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Comment by JLaramie | Hacker News Reader

It is miserable parking my bike in NYC and the threat of it getting bent and hit on the sidewalk is terrifying.

I agree here. I don't understand the big deal about bringing them into your building with you. They are smaller than a person and 10% of the weight. What could possibly be a risk? Why would people even consider it unacceptable to bring your bike inside?

(I have not tried yet at my $new_job. Soon. I know nobody in my department would care, but I am sure security would complain.)

A bicycle is dirty, greasy and has pointy bits. No more welcome in a building that other, um, dirty, greasy things.

Assuming your bicycle is properly maintained, it will not be dirty, greasy, or have pointy bits. Daily lubrication of the chain prevents it from becoming dirty, and a chainguard (or even better, a chaincase) prevents most things from touching it anyway. After that, no exposed part should be greasy or dirty.

I share my apartment with three bikes, and they are as clean as anything else in the house.

All scrupulously clean, except of course the tires which are exactly as clean as the gutter you have been riding in. Every part of a bike is a pointy bit, made abundantly clear when you go down and tangle with it. Transportation devices belong in the garage, not in the living room.

Most bicycles, though smaller than people, are much more inconveniently shaped and harder to manuever or get out of the way.

No more inconvenient than people with those backpacks with wheels.

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