http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/ Engadget Comments for Perfect Gate RFID bike parking in Japan: not bad! http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/
(...or Japan is just ready to engage in just anything high-tech anyway, which is still ok with me!)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/> http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/03/bike_tree_locke_1.php]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/
Hey I never knew bikes grew on trees!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/ Cracks me up. They managed to reduce their whopping 1 bike per month stolen rate.

When I was in Japan, my new roomate (another American) was showing me around town when I first arrived (in a smallish town called Okazaki near Nagoya. not in or near Tokyo). We were riding bikes. We stopped outside the 'Jusco' mall and my roomie flicked the little spoke lock, set his kickstand and headed for the door. I figured "when in rome...' so I followed suit, but I asked him if he actually thought our bikes would be safe. He pointed out that that is how everyone 'secures' their bike and said it would be fine and how would anybody steal it anyway, they couldn't ride off on it...

I of course pointed out that while that was true, there was nothing preventing someone from driving up with a truck , throwing 5 - 10 'locked' bikes in the back and driving off to saw the locks at their leisure in complete seclusion. He said he'd never thought of it that way (surprising since my roomy was not a local, he was from the mean streets of North Carolina).

When I postulated this theory to the natives they were even more appaled and incredulous that I would even think of such a thing...

What is wrong with americans that they gotta STEAL/DEFACE everything ?

Bah...maybe I'm just upset and venting cause my car was stolen 2 days ago and used in a hit and run...

C'mon september...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/Everybody basically rides the same $55 commodity bike. If a bike gets stollen it's probably because someone misplaced theirs in the heaps of bicycle sameness.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/06/perfect-gate-rfid-bike-parking-in-japan-not-bad/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM