Bike Rack from (the Temple of) Heaven

I realize how far behind I have gotten in my bike rack posting. J. Dach reminds me every day. This will be rectified, starting today!

While Jonny will be disappointed to not three-peat, K. Edwards deserves a shout-out for the magnificent specimen of bike rack she found in Beijing, at the Temple of Heaven.

Pretty impressive, although I'm not entirely sure what purpose it serves - isn't the actual fencing enough? Or is it keeping people away from touching it? Props to China for getting matchy-matchy and painting it white, though. 

OK. More posts to come on a regular basis, I promise. Just keep sending me the photos and I will keep writing ridiculous descriptions about your favorite man-made moveable barricade. 

THREE bicycles out of four bicycles. 

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.