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I'm a bit of a cycling enthusiast and have lived in wonderful Sheffield. Yet I've never heard about this being called "Sheffield stand". Very excited to learn :)

>Also they used to make bike racks out of wood? Sick (?!)

That photo is relatively recent (2006), and it's quite likely that that bike rack is not very old. It appears to be on the grounds of a hotel estate where locking would be unnecessary and a rural aesthetic is key.

Agreed, I think you can see this rack (or at least the bikes stood in it) in this street-view link: https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7988844,-0.580026,3a,17.1y,1...

I wonder why the photographer decided to make it black and white!

Makes sense, given Sheffield was a major steelmaking town back in the day.