"Non ti preoccupare, Bruno. Ho comprato una Bike Valet."
While the urge to build a better mousetrap can spring from a variety of factors, it was a particularly ugly type of mouse that motivated Steven Tiller: theft. Product designer and cyclist Tiller lives in Sacramento, which despite its relatively small size—just 2.5 million bodies—suffers from the Bicycle Emancipation Syndrome common to most urban areas. "If we happen to be dense enough to leave our bikes outside they wouldn't last more than a few days, even with the priciest lock around," writes Tiller. "[My wife and I] lost a beautiful, vintage, hand-made Kleine in just such a way a couple years ago. So [now] we bring our bikes inside."
Tiller designed the wall-mounted Bike Valet, a laser-cut, hand-bent and powder-coated frame that supports a bicycle and offers hooks to hang helmets, bags or other gear.
