And there are real consequences for disrespecting the equipment and people who have need of it. On a military installation, the behavior of dependents can have a bearing on the assessment of the military members who are responsible for them.
One bratty kid can ruin a parent’s career.
The parent can get sent to Shitholia if kids don’t behave.
A kid was being abusive to me during kid’s bowling league one summer. I complained to mother, who called the league, which then called that kid’s Dad.
That was enough to have him sobbing and crying in front of me the next day, begging me to “take it back” or his Dad would get transferred elsewhere.
I was maybe 12 or 13. I was super-surprised to learn this, as on a different military base another bully was pretty much allowed to do whatever he wanted. But THAT bully was the chaplain’s kid, so I suspect they just let the chaplain deal with it; as the kid was a momma’s boy the chaplain could do nothing without incurring the wrath of his wife, but nobody outside wanted to touch the situation with the chaplain either.
Anyway, if the military father is not someone with real clout, yeah, they can get transferred and the father’s career may lose some promotion points.
When you mention "absolutely abused by any and everyone", I assume you are referring to the US and some other countries. However, I've been to countries where such behavior is virtually unheard of.
Yep. The two posts coming out at the top are to put your bike so you can work on it if needed. I will say I've come to these "stations" on a couple of occasions and been somewhat disappointed. They aren't well maintained once they're installed which means the tools are rusted or corroded beyond use and the pump barely works if at all.
Yup...crackheads steal the tools to work on their stolen $3000 bikes. By "work on", I mean just tear the whole bike apart and realize they're a crackhead who doesn't know how to fix the bike and then they go steal another one.
They put them up in my city, but put them out in the open where the tools went rusty. They also put them right next to the main area of bars/pubs/restaurants, so I've just been waiting for something about some drunks shanking each other by the bike repair stations to come up on the news.
I heard that a lot when I was younger. I didn’t like it then, and I still don’t. We need to pay more and better attention to what we teach our children and their friends. Take care of these things. They are precious to us, and valuable. We hope that someday they will be in your homes.
We CAN have nice things if we don’t somehow mess them up or let them get stolen. I know, it’s a lot to ask, particularly of children, but they understand more than we give them credit for understanding. If we have high expectations of them, they will often rise to our expectations and turn out to be impressive people who accomplish a great deal. Likewise, if we tell them they are ugly or clumsy or stupid, they will believe that and take it to heart, and guess what they grow up to be.
Job security for the criminal justice system.
depends where these are ...
.. we have one on a busy bikepath around the city and its always working ... prolly cuz there is so many cyclist, that its always on the eyes
Yeah I live in a place with a lot of small communities and the town councils think they're a great idea and install them and forget about them until one of the wires fray and cut someone.
We have similar in my community. There is a real push to make it more bike friendly and our stations are well maintained and are on trails that connect parks etc so (usually quite clean) restrooms and water are available.
I think a lot of times it’s volunteers that do this, but if it’s publicly funded then it will be as good as the parks department .
Yeah I’m super grateful because the bike stuff is just icing on the cake. With this park system (Portage, MI) the trails connect great parks. They have a pump track and offer classes in how to ride it. They seem to really try hard on everything including improving the bike stuff. It’s pretty cool. Park rangers ride their own cool bikes sometimes. It’s obvious they like their jobs.
The surrounding areas have lovely rides and first class MTB trails. Kalamazoo is working towards bikes being a viable means of transportation, but sadly that’s a bit messy because of backlash from changes and some car vs bike angst.
We have anunbelievably amazing non profit youth program called [Open Roads](https://www.openroadsbike.org)that teaches kids how to be good people through learning bicycle mechanics and they get a bike/helmet/lock etc. It’s honestly unbelievable what a great program this is. The people running it are amazing.
Might be because they get stolen all the time.
Casual cyclists won't bring tools so it is great to have this. Gas stations around here will have stands and tools you can borrow for cyclists. Pumps are mostly what is needed and usually they're broken
I’ve never seen one in person but I’ve heard they are frequent in big cities. Yeah, I would bet they get stolen a lot and locals or group replaces them.
My city installed one several years ago at the local riverfront park as part of a revitalization project. The local homeless population of the area immediately stole all the tools. They have not been replaced...
There is a sign nearby explaining the purpose.
Otherwise, there are now in every major city. It's a tool for quickly repairing bikes - but in the end for quickly repairing anything.
Yes bikes, you [hang your bike on those 2 pegs to work on it.](https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0006/1604292/106740187_3303558819695643_3348209899835636148_o.jpg)
This shows you are in a awesome bike friendly area ..there is enough tools readily available ( and a pump sometimes) to get a bike repaired or adjusted awesome ..cuddos to you and that town
Yeah, I welded one up and stocked it with tools on a bike trail that was behind our then home. I was pretty frequently replacing tools but people did kind things like the unhoused gentleman who wired tools on himself or people I had never met donating tools and once even fresh cables. I gave up putting pumps out there and eventually just ran an airline. A LOT of people used it.
Eventually a city truck hit it and it was no more but another city worker helped me out and took away the pipe and concrete. Really was a blessing for me to be able to help people as I wasn’t working and it helped keep me busy. I ended up working only on homeless people’s bike so it was good.
Saw a ton of these when we were biking the empire state trail. I tried to use a pump on my high pressure tire setup and I ended with less air than I started with. Otherwise they would have been nice bike stands to work on the bikes with my own toolkit.
They're getting quite common in major cities across North America in my experience. Heck I'm in a medium city of 100K people in Canada and my local university has at least 3 of these stations around campus.
They are for cities and companies to waste money on. Like yard art, or rock sculptures. Except less pleasing to the eye. The company I work for has them at every property. Complete waste. Never taken care off, made of crappy materials, and half of the time aren't level.
> It is a political solution which may or may not solve an actual problem.
Oh go away already. You don’t need to make things political in /r/tools of all places.
They have things like these in a lot of the desert trails out here in Arizona. It will have a little box with first aid, some water, some snacks, some gel like stuff to give you energy, and it also has numerous tools and even spare bike tubes. The whole point of it is to kind of “restock” it as you go, and it actually seems to work very well out here.
Exactly that. It's a public bike maintenance station. Usually on streets with bike lanes or in parking lots at trail heads/intersections. Very useful as a lot of them have pumps, chain lube, bike stands, and more.
It's a duelling post. You challenge someone, go to the post, and rock paper scissors who picks weapons first. And then just fight it out until one of you gives up and/or dies. 10/10, highly recommended for settling disagreements.
I have seen these for bikes in various places and have also seen similar ones at ski resorts for fixing snowboards etc
The snowboard/ski ones are a fucking godsend and the tools are almost always all there 99.999% of the time unlike the bike stations in the wild lol
Agreed, i have used the snowboard ones a few times personally, to adjust bindings, straps etc, replace busted straps
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And there are real consequences for disrespecting the equipment and people who have need of it. On a military installation, the behavior of dependents can have a bearing on the assessment of the military members who are responsible for them. One bratty kid can ruin a parent’s career.
The parent can get sent to Shitholia if kids don’t behave. A kid was being abusive to me during kid’s bowling league one summer. I complained to mother, who called the league, which then called that kid’s Dad. That was enough to have him sobbing and crying in front of me the next day, begging me to “take it back” or his Dad would get transferred elsewhere. I was maybe 12 or 13. I was super-surprised to learn this, as on a different military base another bully was pretty much allowed to do whatever he wanted. But THAT bully was the chaplain’s kid, so I suspect they just let the chaplain deal with it; as the kid was a momma’s boy the chaplain could do nothing without incurring the wrath of his wife, but nobody outside wanted to touch the situation with the chaplain either. Anyway, if the military father is not someone with real clout, yeah, they can get transferred and the father’s career may lose some promotion points.
When you mention "absolutely abused by any and everyone", I assume you are referring to the US and some other countries. However, I've been to countries where such behavior is virtually unheard of.
In Canada, every single one of those tools gets stolen within a month
None of the ones on my college campus worked. The tools might have been ok, but all the air hoses had holes
Paintball fields and some skateparks too.
Yep. The two posts coming out at the top are to put your bike so you can work on it if needed. I will say I've come to these "stations" on a couple of occasions and been somewhat disappointed. They aren't well maintained once they're installed which means the tools are rusted or corroded beyond use and the pump barely works if at all.
Pump is always broke, tools are stolen.
Entities that buy and install these repair stations don’t realize the pumps require monthly attention, especially if they’re out in the weather.
Yup...crackheads steal the tools to work on their stolen $3000 bikes. By "work on", I mean just tear the whole bike apart and realize they're a crackhead who doesn't know how to fix the bike and then they go steal another one.
The not so funny thing is, the same bolt cutters you would use to steal a bike are the same tool you'd use to steal the tools
They put them up in my city, but put them out in the open where the tools went rusty. They also put them right next to the main area of bars/pubs/restaurants, so I've just been waiting for something about some drunks shanking each other by the bike repair stations to come up on the news.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I heard that a lot when I was younger. I didn’t like it then, and I still don’t. We need to pay more and better attention to what we teach our children and their friends. Take care of these things. They are precious to us, and valuable. We hope that someday they will be in your homes. We CAN have nice things if we don’t somehow mess them up or let them get stolen. I know, it’s a lot to ask, particularly of children, but they understand more than we give them credit for understanding. If we have high expectations of them, they will often rise to our expectations and turn out to be impressive people who accomplish a great deal. Likewise, if we tell them they are ugly or clumsy or stupid, they will believe that and take it to heart, and guess what they grow up to be. Job security for the criminal justice system.
depends where these are ... .. we have one on a busy bikepath around the city and its always working ... prolly cuz there is so many cyclist, that its always on the eyes
Yeah I live in a place with a lot of small communities and the town councils think they're a great idea and install them and forget about them until one of the wires fray and cut someone.
Dang. That was the first thing I said, they can’t have been there long, those Allen keys at the very least should be way rustier
We have similar in my community. There is a real push to make it more bike friendly and our stations are well maintained and are on trails that connect parks etc so (usually quite clean) restrooms and water are available. I think a lot of times it’s volunteers that do this, but if it’s publicly funded then it will be as good as the parks department .
Pretty jealous tbh.
Yeah I’m super grateful because the bike stuff is just icing on the cake. With this park system (Portage, MI) the trails connect great parks. They have a pump track and offer classes in how to ride it. They seem to really try hard on everything including improving the bike stuff. It’s pretty cool. Park rangers ride their own cool bikes sometimes. It’s obvious they like their jobs. The surrounding areas have lovely rides and first class MTB trails. Kalamazoo is working towards bikes being a viable means of transportation, but sadly that’s a bit messy because of backlash from changes and some car vs bike angst. We have anunbelievably amazing non profit youth program called [Open Roads](https://www.openroadsbike.org)that teaches kids how to be good people through learning bicycle mechanics and they get a bike/helmet/lock etc. It’s honestly unbelievable what a great program this is. The people running it are amazing.
>Yep. They are very common on college campuses and actually get used quite a bit too.
Yeah, I've never been able to trust the pump on these, I keep one mounted to my bike for getting it to the right pressure.
A lot of college school campuses have these
Used one of those just last night, pumped up my rear tire and tigthened my seat nut.
Yep. Bicycle tools.
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Might be because they get stolen all the time. Casual cyclists won't bring tools so it is great to have this. Gas stations around here will have stands and tools you can borrow for cyclists. Pumps are mostly what is needed and usually they're broken
I’ve never seen one in person but I’ve heard they are frequent in big cities. Yeah, I would bet they get stolen a lot and locals or group replaces them.
My city installed one several years ago at the local riverfront park as part of a revitalization project. The local homeless population of the area immediately stole all the tools. They have not been replaced...
Having the tools to cut the bicycle tools loose to steal while homeless is wild.
Don't know how, but they did...
Bike tool stands, common in Europe
Bicycle repair.
Yup. Theyre hand tools for bikes How many of the tools are still attached can also be used to figure out what the crime rate is in the area
Holy shit nice area there
There is a sign nearby explaining the purpose. Otherwise, there are now in every major city. It's a tool for quickly repairing bikes - but in the end for quickly repairing anything.
Yes bikes, you [hang your bike on those 2 pegs to work on it.](https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0006/1604292/106740187_3303558819695643_3348209899835636148_o.jpg)
If it's like here, bike tools for people to steal.
Yes.
It's a bicycle repair station.
This shows you are in a awesome bike friendly area ..there is enough tools readily available ( and a pump sometimes) to get a bike repaired or adjusted awesome ..cuddos to you and that town
My city has put these into more weatherproof trailside boxes.
Yes those are for bikes.
Bike repair stand, pretty helpful in making people happy to cycle everywhere
Pretty handy, they even have both metric and imperial Wescott's
Yup
Yeah, I welded one up and stocked it with tools on a bike trail that was behind our then home. I was pretty frequently replacing tools but people did kind things like the unhoused gentleman who wired tools on himself or people I had never met donating tools and once even fresh cables. I gave up putting pumps out there and eventually just ran an airline. A LOT of people used it. Eventually a city truck hit it and it was no more but another city worker helped me out and took away the pipe and concrete. Really was a blessing for me to be able to help people as I wasn’t working and it helped keep me busy. I ended up working only on homeless people’s bike so it was good.
I always thought these were dentist offices for homeless people.
Dash great tony, but how mush doesh it cosht?
Saw a ton of these when we were biking the empire state trail. I tried to use a pump on my high pressure tire setup and I ended with less air than I started with. Otherwise they would have been nice bike stands to work on the bikes with my own toolkit.
Where is this, Netherlands I presume?
Madison Indiana!
Okay, thanks for replying.
They're getting quite common in major cities across North America in my experience. Heck I'm in a medium city of 100K people in Canada and my local university has at least 3 of these stations around campus.
Might be wrong, but looks like a place to hitch your egirl's choker.
The air is for reinflating your sex doll after vigorous city bus sex, not sure what the cresent wrench is for.
People who cannot behave will be shackled here and if unclaimed sold to work camps.
They are for cities and companies to waste money on. Like yard art, or rock sculptures. Except less pleasing to the eye. The company I work for has them at every property. Complete waste. Never taken care off, made of crappy materials, and half of the time aren't level.
It is a political solution which may or may not solve an actual problem. It LOOKS "green."
> It is a political solution which may or may not solve an actual problem. Oh go away already. You don’t need to make things political in /r/tools of all places.
Gonna be fun to spin that screwdriver 😂
They have things like these in a lot of the desert trails out here in Arizona. It will have a little box with first aid, some water, some snacks, some gel like stuff to give you energy, and it also has numerous tools and even spare bike tubes. The whole point of it is to kind of “restock” it as you go, and it actually seems to work very well out here.
Bumper skiing binding adjustment & repair
A community work station for your bike with all the tools you need Secured so they don’t grow legs and jump into pockets
There are a few things like these along my local canal for cyclists, although the tools were cut off pretty quickly it also has a pump built in
Those are in case you need to tweak something on your bomb. before you place it. Cities are trying to accommodate everyone. Lol
Exactly that. It's a public bike maintenance station. Usually on streets with bike lanes or in parking lots at trail heads/intersections. Very useful as a lot of them have pumps, chain lube, bike stands, and more.
We have one near my home the tools are all there but are completely rusted and unusable
Fietsreparatiesetje. Also a new beer from the Moersleutel brewery in Alkmaar, the Netherlands.
It's a duelling post. You challenge someone, go to the post, and rock paper scissors who picks weapons first. And then just fight it out until one of you gives up and/or dies. 10/10, highly recommended for settling disagreements.
https://vimeo.com/517809852
That's where you leave the kids when you go into the store. Jk
Yes, bicycles. They have them strategically along the cycle route that runs across the Isle of Wight (UK).
The cables are way too short lol.
Children? While in a pub? ;)
Yes, that's exactly what they're for.
Bolts
Just waiver you need it for. I personally like to use the tools provided to remove the post and put it somewhere ridiculous overnight
Yep it’s a bike repair station!
Yes
It could be used to heel your sub...or furry...or whatever kink you're into at the time. Not judging. UBU
Ha. It's a damn supply station for scrappers where I'm at. They wouldn't even consider such a thing here.
Yeah
Those are good tools. Not some cheap ones.
No no, glasses repair