+1 on these. We moved to a new office park about a year ago and they tolerated us bringing bikes inside for a while, then banished us outside to a real crappy bike rack. We put together our lobbying power and they broke down and not only bought us one of these, but mounted it inside our building. It sure is nice to be able to commute both ways starting on a bike that's not frozen.

I used to live 3 blocks from there.

Got a number of them around campus where I work. They work well. Even just bolted to the concrete I figure they're pretty darn secure for the day. Are there really that many bike thieves carrying around power wrenches to remove the bolts?

No rack provides reasonable security because all the parts can still be quickly stripped off your bike. Lockers are the only way to go, and I'm happy to pay to use them.

This?

Does that thing come with directions?

What about some of these David Byrne bike racks







more at... https://www.davidbyrne.com/art/bike_racks/index.php

I don't like those much. Doesn't make it easy to stabilize your bike or provide it something to rest against. Also, the ones I always find have the U part already used, leaving me to try and shove my bicycle underneath the the upside down U part.

I'm lucky to live somewhere with a wide assortment of bike racks, and I can safely say these

are the best. Hands down. I have yet to see a style of frame that can't effectively U-lock to. They support your bike very well (think 30 pounds of groceries on my porteur rack well) and provide a lot of security. My one complaint is the U-lock goes to the front wheel, instead of the rear, but that can easily be solved by a cable, if you are so inclined.

The best thing about this style of bike rack is it's hard to miss-use. We've all seen one person parking parallel to a ribbon rack, taking up the whole thing, locked with only a cheap cable. I've never met someone so daft as to misunderstand how these work.

If possible, see if you can get some bike lockers installed - they provide the greatest security to your bike. The inverted 'U' designs are good, but are often installed too close to the building or a wall - to be most effective I like to lock my bike with a cable through the front wheel and frame to the rack, as well as a U lock through the rear wheel and the frame - to do this requires that the rack be close to the center of the bike, and if the 'U' is installed 24" from a wall - this won't happen.

Bike locker, absolutely. A rack doesn't provide any security for your accessories. Stripping and re-attaching, then re-adjusting, accessories and the quick-relase wheels and seat post sucks, especially when it's cold or rainy. Getting them stolen sucks even more. I'm sure if any car-driving employee came out at the end of the day to find their car stipped down and the wheels gone, they'd be a little ticked about security, to say the last.

We have a tall chain link enclosure where I work, right up against the side of the buiilding, and it's fantastic. I can't imagine it would cost much more to install than racks, either. It might even cost less, since the materials are commonplace, rather than specialty. I wouldn't leave my bike overnight, but I have no problem just rolling it in and leaving it unlocked and fully decked out when I arrive (the enclosure has a door that can't be left unlocked, accessed by a button-press combination). It's about the size of 2 parking spots, and has room for about 20 bikes. It's also watched over by a camera, although that isn't as obvious as I'd like. It's so popular that my workplace had to add additional parking for the overflow. About 15% of our workers commute by bike in summer. We also have showers and a locker room inside the building.

Is there any sort of 'best places to work' recognition program in your community? Getting mentioned by that for being bike-friendly might be some incentive for your employer to invest a little more in your bike parking needs. Also mention that bike parking costs a lot less than car parking, if they subsidize free car parking to the employees.

My building has the BR-2 shown here:
https://www.fsindustries.com/more_inf...ike_rake.shtml

I have used them now for 4 years without any issues. I use a cable, but a u-lock should work around the chainstays as well.