In the end, the rack's aesthetic benefits were not enough to overcome its shortcomings, and this popular winner fell into the judges' third quartile. One judge's opinion that, "the crankset 'capitals' on the vertical column probably don't serve any functional or security role," seemed to sum up their opinion. Comments on the People's Choice winner were good from both groups, particularly in terms of its aesthetics, with public comments like "creative" and "original," and a judge's comment calling it "an interesting variant on the emblematic model." There was also some agreement on its efficient use of space. ![]() Though there was agreement that "shelter is great," one judge noted that this attempt was "clunky." Other than that, this rack made no waves in the aesthetics department, which I suppose worked in its favor this time.įascinating was the disagreement between the judges' choice and the popular choice. One comment noted the spacing between elements, which allows good egress. Orr and his practical rack received good marks from the judges, with strong agreement on its smart placement and utility. Your active participation in this added greatly to the discussion! Let me not be remiss by overlooking all of you who participated in the People's Choice survey. Then, by extension, we have highlighted why much bike parking fails. More than that, together we have shined a light on what is acceptable bicycle parking both in terms of functionality and esthetics, highlighting that good parking should have plenty of both. Without sensible parking, the success of everything else one might do to encourage bicycle riding will be held back, or even fail outright. Because of you we were able to have a public dialog about bicycling infrastructure in general, and bicycle parking in specific. On behalf of everyone here at Bicycle Fixation (both of us), and our judges, I want to thank everyone who submitted a photograph. Thank goodness we left the decision making to our readers and judges. Others were appallingly counterproductive, and once again we were split. Some of the designs were quite creative, and we were split on choosing our personal front runners. It was with equal that pleasure Rick and I received each entry, good and bad. The dinosaur was proclaimed "witty," and the caribou, "cute." All the various emblematic racks, from bridges to cars, to the seemingly ubiquitous bicycle shape, were enjoyed by all. Other racks got attention from both the public and the judges. "Kudos for creative reuse of materials!" remarked one. Moreover, several judges applauded the materials he used. In the public voting there were two competitors who broke away from the pack, and he was one of them. Wins a pair of Hemp City Knickers for Steve Neff! ![]() Wins a pair of Classic Wool Knickers for Chris Orr! Judges' Choice for Best Rack (Meet our panel of experts.)
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