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21 Mar 2025

Kids in the Bike Racks

⏱️ 01:48 ⇄29.7km ⌀16.3km/h ↗?m ↘?m

Another fine ride, and for the first time with an old friend and his old bicycle, a beautiful Moulton. We met for a preliminary coffee in a newly reclaimed park down by the Tiber, which when I lived nearby was a barren wasteland used mostly by junkies, the unhoused, and intrepid dog-walkers.

A Moulton, with triangulated frame, and a Raleigh road bicycle leaning against bicycle racks with the blue siding of a coffee hut and a bookshelf in the background

My beloved Raleigh behind my friend’s beloved Moulton

But those bicycle racks?!? Utterly unusable, except, as we did, to lean against. Here's a closer look.

A stupid, unusable bicycle rack designed to look like a spoked wheel but way too small

The designer obviously never had to lock a bicycle

Too low, not enough space, a guaranteed wheel bender. Of course we didn't say anything, just drank our coffee, made our excuses, and left.

At the turnaround, a rack of a different sort.

A little black goat resting in the rails of a bicycle rack looking at the photographer, with next to it in the rack the rear end of a little white kid

Kids, today!

Very pleasant overall, riding with someone. I am hoping this will become frequent, if not regular.

Filed under | Bicycle |

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