Bicycle Parking stands are required for the heavy and expensive.
For better or for worse, E-Bikes are an eye sore. Good people who passes by would give a quick glance at your E-Bikes. Similarly, bad people who passes by would also give a quick glance at your E-Bikes. These shiny, cool, and expensive looking objects are target of theft, anywhere in the world.
Having a sturdy, convenient outdoor bicycle stand to lock and park your bicycle is crucial. Whether you own a commercial property, a government organization or an E-Bike rider who cares about micro mobility, below are some of the advances made to bicycle parking technologies.
Bikeep
From the tech center in the Bay Area, Bikeep has all the IOT features you would want for your E-Bike. It comes with security system like self-locking mechanism, audible alarms, and real-time monitoring to fully prevent theft.
Of course, it comes with a plugin charger to charge your E-Bike. To use and pay for this, just scan and download an app and you are good to go.
As a municipality or a building contractor, the most impressive thing is that Bikeep offers a semi open sourced API to customize your parking requirements.
The disadvantage to using this as you may know it, is the cost.
Saris Infrastructure
Saris Infrastructure offers a public charging station with less the cost. It offers 120V or 240V outlet for charging and it also has a space to hang personal items. The cheapest SKU is called Power Post and it costs $350 USD per post.
At a cost, you can even customize your parking space with the help of Saris Infrastructure.
Saris Infrastructure is a bit no-frills but is highly reliable.
Q-Rack E-Bike Charger
Winner of Architecture & Design awards, the Q-Rack E-Bike charging station comes in different colors, including silver, orange, green etc. Charging outlets are hidden in the base.
While we give them the number one title for best looks, it may not be theft proof, as thieves have seen using chain saws and powerful tools to steal your locked E-Bikes.
However, if you live in a safe, expensive, stylish neighborhood or you want to offer charging and parking solutions for your commercial district, Q-Rack is fabulous.
Future of E-Bike Parking
We are seeing solutions and technology from EV Car Chargers being trickled down to E-Bikes. Eventually, municipality level government and Commercial Spaces would need to allocate parking spaces for bikes and E-Bikes.
Future parking technologies include auto-assist vertical or two level parking, dual purpose charger and repair station, advertisement or customer service spaces on charging docks, and solar powered or wind powered charging docks.