Friggin' Europe, back at it again with the micromobility.

[kirk@social.coop]

Friggin' Europe, back at it again with the micromobility.

Bicycle lockers are a game changer. First time using one. Love not having to take off my lights, bags, pump, and other widgets. #BikeTooter

[768kb@mastodon.social]

@kirk I guess if you knew one of those was available at your destination you could carry a much smaller lock, like a diamond secure padlock

[isol@mastodon.au]

@kirk

Am I missing something?
Couldn't a person lift that lock, turn the loop 90° to the right, and open the door halfway?

[hierarchy@mastodon.social]

@kirk we need more of those! Looks super useful!

[kirk@social.coop]

@isol that loop is fixed, it doesn't rotate! The door just slides over and then the two holes are aligned and you pass a lock through. There was also a long cable inside to go through the bike frame if you have a second lock.

[aanee@mastodon.online]

@kirk Would love to have around here...

[annehargreaves@ioc.exchange]

@kirk They fell out of favour in my town (E Anglia uk) because homeless ppl would sleep in them. That tells you something.

[zaphodb@twitter.resolvt.net]

@kirk @quixoticgeek meanwhile in the Netherlands: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fietsenstalling_Stationsplein_(Amsterdam)

[mjj@mstdn.dk]

@kirk Where was this?

[st3phvee@mastodon.social]

@kirk As a North American who lives in a city with only a handful of bike lanes ... this makes me borderline weepy.

[kirk@social.coop]

@mjj a riverside park in Valence, France!

[kirk@social.coop]

@st3phvee oh I totally get the feeling grew up in one of those cities

[st3phvee@mastodon.social]

@kirk I don't know why we're so backwards. We're lucky to even have sidewalks in some areas. God forbid the truck nuts can't hog the entire road with their lifted F150s...

[kirk@social.coop]

@st3phvee the worst is when places install cycle/pedestrian infrastructure and then rip it out months later cause drivers complain/they can't drive properly and keep running into the barriers...

[st3phvee@mastodon.social]

@kirk "How can you honestly expect me to see those pylons? I'm sitting ten feet up in the air on my proxy penis!"

[nigel@unsociable.lowkey.party]

@kirk oh thats pretty cool

[michaelormsby@mastodon.art]

@kirk I’m retired now but I used a similar bike locker in Denver Colorado at a light rail station for many years. It worked quite well.

As far as homeless people sleeping in the lockers it happened occasionally but didn’t seem to be a deal breaker. The transit agency required users to sign an agreement and use locks provided by the agency, so the only time a locker was unsecured was in between leases.

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@768kb @kirk
You would have to know it was available at every destination you're going to that day - which sounds like a lot more overhead and planning that just throwing a chain around the stem of your seat ...

[magnus@venner.network]

@kirk @cykeltutten tjek det