Mexico City revisit: even more bike rack!

While this may not be as festive as D.Ceasar's festooned party bike rack of nearly two years ago (where does the time fly), it still packs a colorful punch in the capital city of Mexico, found over by the famed Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe. 

Red, orange, white, yellow and chartreuse round out the array of colors used to corral churchgoers and tourists at this religious mega-plex in the heart of Mexico City. Just lovely - and a fiesta just waiting to happen. Well, maybe a low-key, toned-down, respectful fiesta. 

Here, you can see one of the many buildings of the Basilica in the background, as the bike rack waits quietly for deployment.

Bike rack was not confined to the outdoor areas, too. Used to block off tourists from interrupting mass (which I probably still interrupted...my bad), it came in more subdued black colors to blend in.

And, for added artsy charm, actual bicycles in a bike rack. Not my favorite kind of bike rack, but bike rack none the less. You know what I mean.

For having both super colorful bike rack and the more somber bike rack under one spiritual house, TWO bicycles out of four.

Bike rack and a Burt Bacharach hit in San Jose, California

(For the original Diane Warwick hit, you can listen along here.)

Do you know the way to San Jose?
I've only been once, so I'd probably lose my way
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I'm going back to find some bike rack in San Jose

S.J. has a great big airway
Put a plane down near and far
In a year, maybe two, they'll get to a star
Years turn over slowly, how they never lack
And all the bikes that never left
Get racked and locked to this bike rack

Do you know the way to San Jose?
A. Evans does, she showed me this is where she stayed
She wasn't born and raised in San Jose
But she went to find some piece of (bike) rack in San Jose

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Bike rack and more at Moffett Federal Airfield. And now I have this song stuck in my head for the rest of the day!!!

For bike rack that looks like it regularly just racks...bikes, but is kind of a curious combination of stationery rack and the moveable barricade...TWO bicycles out of four. Mostly for the ambiguity. And because I will be wandering around now like a freak singing a song from the 1960s. (La la la la laaaa la la....oh man.)

Also, a shout-out to my sister of the traveling (red) pants, A. Evans. I heard she likes to dance.

Tiny wee bike rack in Exeter, New Hampsire

Today's hilarious bike rack adventure comes from J.W. Slider, who is not only a very talented writer but also excellent at spotting my favorite barricade. My friends are the greatest. Anyway, he found this variety in Exeter, New Hampshire, just hanging out in a room, waiting for its closeup.

Not sure what this is used for -  a little hard to get the scale of this thing, but it appears to be no taller than 2.5 feet tall. This is not the first time we've seen bike rack in miniature - remember this fine specimen from El Paso, Texas? I guess there's a demand for it somewhere...is it used to keep tiny horses at bay? Little kids? (Me? I am admittedly five feet tall, so this would take me a second or two to hop over.)

For bike rack that's barely over two feet...TWO bicycles out of four. One for each foot it covers. Thanks Slider!

Eric sexes up some Thai bikerack

My darling E. LoVecchio is shown here on his vacay earlier this year to Southeast Asia, where he stumbled upon some bike rack in the wilds (literally, in the wilds - this is at the Ko Lanta Wildlife reserve in Thailand) and thought he'd go check it out.

Shirtless.

On a Vespa. 

But wearing a helmet! (Safety first!) 

Very sexy. Well done.

It's also on wheels, with a slightly faded red paint job and some snappy signage. Great find.

FOUR bicycles out of four. I mean, I gotta give the man four, as he agreed to let me post this thing on here. 

Bike rack in Columbia. Insert your own scandalous joke here.

Bike rack that can tell a story? I believe that all bike rack has seen its fair share of action, but maybe none so infamous as the pieces here.

My darling B. Becnel (aka "Spicy") has sent me a photo of some innocent-looking bike rack from Bogota, Colombia. Simple, adorned with the slightest bit of caution tape from a past endeavor. With a bonus Jesus Christ gazing down upon the bike rack, from its Jeep and livery feed perch. So sweet. So simple.

J. Dach also sent me some Columbian bike rack but from the slightly more notorious Cartagena, clad in virginal white paint and a slight logo splashed across the front. Clustered together, ready for deployment, to be spread amongst the masses...ok, so the jokes write themselves. But all white bike rack! 

Big thanks to the guys and to everyone for continually sending me awesome photos - I promise to be posting more often on your favorite barricade product. 

For tropical and topical bike rack - I ran out of bicycles so I'm giving it TWO bicycles, instead of the four I promised it last night. (Insert groan here.)