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[mindmetoo]

Found in a road underpass in Gangnam. I thought maybe it was a water pipe or something but its sealed up top.

[jay-shi]

Bicycles, maybe.

[caniff]

Wheelchairs somehow hook onto it? Dunno. I have seen them, and wondered the same thing.

Back in the day, I might have been stupid/crazy enough to try riding something down that. Approaching middle age has now dampered by enthusiasm for breaking parts of my body.

[KumaraKitty]

Most likely for taking your bike up and down the stairs. Not while you're riding it, but just rolling it on the rail.

[caniff]

I assume you're right. I just noticed in the picture that it is low to the ground. I had seen similar designs at normal hand-rail height, and was mystified.

[mindmetoo]

Ah! Bikes! Okay that makes perfect sense. (Yeah it's not a hand rail. Its flush with the stairs.)

[nautilus]

[IncognitoHFX]

Looks like its for bikes, because of the dip in the middle. Pretty thoughtful if you ask me.

[riley]

I think it's meant to get the wheelchair riders a quick way down the stairs.

See, Korea is handicapped accessible.

[caniff]

[Pak Yu Man]

For grinding.