My branch office is in a fire station that is "volunteer" and not manned. I leave mine in a coat rack nook that is never used (except by me when I hang my scuba gear up there after a dive) with the permission of my boss. I too fear that carbon fiber, wherever I put it, would be damaged somehow so I am reluctant to buy one let alone take it to work and leave it somewhere.

I keep it right next to me in the office - I don't even have to lock it up! But my favorite place to keep my bike... right under my butt at about 20 mph on the flats.

i have a footlong steel hanger attached to the wall about a foot above my head along the wall of my work station; i hook the saddle over the hanger, and get to work!

There's six racks outside the Patent and Trade office, each holds about a dozen bikes. Sometimes the closest ones are full, and you really have to hunt for a spot. It's very encouraging to see so many bikes out there.... but then I remember the size of the dual ten-story parking garages on either side of the building. Takes the edge off the encouragement a little.

I'm lucky enough to have a private office in the hospital where I work, so I keep it there. It's away from the patient care areas and nobody has ever said anything. With all of the wheelchairs going in & out (and the Security guys bringing their bikes into the building) I doubt anyone ever will. "Plan B" is a bike rack out front next to the patient drop-off where the valet parking guys work.

Leaning against a bookshelf in my office.

My employer installed a bike rack in the company's loading dock. It's not really installed in exactly the right place (can't line up the rear wheel with the rack), but since it's about 20 feet in front of a guard station, I'll take it.

Both of my jobs (although I am technically employed by a single entity, the University) are on campus, along with my classes. For classes and my biology lab job, I just lock up on the racks outside of most buildings. My main commuter bike is pretty nice and fairly valuable, but not in a mountain bike or road bike "bling" kind of way. The powdercoat is pretty tough, so nicks and scratches aren't much of a concern. The U-lock is enough to keep me from worrying about theft. The other two bikes are less valuable and have enough nicks and scratches already that more will only add character.

For my job at the local bike co-op, I just bring my bicycle into the building and bring it inside or lean it by the door in the hall (we have a single room in the student union). Actually, I'll bring my bicycle inside and just leave it there even if I have other business in the building. I might as well! It's good to be an employee.

Under my desk!

http://brezhnev.net/bikeforums/desk.jpg

(The only photo I have and kind of hard to see, but the top tube is right and slightly down from the keyboard)

I have to take the freight elevator, but that doesn't bother me.

I'm retired now but We bike commuters were allowed to bring our bikes inside our secure office building where we could either lean them against the wall across from the vending machines or we could bring the bike to our cubicle where I either leaned it against my case files or against the wall opposite my cubicle.

Years ago, in Portland, I parked my bike in the basement of the building where I worked at 5th & Stark, locked it to a large water pipe that came up out of the floor & ran up through the ceiling. A co-worker there had his new Cannondale stolen when he locked it to the wooden slats of a cage where foodstuffs for Hubers Grill were stored. Thief cut the slats with a saw & carried off his bike.

A year after I started working at my current place of employ I suggested they put in a bike rack outside of the building where my office was located. I sent photos of my suggested location and types of racks I thought would work. I received what I thought was a brush off- a kind of "we're looking into it and we'll get back to you note".

6 months later they opened a new bike room! reserved parking for my bike, a heated clean room, video monitor on the bikes, keyless entry to the room- swipe an ID card and the door swings open automatically. It's fantastic. :D

I bring it into the office with me. There's a small storage room our department has here in the hospital and i just put my bike in there with the old microscopes, glass slides, and paperwork. :) I don't come in through the front of the hospital though but rather a side door that requires a keycard and is on the 2nd floor so nobody has to see that i'm not using the bike racks out front. :lol: I've seen afew other people wheeling around bikes.

I put mine in the men's bathroom down the hall.:eek:

I had it in the hall, but it was it barely fit in between the doors to the basement and the ladie's bathroom. Someone make a comment and I looked for a better spot. The only bike rack is on the other side of the building, so I decided the mens bathroom would be good. It's big in there. I put a suplus coat rack in there, too, so I've kind of turned it into my changing, wash up, and bike adjustment room, too.:p

The downside is that I sometimes have to wash the floor under my bike when it's quite rainy or snowy.

There's only 6 or 7 of us that use that bath, so it's perfect.

I regularly visit my bike.;)

I can keep my bike in my office so I don't have to worry about it getting stolen. It is a good office mate, quiet and fun have around:D

We have bike lockers inside a secure parking lot. The kind they use for train/bus stations. They're a tight fit for my Safari,but I'm not going to complain.

I did bring my bike into the shop once when it was snowing to fix a flat. I could do it every day if I wanted,but it's too much of a pain getting it through multiple doors.

How about leaving a cheap tarp, and a few bungees at work?

When I ride one-way trips I leave it locked up inside my car. When I round-trip there is usually a bike rack in the garage or near the build entrances. In those cases, I ride my beater/junker. Of course I'd hate to loose a beater/junker and I always put too much time, money, and maintenance into them.

I'm really lucky. I found an unused closet next to the elevators. I've used it for years. If they took that away, I'd make friends with building management to see if there was some place in the basement to stash it. There is no good outside bike parking.

i live and work in a rural area;
lean my bike up against a metal fence that protects some HVAC equipment from damage
and secure that bike to the fence with a bungie cord.

There is bike parking in a secure courtyard at my job. There are armed guards and you need a pass to enter. Needless to say I feel my bike is safe.

Leaning against the fence or the building.

About the same as mine. Except I work for a company that makes rectifier transformers.:D

In a secure storage room that no-one uses anymore.

I keep mine in a rack by the building I work in. What's nice is that it's in a restricted access area inside an Air Force base, so there's no worries about theft.
Hell, I've seen 4000 dollar bikes sitting in the racks without a lock in sight. If I were an unscrupulous thieving bastard, I could have myself a few sweet rides.

Where ever you put it just make sure it has a big lock on it. I have an On Guard Beast and beleive me it is a beast and not very portable but then again I didn't buy it to carry around. Our bike sheds have 2 cameras on them, is in front of the security building and in a private road but many other commuters have had their bikes stolen in the last 2 years but mine has always been safe.

I keep my bike in my office with me. So when my co-workers cars are either being stolen or vandlized I am able to watch my bike during my entire shift.


Gas, the price of a can of beans.

The wide hallways in our basement area are already used for storage of various equipment and surplus items. I park next to the wall near my work area and walk by the bike several times per day. The building houses a state museum and the basement levels are used for behind the scenes personnel and collection storage. The hardest part is using a public elevator to access this level. We can't let any visitors see the secret code to access the basement levels and the stairs are for emergency use only.

I guess I'm pretty lucky. There're bike lockers in the parking garage behind the office building I'm in. In exchange for a deposit of $14, they gave me a key to have for as long as I work in the building. When I leave, I give them the key and key give back the check.

Im a blue collar guy. Park the bike right in my work area. Even let a few of the guys ride it cause it looks so cool. Right next to the big Mitsubishi Horizontal Mill. Its bigger than your garage:).

Could you perhaps paint over the carbon fiber to make it look cheap? Although that might be exactly what you DONT' want to do haha