Bicycle tree

Still others, like the one made by JFE Steel of Japan, are fully automated and computerized and can handle and locate some 9,400 bicycles for example, underneath a major train station or university.

Various companies have developed simple bike trees, including ones for sale at a hardware store, such as Harbor Freight Tools, that have hooks to hang 5 bicycles.

A Swiss company, Bike Tree International, designed a system whereby a bicycle can be hoisted into a tree-shaped device after lifting the front of the bike and connecting the wheel to a hook by rope.

[3] Mechanical units have been expanded to hold some 6,480 bicycles, for which retrieval time is 23 seconds,[3] such as in this 15 meter deep underground storage facility.

[4] As of February 2013, some 85 systems of this manufacturer and type in use can hold 17,323 bicycles, all in Japan.