Comments on: Cyclehoops trialled in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea http://www.cyclehoop.com/features/cyclehoops-installed-in-the-royal-borough-of-kensington-and-chelsea A revolution in bicycle parking Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:38:26 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.cyclehoop.com/features/cyclehoops-installed-in-the-royal-borough-of-kensington-and-chelsea/comment-page-1#comment-80 admin Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:38:26 +0000 http://www.cyclehoop.com/?p=288#comment-80 Hi there, thank you for the comments and I'm glad you like our work. During the development of the product, we spent a long time working out the ideal size for the hoops - it is a balance being big enough to lock both wheels and frame, and small enough not to cause an obstruction. The size we have settled on seems to work well with most bikes - you can still use a mini Dlock to lock frame and wheel to one of the locks. The most secure method is to use a D-lock to lock through the frame and rear wheel of your bike though the MIDDLE portion of the cyclehoop. This way the bike will not rotate or fall over. Use an additional lock or cable to secure the front wheel. Hi there, thank you for the comments and I’m glad you like our work. During the development of the product, we spent a long time working out the ideal size for the hoops – it is a balance being big enough to lock both wheels and frame, and small enough not to cause an obstruction.
The size we have settled on seems to work well with most bikes – you can still use a mini Dlock to lock frame and wheel to one of the locks.
The most secure method is to use a D-lock to lock through the frame and rear wheel of your bike though the MIDDLE portion of the cyclehoop. This way the bike will not rotate or fall over. Use an additional lock or cable to secure the front wheel.

]]> By: The London Insider http://www.cyclehoop.com/features/cyclehoops-installed-in-the-royal-borough-of-kensington-and-chelsea/comment-page-1#comment-79 The London Insider Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:43:52 +0000 http://www.cyclehoop.com/?p=288#comment-79 This is a brilliant idea! As a cyclist in London, I am all too aware of the dangers of locking up your bike to a pole, only to come back later to see it stolen or in a weird position and trampled on. The only thing I can comment is that from the pictures the hoops look too small to be able to securely lock the front and back wheels plus frame to it? Could it be slightly wider to accommodate smaller D-Locks? This is a brilliant idea! As a cyclist in London, I am all too aware of the dangers of locking up your bike to a pole, only to come back later to see it stolen or in a weird position and trampled on.

The only thing I can comment is that from the pictures the hoops look too small to be able to securely lock the front and back wheels plus frame to it? Could it be slightly wider to accommodate smaller D-Locks?

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