Dublin City Council has just ordered the first of these Bike Hangars for trial on the streets of the capital.
They are manufactured in the UK by the cycling infrastructure company Cyclehoop.
Their introduction to Dublin follows the huge success of the hangars in London.
They have been installed by homeowners on the section of road outside their house where a car would normally be parked.
And local councils have installed them in public places like parks and schools, and at blocks of flats to provide secure, sheltered parking for bikes.
In other places, spaces in the units - which are cemented into the pavement – are rented, with keys only given to paying customers.
The units mean home owners with limited space or no back gardens don't have to store bikes in their houses or lock them to lampposts or railings out front.
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Dublin City Council has been running a scheme called Beta Projects.
It has taken suggestions from the public for mini projects that can be added to the urban environment for short trials.
The hangars are the latest idea. One will be installed in Dublin in January; one hangar for one key holder.
And depending on the success of the trial, the project may then become a public policy for the city.
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If London's experience is anything to go by, they look certain to succeed.
Lambeth Council, for example, has just installed its 100th hangar - see the video above.
Here's a collection of photos explaining how they work and showing how they look. We bloody love them!
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