BIKE: Cedar Street cuts bike locks

[Michael Zakes]

for a business to do this without warning just sucks. if  they've had
problems, which I'm guessing is the case since they have the cutting tools
there, should have a sign posted saying something like "please don't park
your bike here. bikes parked here will be impounded. bicycle parking is
available at such and such location." this is similar to the approach places
like Quack's have with signs like "Please don't park at the FreshPlus, they
will tow your car even when they are closed"

Michael F Zakes, prop.
Waterloo Cycles
2815 Fruth
Austin TX 78705
512.472.9253

"I think the burden is on those people who think he didn't have weapons of
mass
destruction to tell the world where they are."

Ari Fleischer, on July 9, 2003.


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 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McNeil" <carzsuck>
To: <forum>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: BIKE: Cedar Street cuts bike locks


> Aha!  I was thinking of the Cedar Door.  They have a parking lot.  If
> someone parked their car in the middle of the parking lot, the management
> would go find the owner and get them to move it.  It would be easier than
> towing it and better public relations.
> There is a bike rack around the corner from Cedar Street on Lavaca St.
> I can see where Cedar Street wouldn't want anything impeding that area.
> It's pretty busy around there.  There is no room for a bicycle rack
directly
> in front of the bar, because the sidewalk is narrow and heavily travelled.
> It still sucks that they decided to cut the lock.  It seems like it would
> have taken less effort to go into the bar and find out who parked there
and
> ask them to move.  I don't know how often they deal with that problem, but
I
> would imagine, if it is often, which it probably is, their patience is
worn
> thin on the subject.
>
>
>
> > Charles McNeil wrote:
> >
> > >If it was a car parked where it wasn't supposed to be parked, they
would
> go
> > >inside and find who was driving that car.
> > >
> > >
> > No, they wouldn't.
> >
> > If the car was parked illegally on the street, the city would ticket it
> > (and maybe tow it).
> >
> > If the bar actually had a parking lot (which they don't), the bar MIGHT
> > be nice and go try to find the owner; but in my experience they probably
> > would not - they'd probably tow it away very quickly.
> >
> > Bicycle advocacy is best served by thoughtful reasoned argument, not
> > exaggeration.
> >
> > - MD
> >
>
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