My apartment office force me to put my 20K bike at the bike storage.
#52
Administrator
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Delaware shore
Posts: 13,569
Bikes: Cervelo C5, Guru Photon, Waterford, Specialized CX
Mentioned: 16 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1102 Post(s)
Liked 2,135 Times
in
1,440 Posts
I think we all are responding to a troll.
#53
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Seattlish
Posts: 2,751
Bikes: SWorks Stumpy, Haibike Xduro RX, Crave SS
Mentioned: 13 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 514 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 12 Times
in
8 Posts
I am thinking a little about the new model with the rear shock. Overall, how do you like your bike....Given this thread is otherwise a waste of energy...
#55
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mississauga/Toronto, Ontario canada
Posts: 8,721
Bikes: I have 3 singlespeed/fixed gear bikes
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4227 Post(s)
Liked 2,488 Times
in
1,286 Posts
#56
Been Around Awhile
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Burlington Iowa
Posts: 29,950
Bikes: Vaterland and Ragazzi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Liked 1,517 Times
in
1,031 Posts
#57
Senior Member
Main point was: Can they actually do anything about it, beyond telling you not to? I have lived in such places before (they always had a back door and/or service elevator) and I won't put myself again in the situation where 'the office' can tell me what I can and cannot put in my apartment*.
*Within reason of course. I don't see what is the big issue with a bicycle.
*Within reason of course. I don't see what is the big issue with a bicycle.
#58
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 745
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 57 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Main point was: Can they actually do anything about it, beyond telling you not to? I have lived in such places before (they always had a back door and/or service elevator) and I won't put myself again in the situation where 'the office' can tell me what I can and cannot put in my apartment*.
*Within reason of course. I don't see what is the big issue with a bicycle.
*Within reason of course. I don't see what is the big issue with a bicycle.
#59
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Cabot, Arkansas
Posts: 1,538
Bikes: Lynskey Twisted Helix Di2 Ti, 1987 Orbea steel single speed/fixie, Orbea Avant M30, Trek Fuel EX9.8 29, Trek Madone 5 series, Specialized Epic Carbon Comp 29er, Trek 7.1F
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
If you can afford a 20k bike you can afford to pay the doorman to look the other way.
#60
Administrator
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Delaware shore
Posts: 13,569
Bikes: Cervelo C5, Guru Photon, Waterford, Specialized CX
Mentioned: 16 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1102 Post(s)
Liked 2,135 Times
in
1,440 Posts
#61
Senior Member
Back when I was in college, we were told that bikes were not allowed in the dorm rooms, and that they must be locked up to the bike rack outside. Supposedly enforced by the custodial/cleaning crew. If they saw a bike, they informed dorm management. Yeah riiiiight. We were not about to leave bikes with leather Brooks saddles sit outside in the snow/rain. We had three bikes in our room. We took off the wheels and slid the frames under the bunk beds. Yes, we carried them up the stairs to our room, not through the main lobby. Oh, and each of our bikes were 'only' worth hundreds, not thousands. Well adjusted to today's dollars they'd be close to a grand. My Fuji S-10S, and two of my roommates had Viscounts - one the Aerospace Pro, and another a Viscount GP. Other guys in our dorm did much the same. One had a Raleigh, another a Paramount plus his Crit bike....
#62
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 5
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I`m in 47th floor. 47th.... the window doesn`t work
#63
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 5
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Get a rolling bicycle case like the Thule model. Keep it in your storage area. When you get home with the bike, put it in the case. Then roll the case through the lobby to your apartment. Vice versa for getting it out of your apartment to ride it.
Yes, that kind of case will run you $400, but better than storing the bike in an unsafe place.
Yes, that kind of case will run you $400, but better than storing the bike in an unsafe place.
#64
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 5
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
5k - 8k is for the frame only. I set DA 9070, Garmin vector, Lightweight meilenstein on my bike.
#65
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 5
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Not actually. And I`m serious.
Dogam65.1 + DA9070 + lightweight meilenstein + Garmin vector + etc.
#66
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Posts: 27,600
Mentioned: 217 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18319 Post(s)
Liked 4,487 Times
in
3,337 Posts
That is a bit of a hike, but your $20K bike should weigh about 10 lbs.
I don't have a lot of tall buildings around here, but I'll do stairs 10 or 20 floors when I find them (fairly light).
47 floors is quite a few. But, you could at least take the stairs the first 10 flights, then hop onto the elevator... and in a few weeks, perhaps start doing the whole 47. It would be good exercise.
Many large buildings also have utility access.
I don't have a lot of tall buildings around here, but I'll do stairs 10 or 20 floors when I find them (fairly light).
47 floors is quite a few. But, you could at least take the stairs the first 10 flights, then hop onto the elevator... and in a few weeks, perhaps start doing the whole 47. It would be good exercise.
Many large buildings also have utility access.
#67
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Indianapolis Indiana
Posts: 112
Bikes: Salsa Spearfish 3 - VeloLucuma PoloLoco - Specialized Roubaix SL4 Comp Disc - Salsa Mukluk 2 - Salsa Vaya 2 - Specialized Vita (Wife)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
https://www.facebook.com/Dogam65.1 Dude has a facebook.
I will point out that in some cities they dont have houses...you know like Manhattan. They do have 3-4 million dollar apartments like horses have flies though...
I will point out that in some cities they dont have houses...you know like Manhattan. They do have 3-4 million dollar apartments like horses have flies though...
#69
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Edmonton Canada
Posts: 317
Bikes: Too many to list here
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 75 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
I bring my bike into my office. I work in a large hospital. I did not want to park it in the outside bicycle racks because of the inconvenience of removing all the bits and pieces. The bike isn't worth very much but the Brooks saddle, the lights, the loud horn, the speedo and the trunk with it's contents add up. Before I started to ride to work, I asked myself, "Who can I ask in this gigantic bureaucracy of 90,000 for permission to bring my bike into my office everyday?" Realizing, there might not be anyone in the bureaucracy with that particular responsibility or authority. So, I decided if it was a problem, I would ask for forgiveness. Well into my second year and nobody has complained. I am very well behaved with the bike. When I leave the road, I am a pedestrian carefully pushing my bike. I give staff and patients a wide berth. Plus my office is on the main floor fairly close to the outside doors.
#72
In Real Life
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Down under down under
Posts: 52,152
Bikes: Lots
Mentioned: 141 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3203 Post(s)
Liked 595 Times
in
329 Posts
https://www.facebook.com/Dogam65.1 Dude has a facebook.
I will point out that in some cities they dont have houses...you know like Manhattan. They do have 3-4 million dollar apartments like horses have flies though...
I will point out that in some cities they dont have houses...you know like Manhattan. They do have 3-4 million dollar apartments like horses have flies though...
__________________
Rowan
My fave photo threads on BF
Century A Month Facebook Group
Machka's Website
Photo Gallery
Rowan
My fave photo threads on BF
Century A Month Facebook Group
Machka's Website
Photo Gallery
#74
In Real Life
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Down under down under
Posts: 52,152
Bikes: Lots
Mentioned: 141 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3203 Post(s)
Liked 595 Times
in
329 Posts
__________________
Rowan
My fave photo threads on BF
Century A Month Facebook Group
Machka's Website
Photo Gallery
Rowan
My fave photo threads on BF
Century A Month Facebook Group
Machka's Website
Photo Gallery
#75
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lincoln Ne
Posts: 9,924
Bikes: RANS Stratus TerraTrike Tour II
Mentioned: 46 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3352 Post(s)
Liked 1,054 Times
in
634 Posts
IMO the OP should read his rental contract.. Unless it specifically bans bikes from apartments, he should tell the small minded guy to buzz off.