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Bicycle Security Adv @BikeSecurityAdv

Bicycle Security Advisors promotes better bike parking and fights bike theft.

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The building & rack matchy-match.
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Fun, functional racks in NE Portland.
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Can confirm: the bike parking for Thorns FC matches Providence Park is excellent.
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NPR's @planetmoney / The Indicator covers the efforts of "Stolen Bike Recovery Professional" Bryan Hance of @BikeIndex to uncover a Mexico-California bike theft ring, with an interview of Christopher Solomon of @WIRED. northcountrypublicradio.org/…

Tracking the underground bike theft economy

A few years ago, bike enthusiast Bryan Hance got a tip. A whole bunch of expensive bikes that were stolen in the Bay Area had suddenly turned up ... for sale on a Facebook page in Mexico. The...

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Read Christopher's article about Bryan's efforts in @wired. wired.com/story/silicon-vall…
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California is updating its Green Building Standards with improved bike parking requirements. Public comment period closed July 1. Residential standard: long-term parking for 50% of units. dgs.ca.gov/BSC/Rulemaking/20…

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Commercial standard: Short-term parking for 20% of building visitors. Long-term parking for 10% of building tenant-occupants.
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@CalBike expressed its concerns with the standards and exemptions: cal.streetsblog.org/2024/06/…

Help Shape Bike Parking in State Building Code - Streetsblog California

The Building Standards Commission is updating its code, which means it has to update bicycle parking standards. Weigh in!

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Bicycle Security Adv retweeted
Seattle Bike Dad 🚲 👨‍👧@SeattleBikeDad
3 May 2024
Bike Parking at the QFC in Wallingford is often full in the evening. 2 thoughts: 1. We need more bike parking 2. With most businesses on arterials streets, people need bike lanes on arterials
A busy bike parking at QFC

ALT A busy bike parking at QFC

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1. Always lock your frame at least 1 wheel. It's a simple way to protect more of your bike and to ensure your bike doesn't roll around on the rack (if it rolls, something could get bent/damaged). 2. Even better to use two locks to lock both wheels.
Gordon Padelford@GordonOfSeattle
12 May 2024
Replying to @finchfrii @MultimodalAlex
A quality u-lock through the frame and around a bike rack is usually sufficient, unless you have a high end bike (or a hub drive e-bike) and then folks might come after your wheels. Longer u-locks you can sometimes lock a wheel too, like in this graphic from @BikeSecurityAdv
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3. If your lock is too small to lock a wheel as shown in our graphic, consider locking your wheel to a rack through your chainstay triangle. It's near impossible to remove your wheel with a lock through it This is the Sheldon Brown Method. youtu.be/tGng3FSBphg?si=9qeD…
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Hey @SeattleOPCD @SeattleSDCI & @PBOTinfo, we're now *way* behind the EU #bikeparking standards. ecf.com/news-and-events/news…
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We have these same bad bike racks in Seattle, too, @roadcc. road.cc/content/news/cycling…

This isn’t just a bad bike rack, this is an M&S bad bike rack ( possibly the worst one yet); New...

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Bicycle Security Adv retweeted
Brice Maryman, PLA@bmaryman
25 Feb 2024
For @BikeSecurityAdv
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Yo @SoundTransit, your homemade rack is perfect.
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The install technique could use improvement.
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Great to see the bike racks well-used at the Bathhouse Theatre at Green Lake. @mnschwin @SeattleParks
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