Biked over to Spadina subway station to use their bike repair station 😑
Posted Jun 30, 2020, 2:27 AM UTC
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I've never seen one of these without all the tools ripped off and broken :(
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Repair station needs its own repair
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I don't get it, what would you like them to do? Stop construction?
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You see, they put up scaffolding just for fun.
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The issue is if that thing is out of service for like a year, it happens often with infrastructure that something is not prioritized and it says in the backlog for years. So I can't judge here, may be it's been a week, but may be it's been 6 months already.
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Toronto bikers are the worst types of people. No where else do people expect the free use of tools and equipment, but downtown they do. And complain when there’s anything wrong.
Get your own damn tools
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Car drivers are the worst types of people. They expect others to fix their cars for them. Get your own damn tools!
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We have our own tools; we don’t go to parking lots looking for wrenches to tighten wheels or public access car lifts.
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this place is full of the same idiots who got a degree in graphic design and now work at starbucks
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Can't have shit in Toronto
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FYI there's one by New College on Willcocks, just east of Spadina
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Interesting. Any idea if it's the same tool set? I noticed that they didn't have a wrench for the nut holding my back wheel in place.
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It's a better set there, it probably has the wrench. The pump didn't work last time I checked, but I saw someone using the one at St. George station last week.
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311 response time until you see it again fully functional..... doomsday
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I found they got better over the last year
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Lol. There's one accessible at St George station as well.
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Is it the TTC's responsibility to make sure you can fix/maintain your bike? No. Is there construction going on to improve subway stations in need of repair? Yes. Is it annoying that a bike maintenance station is inaccessible? Sure. Bikers in this city are so entitled its funny.
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Lawrence west has one, but that's pretty far
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I contacted the TTC about the tire pump at St. Clair Station. They thanked me for the tip and told me someone was coming to fix it. After about a year I stopped counting how many days would go by before they would actually fix it
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Main street station also has this and donlands station
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There’s one close by at U of T, on St. George at Russell St.
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Could've gone to Bathurst in less time than it took to make this post.
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Bathurst bike repair station was also blocked off due to construction lol
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Like 15 seconds?
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Shit like this is why Toronto's "No Fun" brand is as iconic as it is
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At least they didn’t remove it
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The tools are unusable
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Then why do you go there? Why are you pissy that you couldn't access unusable tools?
You know you could buy a set of basic bicycle tools for about $10? A few hex keys and an adjustable wrench, then you find something new to cry about. The most common hex key is the same size IKEA uses, you probably have one.
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Lol, how pathetic. Says it all about this city right now.
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What does it say? That we maintain our public infrastructure?
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I think you can contact 311 to make a complaint about this
https://www.toronto.ca/home/311-toronto-at-your-service/
Thanks! I'll reach out to them tomorrow 👍