So I was just taking a look at Google Streetview to see what the parking was like around Pall Mall and came across this:
I’ve never seen a bay like that before, where you have to effectively parallel park your bike. Can’t say I’ve ever tried to parallel park my bike and given it’s weight and general cumbersomeness I’m not sure I’d want to. Plus getting out again could be interesting…
Wow!
This is different!
I havent seen this either. But… on the plus side there is less chance of a lorry knocking them all down.
Seems like a good idea as you could do that down more roads and still keep two way traffic and lots of bike parking that does not involve some tw4t parking there scooter so close you can’t move your bike… ask Vern about someone parking like an idiot next to your bike!!
If a twat scooterist parks so close that I can’t get out then I ‘move’ the scooter. Simples! :Whistling:
There’s two of these bays down this street. The only thing I’m thinking is that, given the possibly difficulties and general annoyance of trying to park exactly parallel to the curb, you may end up with said twatty scooterist parking at a slight angle across your front wheel, meaning you have to back the bike out before you can pull forward. Now, this road may not be too bad, but some of these smaller roads often have a pretty nasty camber at the sides that make wheeling my heavy-arse bike out backwards very difficult indeed.
It does mean that they’re increasing bike parking by making use of an otherwise un-parkable road though…
that’s pretty simple, at worse you back it in as close as you can then wriggle it in on the stand
There is a smaller one on Great Pulteney St in Soho
Have you ever tried wriggling my bike anywhere?! :crazy: Maybe I just need to get down the gym 
yes you do 
There are several bays like that in Westminster. There are a couple round the backstreets near W Abbey. Not seen any sign of problems.
I’m just wondering how long before the Westminster sting. A jobs worth warden slapping tickets on all motorbikes in cycle areas because they aren’t cycles.
Exactly what I was thinking!
Blimey mate it’s not exactly hard… There’s a few like this round soho
Yeah, I know it’s not exactly hard, just found it unusual as I hadn’t seen one before.
I’ve used a couple of these bays in the past and, as someone has already noted, road camber is a big issue. If it’s got much in the way of camber, the bike on its stand are pretty close to falling over with just a gentle nudge.
One bay of this type I used I noticed that several bikes, presumably regular users, had blocks of wood under their side stands.
