Good idea, wrong type
I love the loop but one thing that is missing is regular bike racks. I manged to find one rack West of Skinker – in front of Joe Edward’s Blueberry Hill:
Unfortunately, this rack is what we cyclists call the dish rack type. As you can see in the photo, the cyclist using the rack locked his/her bike to the end. This is because this type of rack does not provide good support for the bike when used as intended. Basically, this rack holds two bikes.
Below is an example of the right type of rack – an inverted U shape rack:
Chicago uses the inverted U rack throughout it’s commercial areas so that cyclists can almost always find a place to secure their transportation. The Loop really needs to address their lack of racks.