Where do you keep your bike?
03-17-07 | 08:01 AM
#52
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Originally Posted by comet the dog
i work in a paper mill, the company supplies us with a bike rack out side, but i prefer to walk my bike into the mill and stash it under a steel staircase about 30' away from my work area. its never out of my sight and it would be very difficult for it to be hit or damaged where it is.
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03-17-07 | 02:34 PM
#54
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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.
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.
03-17-07 | 03:36 PM
#55
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From: Hoddesdon, UK
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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.
03-17-07 | 07:59 PM
#57
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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.
03-17-07 | 08:28 PM
#58
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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.
03-17-07 | 09:34 PM
#59
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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
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03-17-07 | 09:43 PM
#60
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Originally Posted by abrinton
My work provides some space for bike parking. There's a few of us who ride, on a good day maybe 5 or 6 bikes out of a 300 person office. The bike parking is a parking space in the garage which is shared with the rest of the building, and is restricted access. No public parking allowed.
I was recently lucky enough to get a nice new carbon framed road bike. Not cheap... but a real pleasure to ride. Anyway, I'd love to ride it to work, but... I don't see it being locked in the garage for more than a few months before getting nicked. So I'm still riding my old steel framed beater to work every day...
So what I'm wondering is-
Does your work provide a safe place to keep bikes?
Have you had any issues with garage bike parking?
What alternatives have you found if no safe place is provided?
I was recently lucky enough to get a nice new carbon framed road bike. Not cheap... but a real pleasure to ride. Anyway, I'd love to ride it to work, but... I don't see it being locked in the garage for more than a few months before getting nicked. So I'm still riding my old steel framed beater to work every day...
So what I'm wondering is-
Does your work provide a safe place to keep bikes?
Have you had any issues with garage bike parking?
What alternatives have you found if no safe place is provided?
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
03-17-07 | 10:39 PM
#61
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Mine resides in the server room at my work. Only once has anyone ever moved it, and they regretted it. (I messed with them for a week, randomly either shutting off their internet access altogether, or just removing access to their favorite non-work related sites. Yes, I'm an evil li'l bastage. *cackles* )
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03-19-07 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveE
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.
03-19-07 | 10:32 PM
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From: northern California
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No, no safe place for bikes. Just a half covered area on a part of the loading dock that trucks can't reach. The 3 or 4 of us that ride out of 95 to 100 workers lock to one side of a railing with a wheelchair ramp on the other. Only good point is that most of the others do not even lock up their K-mart MTB specials. One guy has a light cable lock. I have a good U-bolt and lock frame and rear wheel. I'd be the last one stolen., maybe. My bike is worth three times the others put together so I will be upgrading my security tomorrow. When the rains stop I will leave my old beater truck there and put the bike inside, locked to the steering column.
