<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 3:51 AM, Simon Poole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch" target="_blank">simon@poole.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Bryce, where are these common? Not something I've seen here (in a wide<br>
sense of the word).<br>
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Simon<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>They're showing up all over the United States.</div><div>Every new Whole Foods Market seems to have one.</div><div>They're typical on new rail trail and bike bridge projects.</div><div>And pretty common on college campus with a tradition of cycling.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's one vendor:</div><div><a href="http://www.dero.com/products/fixit/">http://www.dero.com/products/fixit/</a></div><div>For a picture of it installed see:</div><div><a href="http://www.dero.com/images/products/fixit/fixit-gallery-1.jpg">http://www.dero.com/images/products/fixit/fixit-gallery-1.jpg</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>These repair stands are distinct from an "amenity=shop" that fixes bicycles, as stands are self-service,</div><div>typically open 24/7, and free. It's not a shop as commonly understood.</div><div><br></div><div>Some people have tagged these as "amenity=compresed_air", but that's not quite right</div><div>either. A gas station air hose should be thusly tagged, but a "bike repair station" also</div><div>features tools, presta valve adapters for bike tires, and a stand to hold a bike.</div></div><div><br></div><div>--- --- --- --- --- ---</div><div>Remember that OSM has an open tagging system. Often a new type of mapping will</div><div>undergo some tagging chaos as convention develops.</div></div></div></div>