Bike Parking
Bike Parking at the shop
There were 3 options proposed on 9/2/2010 and they cover the following
- maintain space for work stands and tables outside
- maximize safe bike parking
- maintain pedestrian pathways, especially to the door near the greeter's desk
These are :
- File:Bike kitchen bparking option 1.pdf
- File:Bike kitchen parking option 2.pdf
- Image:Bike_kitchen_bparking_option_3.jpeg
The building and property mgmt
on 10/16/09, Kearstin checked with the building :
On the topic of parking spaces outside the shop - they've decided that we can have control of all/both of the spaces outside the BK!!!! Hooray!!! great news. Now we can pursue a permanent design for the 'front yard' including bike parking and dedicated working space. If people are interested in being involved please let me know.
Anne Torney of Soloma E.T.C. Reminds us of the following
"An important constraint you might already be aware of : the bike racks can’t block the area between the storefront and the chains – this is a fire exit path."
The architects for the building were Solomon, E.T.C., not David Baker. Solomon is part of WRT, where I work as a landscape architect. We did the landscape architecture for the courtyards.
The "bricks" are real individual unit pavers. Attaching something firmly to the ground would require removal of bricks, digging down through the gravel base that is below the bricks, and pouring a concrete footing. Using individual U-racks would require doing this for each point the rack hits the ground, i.e., two each. That's a lot of work. I'd recommend going with a large multi-bike rack, which may be secured at two or four points only.
Sources for racks
The rack I'd recommend is a series of upside-down U's welded together along the bottoms. See this link:
http://www.creativepipe.com/gauntlet_gl_series_bike_racks.htm
(Note that some of them have a C-chanel across the bottom, but others have a flat bar.)
there are 2 bike rack providers in the SF Bay Area.
Geoff Palmer - bikeparking.com - he's rather unresponsive often, since he's a contractor for cities where he provides 1,000's of racks, so a 5 or 10-rack project isn't really worth his time.
The other recently opened shop in the area-- hiring a local rep-- Peter Lemiux - of the national company, Dero -- Peter lives in the city and works out of his home -
Peter Lemieux Dero Bike Rack Co. 120 Cole Street San Francisco, CA 94117 - - 415.668.6230 (work) 415.425.7562 (mobile)
