Bicycle tree

<h2 id="manual">Manual</h2>
<p>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.
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<h2 id="mechanical-assisted">Mechanical assisted</h2>
<p>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.  There were plans to deploy this machine in <a href="/facts/Geneva/14gXxjcq">Geneva</a>.  It can handle one or two dozen bicycles.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="automated-storage-and-retrieval-system">Automated storage and retrieval system</h2>
<p>A similar but much larger device, an <a href="/facts/Automated_storage_and_retrieval_system/NCeB3yH4">automated storage and retrieval system</a>, has been developed by JFE Engineering, a unit of <a href="/facts/JFE_Holdings/cQY2qgEB">JFE Holdings</a> of Japan.  The first bike tree of this type became available for public use in 2006, storing 1,476 bicycles using an <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuit/fjn6vg7C">integrated circuit</a> based tag system, cleanly stored away above ground in an urban office-like building.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Mechanical units have been expanded to hold some 6,480 bicycles, for which retrieval time is 23 seconds,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> such as in this 15 meter deep underground storage facility.  Various municipalities in the <a href="/facts/Greater_Tokyo/bhIGJ86E">Greater Tokyo</a> area run the system or are planning to install them, charging 1800 yen per month for storage or a one time fee of 100 yen.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>  As of February 2013, some 85 systems of this manufacturer and type in use can hold 17,323 bicycles, all in Japan.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Bicycle_locker/r3nm2Gh6">Bicycle locker</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bicycle_stand/VMREmR0s">Bicycle stand</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Bike Tree International Website". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104181304/http://www.biketree.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100104181304/http://www.biketree.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"JFE CYCLE TREE: Multi-level Mechanical Bicycle Parking System". Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091109033830/http://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/en_product/environment/environment2134.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20091109033830/http://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/en_product/environment/environment2134.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"JFE CYCLE TREE: Multi-level Mechanical Bicycle Parking System". Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091109033830/http://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/en_product/environment/environment2134.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20091109033830/http://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/en_product/environment/environment2134.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Munk, David (5 November 2009). "Has Japan designed the world's best bike shed?". Retrieved 18 November 2023 – via The Guardian. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2009/nov/05/japan-best-bike-shed" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2009/nov/05/japan-best-bike-shed</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Multilevel bicycle parking system Cycle Tree | Industrial Machinery | Products & Services | JFE Engineering Corporation". <a href="http://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/products/machine/logistics/lo09.html" target="_blank">http://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/products/machine/logistics/lo09.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Bicycle tree