Carriage House Plans: Bike Rack

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Bike Rack

Since 1995, Creative Metalworks has been designing and building static and kinetic sculptures primarily used for bicycle parking. Creative Metalworks founder, Merrill Denney, is the originator of creative bike racks in the United States. A cyclist himself, Merrill's interest in bike racks was borne from his personal experience and disappointment in commercially available racks. With a number of design patents to his credit, Merrill also has designed and built mixed-medium interior furnishings and landscape art in addition to his work on creative bike racks.This is his story: "In 1968 one of my favorite places to hang out in Salt Lake City, Utah, was the toy store about 2 miles from our home. They had all the usual things of the time, but the best part of the store by far was taking the trip down the wide staircase to the basement. There, among other things, were all of the beautiful new bikes for sale. I remember the smell of new tire rubber that had not touched pavement, and shiny chrome that had yet to see the light of day

Bike Rack