Originally Posted by
Hangtownmatt
Anywhere where other people are pushing shopping carts I will take my bike inside.
My question is this.... Assuming you don't stink like a dog, how many people ride to the dentist or doctor's office? I've been contemplating this for a while. I've got some favorable routes to these locations, but I will NOT leave my bike outside.
Along these lines:
Last week I got stung on the lip by a hornet or something. I wasn't sure what, but being allergic to bees and not having my kit with me, I was not taking any chances. I rerouted my commute past my primary physicians office just in case. By the time I got there I was showing significant swelling. It wasn't an emergency, but that isn't the point. I brought my bike inside. Nobody batted an eye. When it was time for my appointment I left it in the waiting room. The nurses said it would be fine right there. Nobody will steal it. When the doctor released me, he prescribed a couple Benedryl's, wrote me a new perscription for a bee sting kit, looked me directly in the eye and said ... "whatever you do don't stop riding that bike !!!"
I've got a blood test, annual physical, dental checkup and eye exam all in the next couple months. I think I might just give it a try. Afterall, if they say no, they loose the business. Sometimes it is easier the ask for forgiveness than permission ;>)
I'm thinking about starting a new thread titled "Are you a Mouth or Nose Breather?" I swear, had this thing stung me in the back of the throat, whatever it was, I'd be a dead man. It only missed by millimeters and I was in a fairly remote location.
P.S. I now have my bee sting kit in my backpack.
Matt
I get my medical care at the local VA. I ride my bike to all of my appointments. They used to have a bike rack not too far from the bus stop but they've been doing some remodeling and have removed it. I haven't been able to find out if there are any plans to replace it. So I lock it to the fence that is close to the main hospital, using one of the "fatter" posts to secure it to. It's in a nice high traffic area and it is locked with two locks and covered with a Topeak cover.
I've been told that there is another rack out behind the hospital, but I haven't found it. And in talking with a friend of mine who works in the dermatology clinic it's not in a high traffic area and as such bikes locked to it would be more likely to be messed with.
When I've had to go to the ER at the local VA I've locked it to a short but
VERY sturdy fence right in front of the ER doors.