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Alan J. Wylie
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A strange shiny stainless steel structure appeared outside work a
couple of days ago. It's probably not another work of art to join the
sheep and the chicken, so it must be a cycle parking farcility.
It's made by metalco.it[1], and is a stainless steel helix of rather
large pitch that I can only conclude you are supposed to put your
cycle wheel into.
It "supports" the bike I cycled in on this morning, with Shimano hub
brakes, on the brake fixing on one side and the spokes on the
other. In a bike with narrower tyres, and standard brakes, the wheel
would just flop around.
There is no way to lock the frame of the cycle to the structure.
This is what happens when artists choose things on their "shinyness"
factor, rather than asking the local cyclists what they want (good old
Sheffield stands).
[1] http://www.metalco.it/catalog/products_detail.php?id_parent=3&id_prod=67&id_cat=14
There is an English translation, but the selection is stored in
javascript/cookies, so you have to navigate your way back after
selecting it.
--
Alan J. Wylie http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A strange shiny stainless steel structure appeared outside work a
couple of days ago. It's probably not another work of art to join the
sheep and the chicken, so it must be a cycle parking farcility.
It's made by metalco.it[1], and is a stainless steel helix of rather
large pitch that I can only conclude you are supposed to put your
cycle wheel into.
It "supports" the bike I cycled in on this morning, with Shimano hub
brakes, on the brake fixing on one side and the spokes on the
other. In a bike with narrower tyres, and standard brakes, the wheel
would just flop around.
There is no way to lock the frame of the cycle to the structure.
This is what happens when artists choose things on their "shinyness"
factor, rather than asking the local cyclists what they want (good old
Sheffield stands).
[1] http://www.metalco.it/catalog/products_detail.php?id_parent=3&id_prod=67&id_cat=14
There is an English translation, but the selection is stored in
javascript/cookies, so you have to navigate your way back after
selecting it.
--
Alan J. Wylie http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery