Condos with a "bike kitchen" as a sales feature
01-27-10, 03:37 PM
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Condos with a "bike kitchen" as a sales feature
Not sure where this would belong...so A and S it is.....moderators, your wish i my command 
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There are new Condos in San jose that prominently feature a bike kitchen..... a place to store your bike and to work on it. Interesting concept or silly sales gimmick?
https://www.plant51.com/bicycle.php
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There are new Condos in San jose that prominently feature a bike kitchen..... a place to store your bike and to work on it. Interesting concept or silly sales gimmick?
https://www.plant51.com/bicycle.php
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Great idea. Before I had a garage, there was little room in my condo for working on a bike, and much of it took place in my bathtub as the weather is too poor here in the Seattle area to work on a bike outside much of the year.
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Community workspace for the bikes; good concept.
24-hour surveillance cameras -- better addition to a good concept.
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24-hour surveillance cameras -- better addition to a good concept.
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01-28-10, 06:07 PM
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I suspect it wouldn't be long before this place has an empty wall where park tools used to be stored. Not even out of dishonesty, that's just how communal tools work. Awesome idea though.
01-28-10, 06:31 PM
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We deliver their mail. I'm not on that route, though. I'm wondering how they make storage secure on an individual bike basis. I agree, having been in many situations that have common use tools, that they will need continuous replacement. Not sure, but I think the nearest bike shop is in Willow Glen just off Lincoln.
Plant 51 is in an ideal location. It is just across the tracks from the main train station, and you can stay on the Plant 51 side of the tracks for light rail. Multiple bus routes run through the train station.
There's a Safeway grocery about a mile away. If I had the money, I'd live there.
It's a sales gimmick, but not a silly one.
Plant 51 is in an ideal location. It is just across the tracks from the main train station, and you can stay on the Plant 51 side of the tracks for light rail. Multiple bus routes run through the train station.
There's a Safeway grocery about a mile away. If I had the money, I'd live there.
It's a sales gimmick, but not a silly one.
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Yet, they'll still refuse a bike entry to an apartment, I'd bet.
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I like like it! What else have they got?
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01-28-10, 08:06 PM
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That might be a good question. They are condos, though, so the people own them. A person would have to research the association rules. The other problem is they only have 1 and 2 bedroom condos. Don't know if they will have any 3 bedrooms for people with families when they open the other building.
01-29-10, 10:17 AM
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I like it, but as others have already said, I don't think the tools are going to stay there, without 24 hour video surveilance. Sure, most people can be trusted on the "honor system", but it only takes one person to walk off with all the tools.
01-29-10, 11:37 AM
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AWESOME! sign me up!
01-29-10, 06:23 PM
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I think this is nice as hell. I'm ready to move.
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Not sure where this would belong...so A and S it is.....moderators, your wish i my command
if you think it should be else where
There are new Condos in San jose that prominently feature a bike kitchen..... a place to store your bike and to work on it. Interesting concept or silly sales gimmick?
https://www.plant51.com/bicycle.php
if you think it should be else where
There are new Condos in San jose that prominently feature a bike kitchen..... a place to store your bike and to work on it. Interesting concept or silly sales gimmick?
https://www.plant51.com/bicycle.php
Just the photo of the bike kitchen gives me some ideas of what to do with my home bike shop.
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There is another way, before any tools can be used require a CC or debit card to be swiped first. If the tools aren't returned within a 24 - 48 hour window your card is charged twice the cost of the tools.
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Love the concept and I would jump on it if I were in the area and in the market for a place to live.
I to wonder how they plan to keep the tools from wandering off. I have lived in some apartments/condos where the trash containers with your unit number had a bad habit of ending up at some other unit.
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I to wonder how they plan to keep the tools from wandering off. I have lived in some apartments/condos where the trash containers with your unit number had a bad habit of ending up at some other unit.
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I know mine could use one - every available railing and bar (along with the bike racks) in the parking garage is full to capacity and the building just instituted a policy that if you buy a $40 wall mtd. bike rack, they will install it in concrete wall above your parking space along with a hefty locking bar. Every time I get my park stand out and set it up in the garage to work on my bike, three or four people will always ask me about it.
In terms of community tools, the time-honored solution to this is a sense of ownership - somebody, or a few people, have to be the custodians, and have the responsibility to give access to people. That may mean they give out keys to any resident who asks, but the very fact that the room has a face, instead of being owned by "the man" is enough to eliminate most problems. Add a few "how to work on your bike" classes for your fellow residents a year and you end up with a lot of people willing to "defend" the space. Other solutions include spray painting all the tools with fluorescent paint, requiring additional controls on particularly expensive tools, etc. (I've never had a community bike space, but several experiences with other kinds of tool-sharing)
In terms of community tools, the time-honored solution to this is a sense of ownership - somebody, or a few people, have to be the custodians, and have the responsibility to give access to people. That may mean they give out keys to any resident who asks, but the very fact that the room has a face, instead of being owned by "the man" is enough to eliminate most problems. Add a few "how to work on your bike" classes for your fellow residents a year and you end up with a lot of people willing to "defend" the space. Other solutions include spray painting all the tools with fluorescent paint, requiring additional controls on particularly expensive tools, etc. (I've never had a community bike space, but several experiences with other kinds of tool-sharing)