Originally Posted by
gamecat
Yeah, problem is I'm not sure I can get away with doing something like that in a shared area. We're allowed to put storage bins etc at the front of our spaces, so I figured a free-standing rack would work. I figured if I make it big (too big to fit through the pedestrian exit door) and heavy enough (thus the concrete) that might work. But I'd also worry that PVC+concrete would succumb to a sledgehammer blow.
I'm going to have to figure something out, though. I've got my remaining bikes in my apartment and the back of my car, at the moment.
Ok, you're in an apartment building so this is probably overkill and quite possibly unfeasible. But if you have a concrete floor or walls (like in a basement) they sell a loop thing you can drill into the concrete and attach:
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com...ac=2&zmap=2785
I actually got it from a thread in a motorcycle forum:
http://www.modernvespa.com/forum/topic27240
If it was in the floor or behind something else, out of the way, maybe you could get away with it or talk management into installing it - I mean, you gotta figure there will be other people with the same need as you in the future.
If it's not at ULock height, you can lock your bike to it using a heavy duty bike lock chain:
https://www.kryptonitelock.com/produ...=1002&pid=1169
Of course, this is a lot of trouble to go to and does require installation. I'm just sort of shooting out ideas I've had. Another non-installation idea is to lock it to something really heavy. Like, find some sort of weights that you could loop a chain through that require 2 people to carry one of them - I don't know, say 200 pounds a piece. Get 4 of them so they're 800 pounds total. You might be able to carry them in individually, then lock them together (and together with your bike) and they'd be so heavy anyone trying to steal your bike would find it easier to cut through your lock than to try to carry them off. You'd want to make sure they weren't shaped so that you could just roll them all off together.
Just shooting out ideas! :-)