Public Bike Tool Stand

For the most part the modern transportation infrastructure is not set up to encourage using a bicycle as form of transit.  While I could limit this statement to the U.S., I think it is safe to say that it applies to the vast majority of countries around the word.  As the expression goes, "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while," and assuming cyclists are misguided, I found a nut recently. 

I spotted this public bike tool stand at a bus stop recently in Cambridge, MA.  With a pump and all the common tools needed to make repairs, this could likely get you back on the road if you encountered a problem.  It was so new that concrete dust from drilling it in was still present. 

It reminded me of a bike rike we featured in the past that had a pump built into it -

Picture Credit to http://heklucht.posterous.com/

Have you found a nut?  Let us know so we can post for the benefit of all. 

Comments

[Conscious]

That's great.

[Kagi]

I've always been tickled by the public bike tool stand at the flagship Whole Foods in Austin. There's also another one in Cambridge, on the MIT campus -- can't remember the number of the building, though.

[Sean]

we have two of these in Minneapolis. They also have vending machines one can get an inner tube or other needs.

http://bikefixtation.com/

[Peter]

Here's a post about a couple of those bike fixation repair stations in the Twin Cities: http://cycletc.com/2012/06/26/more-info-on-free-air-from-the-bike-friendly-state/

[Joey]

We recently got a stand like this on our main bike path here in Little Rock/North Little Rock. It is located right next to the Big Dam Bridge on the River Trail. Very Cool.

[John h]

I'm very surprised by the tools still being there. Super nice infrastructure. =)

[Jon S]

Dero makes a model of this called the FixIt: http://www.dero.com/products/fixit/

Ask your school or employer to look into getting one - I did! Just a bit over $1000 after delivery & installation.

The tools are so securely attached that the company will replace them free for life if stolen.

p.s. These are made in the US of A, for any of you who think strangers who were born inside the same nation-state as you are more deserving of jobs than strangers who live on the other side of a line.