Originally Posted by
gregjones
…I think the OP needs to search the forum for a thread discussing facilities at your workplace that help accommodate bike riders (racks & storage, security and changing/locker rooms). That would give them ideas that they could use to incorporate into the new building the company they have just moved into. Bosshoss would be a lot more receptive if the OP approached him with a prepared plan for bike commuters needing nothing except approval.
Sorry, I can't be much help. I lock mine on the back side of the dumpsters inside the wooden fence that hides them from public view. Out of sight/out of mind being my first security defense.
Perhaps is someone can remember a specific post along the facilities line it would help the OP.
Since the thrust of this thread is about provision of facilities for commuters, not just limited to the high tech industry, I have previously posted:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Humbly, if Bike Forums ever had a Best Commute Award, I would be a frontrunner.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
…My hospital is an ideal destination for a cycle commuter. I bring the bike inside near my office, and have a place to hang my cycling clothes and a table fan to dry them off. For the most part I wear surgical scrubs all day so I don't necessarily have to clean off on arrival (I shower at home before the ride). I do have shower facilities though, as well as a coffee shop and cafeteria on site. Finally, almost all my personal service needs like barber shop, dentist, dry-cleaner/tailor, supermarket and drugstore, and good take-out restaurants are all within walking distance, or a short hop on the bike.
See also this concurrent thread on the Commuter Forum,
Does your place of business love you as much as mine does me? with this post about another front-runner for
Best Commute Award:
Originally Posted by
ubringliten
My workplace has all the amenities that any bike commuter would love. First of all, it rewards us $6 one way and $12 round trip. It pays for my lunch. We have bike cages with floor pumps in every parking garage, and bike racks in every staircase lobby. We also have showers and lockers. We also have free bike-shares on campus and best of all, we have a bicycle club at work. I am that much loved by my company. =)