Английская Википедия:Bicycle carrier

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A bicycle carrier attached to a bus

A bicycle carrier, also commonly called a bike rack, is a device attached to an automobile or bus for transporting bicycles.

By vehicle type

Automobile mounted bike carriers can be attached to the roof, rear trunk, or rear tow hitch, depending on the vehicle. Carriers have been developed especially for the rear of pickup trucks that attach either to the bed or its sides.

Manufacturers offer bicycle carriers for use on motorcycles.

Public transport

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The Stuttgart Rack Railway with a bicycle car. The flatcar has capacity for 20 bikes and 1 cargo bike.

Bus mounted bike carriers are usually attached to the front of the bus. They may flip up against the bus, out of the way, when not carrying any bikes.

Children's bikes with wheels smaller than 16" may be too small for the racks on buses.

Trains would have seating "bays" where the deep seats could be flipped up into a perch-style arrangement at peak times and allow extra standing room, or give more room for bicycles stood upright.

Also, trains can transport bicycles offboard, in the front of the trains or using a bicycle flatcar / trailer.

Mounting

Bikes may be mounted in the carriers by clamping both wheels and providing some additional vertical support, by clamping the rear wheel and the front dropouts (necessitating the removal of the front wheel, which may be mounted separately on blades), or by clamping the top tube (usually in the case of rear hitch mounted carriers). There is a device available that connects from the stem to the seat post, to provide a top tube equivalent suitable for mounting in these carriers for step-through frame bicycles that do not have a top tube. Carriers that clamp on the front dropouts may also provide a built-in locking mechanism.

Special long carriers have been developed to support long-wheelbase recumbents and tandems.

Transit authorities and makers

Transit authorities with bicycle carriers on buses and trains.

Buses

Transit authorities with bicycle carriers on buses:

Europe

• Madrid, Spain, in urban buses (line 33). Racks supplied by Fiamma.
• Murcia, Spain.

North America

Source:

United States

California:

• Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (some routes)
• Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (Santa Clara)
• Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (Santa Cruz)
• AC Transit (Alameda County, California and Oakland)
• San Francisco Municipal Railway (San Francisco)
• SamTrans (San Mateo County)
• Golden Gate Transit (Northern San Francisco Bay area)
• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Los Angeles County)
• Omnitrans (San Bernardino County)

District of Columbia

• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Georgia:

• Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Atlanta)

Illinois

• Chicago Transit Authority (Chicago)

Iowa

• CyRide (Ames)

Maine:

• Portland, Maine

Massachusetts :

• Pioneer Valley Transit Authority of Western Massachusetts

Minnesota:

• Metro Transit (Minneapolis and Saint Paul)

New York:

• MTA New York City Bus - Bikes not permitted on most routes, but four routes have been equipped with bike racks in a pilot program.

Tennessee

• Memphis Area Transit Authority

8 Utah

• Utah Transit Authority
• Cache Valley Transit District in Logan, Utah

Virginia

• Hampton Roads Transit
• Williamsburg Area Transit Authority

Washington:

• King County Metro in King County, Washington
• Community Transit in Snohomish County, Washington.
• Sound Transit Express in Puget Sound.
• Pierce Transit in Pierce County, Washington.
• Intercity Transit in Thurston County, Washington
• Kitsap Transit in Kitsap County, Washington.
• Everett Transit in Everett, Washington.
• Skagit Transit in Skagit County, Washington.
• Whatcom Transportation Authority in Whatcom County, Washington.
• Spokane Transit Authority in Spokane County, Washington.
• C-Tran in Clark County, Washington.
• Yakima Transit in Yakima, Washington.

Wisconsin:

• Milwaukee County Transit System in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Canada

British Columbia

• Victoria Regional Transit System (Victoria)
• TransLink (Vancouver)

Ontario

• Durham Region Transit, Durham Region, Ontario
• Grand River Transit, Region of Waterloo, Ontario

Quebec

• STL, Laval, Quebec
• Exo Laurentides sector (Suburban Montreal)

Oceania

Australia

• ACTION in Canberra

New Zealand

• Metro in Christchurch, New Zealand (all routes)
• Dunedin
• Feilding
• Gisborne
• Hamilton (5 services to other towns)
• Hawkes Bay
• Invercargill
• Invercargill-Te Anau-Queenstown
• New Plymouth
• Nelson
• Palmerston North
• Rotorua
• Taupō
• Tauranga
• Timaru
• Waiheke Island
• Wellington
• Whangārei

Notable makers for public transit

Bus bicycle carriers

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Sportworks bike carrier.

• Fiamma.
• Sportworks

See also

• Bicycle and public transport
• Bicycle flatcar
• Flexfix (a bike carrier integrated into the car's design)
• Homologation
• Intermodal passenger transport
• Roof rack
• Railroad wagon

External links

• Consumer Reports buying guide
• World map of buses with bike racks
• U.S. Patent No. 5,692,659
• Bring Your Bike Onboard OC Bus
• Bicycle racks on buses and trains. Metro Transit for the Twin Cities.
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