The Bicycle Rack

Marathon Harbor
3/2/2006

Another aspect of the cruising life is the bicycle rack. See the picture. Here is Marathon it's a terrible mess as you can see.


Some people come here to stay several months so they buy a used bicycle to get around town while they are here. When they leave, they either sell the bike or just abandon it. The bicycle rack is filled with very old rusty bicycles that are locked to the rack. Nobody knows who owns them so they don't dare take them away. After a long time, the tires go flat, the handlebars and the seats fall off yet the bike remains locked to the rack.

The result is that abandoned bikes far outnumber the used bikes in the racks and that it is very hard to find a place for our bike.

When we leave, our bike folds up so that we can take it with us on hhe boat. I expect that wherever we go, we'll find dinghy docks and bicycle racks for the cruising sailors.