Today I paid $1 to park my bike. I work in a tiny space at Brooklyn Taco in Essex Street Market, so even though the Brompton folds up it’s still too big to hang out in our space. There’s a loading dock, but the market is old-school, so they’re not going to let me park it there. And there’s no way I’m going to just lock up my Brompton on the street for nine hours a day.
So I pay $1, knowing that my bike ain’t going anywhere without me.