’t do this I’m pleased to assist them. May I counsel “wrong-dogging?” You possibly can have that one without spending a dime.

In the meantime, from Eurobike, right here comes the gravel motor you’ve been ready for:

Simply ensure to make use of it with this micro-massaging gravel bar tape:

Hey, it’d very effectively be improbable, nevertheless it certain is creepy trying:

These seem like ambulacral grooves:

This complete gravel factor is simply getting bizarre.