That's a new one for the anti-cycling bingo! We have had residents
concerned by "giant and ugly" bike hangars, even naming them a "green measles", we have had them accused for "deliberately blocking" drivers' precious parking spaces.
This time, we have residents who think they are unnecessary because they
are never in use, complain about how much they are annoyed when they are being used.
Islington Tribune (link is external) reports that residents from a "small picturesque" street in Highbury are saying that they have too many bike hangars for demand, calling them "unsightly and unnecessary" if they are not being used.
“We want that hangar gone for starters,” said resident Val Hammond, about one of the facilities which they claim is permanently empty. “We want proper numbers because our research absolutely does not match up with the council’s .”
At the same time, a man with a mobility scooter was reported to be saying that he has to wait to get out of his home whenever someone is using the hangar.
So are the hangars being used, or not being used? Does anyone want to
open and see? Or should we let the mystery of Schrödhanger remain a mystery?
Car Delenda Est | 388 posts | 43 min ago
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Alternative Victorian bike shed proposal: call it a folly.
:-)
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Car Delenda Est | 388 posts | 43 min ago
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Alternative Victorian bike shed proposal: call it a folly.
:-)
Whoever would park a Victorian bike in a shed?
;-)
That's a new one for the anti-chav bingo! We have had residents concerned by "giant and ugly" chav-bike bins, even naming them a "green measles", we have had them accused for "deliberately blocking" drivers' precious parking spaces.
This time, we have residents who think they are unnecessary because they are never in use, complain about how much they are annoyed when they are being used.
Islington Tribune (link is external) reports that residents from a "small picturesque" street in Highbury are saying that they have too many chav-bike bins for demand, calling them "unsightly and unnecessary" if they are not being used.
“We want that bin gone for starters,” said resident Val Hammond, about one of the facilities which they claim is permanently empty. “We want proper numbers because our research absolutely does not match up with the council’s .”
At the same time, a man with a mobility scooter was reported to be saying that he has to wait to get out of his home whenever someone is using the bin.
So are the bins being used, or not being used? Does anyone want to open and see? Or should we let the mystery of Schrödhanger remain a mystery?
Sir, – There is a simple solution for the Clontarf couple who were refused permission for a bike shed in their front garden (“Bike shed in front garden ‘detrimental’ to Victorian home setting, planners rule”, News, June 13th).
Simply apply for planning permission for a driveway, cover the front garden in concrete, park a dilapidated old van in the driveway and store their bikes in it. – Yours, etc,
Wonderful world we live in, where bike sheds are detrimental to Victorian homes but a concrete driveway parked with oil-burning, smoke-spewing, old vans are not!
Rendel Harris | 4799 posts | 4 hours agoanyone use it because they have to leave for work an hour before the cyclists do and come back an hour after they get home.
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As of last year Islington had 7000 people on the waiting list for a space in a bike hangar, so the claim that it's empty seems fairly questionable and why would anybody pay £107 per year and then not use it? Perhaps the drivers in the street never see
In terms of the "small picturesque street" you could probably apply that to mine, where the vast majority of the houses were built between 1870 and 1900: the bike hangars blend in really well with the trees and other greenery both on the streets and inpeople's front gardens and they also, being low, open up sightlines and views that were not available when the space was filled by motor vehicles.
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Rendel Harris | 4799 posts | 4 hours ago
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As of last year Islington had 7000 people on the waiting list for a
space in a bike hangar, so the claim that it's empty seems fairly
questionable and why would anybody pay £107 per year and then not use
it? Perhaps the drivers in the street never see anyone use it because
they have to leave for work an hour before the cyclists do and come back
an hour after they get home.
In terms of the "small picturesque street" you could probably apply that
to mine, where the vast majority of the houses were built between 1870
and 1900: the bike hangars blend in really well with the trees and other
greenery both on the streets and in people's front gardens and they
also, being low, open up sightlines and views that were not available
when the space was filled by motor vehicles.
ratherbeintobago replied to ShutTheFrontDawes | 59 posts | 9 hours ago
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So, what we need is a shed that looks like a knackered 20yo Transit? :-)
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On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 4:28:34 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
Rendel Harris | 4799 posts | 4 hours ago
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As of last year Islington had 7000 people on the waiting list for a
space in a bike hangar, so the claim that it's empty seems fairly
questionable and why would anybody pay £107 per year and then not use
it? Perhaps the drivers in the street never see anyone use it because
they have to leave for work an hour before the cyclists do and come back >>> an hour after they get home.
In terms of the "small picturesque street" you could probably apply that >>> to mine, where the vast majority of the houses were built between 1870
and 1900: the bike hangars blend in really well with the trees and other >>> greenery both on the streets and in people's front gardens and they
also, being low, open up sightlines and views that were not available
when the space was filled by motor vehicles.
ratherbeintobago replied to ShutTheFrontDawes | 59 posts | 9 hours ago
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So, what we need is a shed that looks like a knackered 20yo Transit? :-)
What you need is somewhere in your property to park your bicycle.
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