Rug to Catch Snow...
11-18-22, 08:59 PM
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Rug to Catch Snow...
After the luxury of being able to park my snowy bike in the warehouse of my last job, with the new job I park in my office. So a few weeks ago I bought a 6x2 ft rug at Walmart for $10 in hopes it would catch the 'drippins'... and it did!
There were thee inches of fresh powder on the way in and even though I knocked a much snow as I could off the bike, you can see there's still a fair amount of snow on the bike.
Anyway i just wanted to share.
There were thee inches of fresh powder on the way in and even though I knocked a much snow as I could off the bike, you can see there's still a fair amount of snow on the bike.
Anyway i just wanted to share.
11-19-22, 08:34 AM
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After the luxury of being able to park my snowy bike in the warehouse of my last job, with the new job I park in my office. So a few weeks ago I bought a 6x2 ft rug at Walmart for $10 in hopes it would catch the 'drippins'... and it did!
There were thee inches of fresh powder on the way in and even though I knocked a much snow as I could off the bike, you can see there's still a fair amount of snow on the bike.
Anyway i just wanted to share.
There were thee inches of fresh powder on the way in and even though I knocked a much snow as I could off the bike, you can see there's still a fair amount of snow on the bike.
Anyway i just wanted to share.
11-19-22, 09:23 AM
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I used the clear plastic carpet runners to do the same for years in Ann Arbor and Portland (rain). If set on carpet, the wheels create nice dips to collect the water.
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11-19-22, 08:14 PM
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Assuming that you work in an Office Building: If you are in a building run by a building management company or just a well run building, they might be able to let you use a rubber backed rug that gets put down on rainy or snowy days when people track lots of water and street/sidewalk grit on their shoes. They get picked up and replaced clean and dry for the next storm and, I think, vacuumed dry for the next day.
If that isn't something your building does, and a great many don't, then you may want to invest in a heavy rubber backed rug (such as a walk-off matt) to keep water from going through and eventually staining the floor. It probably needs to be well cleaned at least monthly just to avoid dirt and grit buildup.
If you work, or at least leave the bike in a workshop area/garage/storage/ back-of-the-house area, then what you are doing is probably quite fine.
If that isn't something your building does, and a great many don't, then you may want to invest in a heavy rubber backed rug (such as a walk-off matt) to keep water from going through and eventually staining the floor. It probably needs to be well cleaned at least monthly just to avoid dirt and grit buildup.
If you work, or at least leave the bike in a workshop area/garage/storage/ back-of-the-house area, then what you are doing is probably quite fine.
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11-19-22, 08:28 PM
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What a nice bike. All packed up and usable. So much more pretty than a premadona Wall Hanger...
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Assuming that you work in an Office Building: If you are in a building run by a building management company or just a well run building, they might be able to let you use a rubber backed rug that gets put down on rainy or snowy days when people track lots of water and street/sidewalk grit on their shoes. They get picked up and replaced clean and dry for the next storm and, I think, vacuumed dry for the next day.
If that isn't something your building does, and a great many don't, then you may want to invest in a heavy rubber backed rug (such as a walk-off matt) to keep water from going through and eventually staining the floor. It probably needs to be well cleaned at least monthly just to avoid dirt and grit buildup.
If you work, or at least leave the bike in a workshop area/garage/storage/ back-of-the-house area, then what you are doing is probably quite fine.
If that isn't something your building does, and a great many don't, then you may want to invest in a heavy rubber backed rug (such as a walk-off matt) to keep water from going through and eventually staining the floor. It probably needs to be well cleaned at least monthly just to avoid dirt and grit buildup.
If you work, or at least leave the bike in a workshop area/garage/storage/ back-of-the-house area, then what you are doing is probably quite fine.
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love it! do you keep a brush as work, or in your pack? something like a bench brush or wisk broom?
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