top | item 1638327 "Bike butlers" tackle problem of Copenhagen's illegally parked bikes 3 points| bensummers | 15 years ago |road.cc | reply 4 comments order hn newest [+] [-] pmccool|15 years ago|reply What I don't understand is: how do they move the bikes without damaging the locks? [+] [-] sorennielsen|15 years ago|reply The bikes are locked but not fastened to something. So the butlers simple lift the bikes, locked and all, and put them in the right place. [+] [-] yread|15 years ago|reply I would guess they use rear wheel sliding locks [1]. Here in Amsterdam they are really popular.[1] http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/08/06/review-axa-defender-... [+] [-] bensummers|15 years ago|reply I was wondering that too. Perhaps the low crime rate means people don't lock their bikes to solid objects?
[+] [-] pmccool|15 years ago|reply What I don't understand is: how do they move the bikes without damaging the locks? [+] [-] sorennielsen|15 years ago|reply The bikes are locked but not fastened to something. So the butlers simple lift the bikes, locked and all, and put them in the right place. [+] [-] yread|15 years ago|reply I would guess they use rear wheel sliding locks [1]. Here in Amsterdam they are really popular.[1] http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/08/06/review-axa-defender-... [+] [-] bensummers|15 years ago|reply I was wondering that too. Perhaps the low crime rate means people don't lock their bikes to solid objects?
[+] [-] sorennielsen|15 years ago|reply The bikes are locked but not fastened to something. So the butlers simple lift the bikes, locked and all, and put them in the right place.
[+] [-] yread|15 years ago|reply I would guess they use rear wheel sliding locks [1]. Here in Amsterdam they are really popular.[1] http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/08/06/review-axa-defender-...
[+] [-] bensummers|15 years ago|reply I was wondering that too. Perhaps the low crime rate means people don't lock their bikes to solid objects?
[+] [-] pmccool|15 years ago|reply
[+] [-] sorennielsen|15 years ago|reply
[+] [-] yread|15 years ago|reply
[1] http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/08/06/review-axa-defender-...
[+] [-] bensummers|15 years ago|reply