Bicycle parking racks usually are rather nondescript: A couple of bars of metal planted in the ground or sidewalk. On occasion, though, one finds a rack that is beautiful, creative, unusual or funny. Sometimes they are practical, sometimes not so.
This one is on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina:
I like the look, though I have to wonder how practical it is. I mean, if only one bike can be parked in it, it's probably not the most efficient use of space. Then again, being enclosed in such a rack is certainly a way of giving your bike the "royal treatment", to the extent that such a thing is possible when locking your bike outdoors.
This one is on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina:
I like the look, though I have to wonder how practical it is. I mean, if only one bike can be parked in it, it's probably not the most efficient use of space. Then again, being enclosed in such a rack is certainly a way of giving your bike the "royal treatment", to the extent that such a thing is possible when locking your bike outdoors.
