Should I give up and move on? What counts as unique and distinct?

[Revarz]

Hello! First time poster, but a wayfarer since 2019.
Ive recently tried submitting a bike route sign in my local community.

In my opinion the wayspot encourages both physical activity and exploration. I imagine someone biking through the area, seeing the sign and thinking “Maybe I should ride my bike to Asker?” which is one of the destinations on the sign. The trip would take one hour to complete, so a real workout in my book. The trip is not on a car road, and the trips are safe for pedestrians and cyclists.

However, it was rejected both by the community and my appeal was rejected too. The reason was that my bike route sign did not have “distinct significance”. I must say I disagree. The sign is the only one in the area showing directions to Asker and Tranby, and is therefore one of a kind. It shows directions to specfic places, and is not a mass produced “bike lane” sign. But I might have the wrong idea of what counts as distinct and/or unique. What do you guys think?

Thank you!

[Trollfarer]

Unrelated to the rejection reason but these signs are simply directional signs for bikers, similar to directional signs for pedestrians and vehicles.
Directional signs not on trails/routes usually do not meet criteria unless there is other significance.
The bicycle signs that do meet criteria are those along routes, those signs with a number. Those encourage people to explore a certain route, often historic or important in some other way. This one just points to the center of the towns for regular cyclist.