Biking Isn’t Green if You Harm a Tree

[baiskeli]

Plus if a thief really really wants your bike, he’ll just go get an axe or a saw (which he also probably stole).

[acc]

That would probably be bad for the tree also. I honestly never thought about this issue.

[Jsnyd]

At first I thought, there’s no way my bike lock can harm a mature tree with a healthy amount of bark, but then I thought of how many people would use the same tree if it was in the right spot. Good post. I would have never thought about it if I didnt read it here.

[Mark Blacknell]

Yep. Saw a similar campaign last year, and it was all news to me. Definitely changed my behavior.

[Tim Kelley]

@baiskeli 5002 wrote:

Plus if a thief really really wants your bike, he’ll just go get an axe or a saw (which he also probably stole).

I’m just going to leave this here….

[Mark Blacknell]

It’s like watching The Sims, with the Idiot Expansion Pack.

[acc]

Ah yes, it’s all fun and games until my bike is stolen by a chainsaw wielding, hockey mask wearing, scary dude.

In this case it appears the bark is what we have to worry about and the bite, not so much. (For three days I managed to avoid saying that but eventually….)

ann

[Joe Chapline]

Years ago an Arlington arborist pointed this out to me after I had just locked my bike to a small tree. I told him that’s why I chose the one dead tree out of 10 or so. We had a nice talk, and he told me where the bike racks were — on the other side of a huge building, where I couldn’t see them. It’s good to scatter racks around buildings with multiple entrances, considering all directions cyclists might be coming from.

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