Bicycle storage solutions at work?
10-04-09 | 12:22 PM
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Bicycle storage solutions at work?
Hey all,
I work in a warehouse with about 20 full-time employees. About 6 or 7 of us are cyclists. On any given day there are 4 or 5 bikes in the building.
The company recently moved to a new location and has been slowly building-out the facility to better suit our needs. My employer approached me the other day with a request to find a good solution for bicycle storage - enough to accommodate the current number of bicycles as well as room to expand in the future. Space is not an issue as we have a big warehouse, so we will look at any type of rack - wall hooks, freestanding racks, etc. - something with expandability would be nice, but not required, as we can just buy more racks. It must be heavy-duty and able to accept any type of bike. Accessory storage is not necessary as we can just put a set of shelves or cubbies next to the rack. Does anybody have any input on types of storage racks they like, or racks to avoid?
Thanks in advance,
Alex
I work in a warehouse with about 20 full-time employees. About 6 or 7 of us are cyclists. On any given day there are 4 or 5 bikes in the building.
The company recently moved to a new location and has been slowly building-out the facility to better suit our needs. My employer approached me the other day with a request to find a good solution for bicycle storage - enough to accommodate the current number of bicycles as well as room to expand in the future. Space is not an issue as we have a big warehouse, so we will look at any type of rack - wall hooks, freestanding racks, etc. - something with expandability would be nice, but not required, as we can just buy more racks. It must be heavy-duty and able to accept any type of bike. Accessory storage is not necessary as we can just put a set of shelves or cubbies next to the rack. Does anybody have any input on types of storage racks they like, or racks to avoid?
Thanks in advance,
Alex
10-06-09 | 04:14 PM
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The ideal solution is a bike locker.
Even if my bike is stored inside a room, inside the building, I cannot stand it when there isn't some way to lock up my bike. Even if it's with a cheap thing cable lock, I don't like to leave a bike sitting there that someone could just walk off with. Even if I trusted everyone I worked with not to steal it, I wouldn't want someone to "play a joke" and walk it off and hide it somewhere.
Even if my bike is stored inside a room, inside the building, I cannot stand it when there isn't some way to lock up my bike. Even if it's with a cheap thing cable lock, I don't like to leave a bike sitting there that someone could just walk off with. Even if I trusted everyone I worked with not to steal it, I wouldn't want someone to "play a joke" and walk it off and hide it somewhere.
10-06-09 | 05:34 PM
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Our company recently added a few of these:
https://www.saris.com/p-269-8000-stre....aspx?skinid=3
We now have space for about 30 bikes in our bike room. Just one of these might be a good way to start, for your location. They are easily expanded.
Prior to that, we just had simple heavy steel outdoor bike racks bolted to the concrete floor. Except that no one bothered to actually bolt them down, and they were constantly falling over when there was just one bike at the end of the rack. They work fine too though, if installed properly and if space isn't as much of an issue. I would just do this, if it were me, and spend the rest of the money on bonuses for the environmentally friendly bikers
https://www.saris.com/p-281-6200-seri....aspx?skinid=3
https://www.saris.com/p-269-8000-stre....aspx?skinid=3
We now have space for about 30 bikes in our bike room. Just one of these might be a good way to start, for your location. They are easily expanded.
Prior to that, we just had simple heavy steel outdoor bike racks bolted to the concrete floor. Except that no one bothered to actually bolt them down, and they were constantly falling over when there was just one bike at the end of the rack. They work fine too though, if installed properly and if space isn't as much of an issue. I would just do this, if it were me, and spend the rest of the money on bonuses for the environmentally friendly bikers
https://www.saris.com/p-281-6200-seri....aspx?skinid=3
