Even bike parking is getting tight in Cambridge.

[topaz]

Even bike parking is getting tight in Cambridge.
Originally uploaded by qwrrty.

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[jwg.livejournal.com]

When I passed by one of the Cambridge City Annexes yesterday there were a whole bunch of people trying to tie up their bikes to the bike racks outside, but they were full.

I asked, Bicyle Commitee? And they said yes, so I suggested they should get the city to put up more bike racks.

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

It's much more fun to imagine these bicycles being driven into this state, rather than being parked this way.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Driven? You mean ridden? :-)

[ceo]

That was today?! What's it like on days when there isn't crap coming out of the sky?

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

Horses are ridden. Vehicles are driven.

[ceo]

Isn't that backwards? By rights we ought to drive bicycles and ride cars.

(and yes, I know where the terms actually come from)

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

There were actually lots of available racks next to it -- this is in a locked enclosure in the garage across from Akamai. Maybe it was more crowded yesterday? :-)

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing someone on the massbike list make the same point (probably either John Allen or Tom Revay). It's very persuasive but people look at me funny when I talk about driving a bicycle. :-)

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

I've definitely seen some other cyclists refer to their bikes as "steeds".

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

It's a "steed" when you can pass out on it, drunk out of your gourd, and it still gets you home.