I can’t help but take the bait on this since, at OHSU, I’ve probably dropped more bike parking than anyone in the city who isn’t working FOR the City. There’s one unfortunate flaw with this plan—those racks are the design of choice for thieves. If you can unhinge it from the cement, you can slip off with a bike. This is why NYC’s official racks are now a circular design. A third way is the design OHSU uses. It’s a solid piece like the NY racks but fits 8 bikes and is held down only by gravity. It’s far more difficult to steal than the NYC circle rack but way easier to install than Casey’s guerrilla rack. And in Portland, if you’re willing to buy and install the rack, I guarantee you can convince a nearby landowner to allow it on their footprint.

Design and diplomacy, I realize, probably kill the punk aesthetic. But that's my 2 cents.

You can install your own rack (and even your own bike corral now) in Portland, after you get a permit.

I like how he both:

A: Rides like a dickbag on the sidewalks.

B: still doesn't know how to lock his bike up properly, even after it's been stolen.

While I applaud his effort, and willingness to go the extra mile with the effort, and I feel the city was wrong to force removal. He seems like a smug fuck.