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Conference noted::bicycle

Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

2584.0. "How does your facility store bikes" by KAOFS::M_COTE (I'm a mod, not a rocker) Tue Jun 01 1993 17:35


    	My facility, is currently using an older style bike rack, which
    sits in the parking lot in front of our facility. To date, more
    and more cyclists are taking advantage of the ride out to our 
    site. I have found that the rack tire holder width to be wider than
    my tires, so my touring bike is sitting on an angle, causing
    unnecessary force on my tire. I find this unacceptable. The
    facilities manager is willing to discuss other solutions, but he
    has a very limited budget with which to work. What I'm probing the
    Bicycle notes file for is for solutions which your facility, or
    any other facility has come up with to store bikes. 

    	Bicycles within our cubical is out because of the customer visits. 


    	Any and all comments would be appreciated
    mike
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2584.1Maybe they come in Titanium(?)ODIXIE::RRODRIGUEZShake that grits tree!Tue Jun 01 1993 17:584
2584.2take out your front wheelLASSIE::ZIELONKOTue Jun 01 1993 18:157
>I have found that the rack tire holder width to be wider than
>my tires, so my touring bike is sitting on an angle, causing
>unnecessary force on my tire. I find this unacceptable.

at LKG (king st, massachusetts) we have the same deal. i take my front wheel off
so i can lock it on with everything else. so, the fork of the bike is on the
ground - no tipping.
2584.3KAOFS::M_COTEI'm a mod, not a rockerWed Jun 02 1993 16:3611
    
    
    	The wind gusts can be strong, as we are in a valley 'neith
    some Gataneau mountains. If I bolted on some wood inserts, it might
    help, but not really a good solution. I guess what I'm looking for
    is what negotiations took place in other facilities. Does other
    facilities have a special room set aside for bikes, or a closed off
    area outside? I would like to have a list to propose, but so far. the 
    list of ideas are short.
    
    
2584.4MSBCS::BROWN_LThu Jun 03 1993 17:063
    "Bicycles within our cubicles are out due to customer visits"
    
     Clearly not a west coast facility ;-)
2584.5MARVIN::WESTONFish shaped hysteriaThu Jun 03 1993 19:5219
    In DEC Park (Reading, England) a persevering individual finally
    persuaded Facilities to provide us with a secure cycle compound,
    accessed by card-key, close by the most frequently-used entrance to the
    building and watched over by a security camera. Said persevering
    individual (I wish I remembered his name) was made redundant a month
    before it opened....

    It's fitted with Sheffield Racks, which I've described in another note
    here recently. They are much more secure than wheel-grabbers, and
    probably cheaper too.

    I think one of the factors which finally persuaded Facilities to build
    the compound was that it released more space for cars in a
    seriously-overcrowded car-park. We had had a spate of bike thefts too.

    Before that, we just had a couple of poorly-designed wheel-grabber style
    racks in the car park.

    -Les.
2584.6VMSNET::WSA122::LYNCH_TIs it time to ride yet?Fri Jun 04 1993 17:5510
re. 4

What does storing your bikes in the cubes have to do with customer visits?

If anything it shows that the employees are using alternative methods to get to
work and concerned about the enviroment.

Oh well, my thoughts for what they are worth,

Tom
2584.7MLOEMDS::THAYERFri Jun 04 1993 21:1511
Here at the Mill there are several of the old fashioned wheel
bending racks spread about. After the first two bikes take the
spots on either end of the rack, the rest of us just find a nearby
fence post.

One of the racks is conveniently located in a secure area under
a lean-to roof. It's nice having a dry seat to hop on. This is
near the "Blue Pass" parking area behind Building 8, where KO used 
to park his Ford Escort. Someone else parks a white Porsche there now.

                                        John
2584.8NOVA::FISHERDEC Rdb/DinosaurMon Jun 07 1993 10:121
    :-)
2584.9ALL SIDES...WMOIS::GIROUARD_CMon Jun 07 1993 10:339
     Perception - Bicycles strewn about the workplace does not project
                  a professional working environment.
    
     You must consider that not all of us are concerned about the same
     things.
    
     Please - no flames - I'm just expressing the views of management.
    
     Chip
2584.103D::ROTHGeometry is the real life!Mon Jun 07 1993 12:1121
>     Perception - Bicycles strewn about the workplace does not project
>                  a professional working environment.

   Employees that aren't all wearing suits and ties don't
   "project a professional working environment" either, according
   to some people.

   The real problem is that this is not California, it's New England,
   where they don't have a f-ing clue.  I mean, God forbid that there
   be an environment that is conducive to anyone getting to work some
   other way than sitting on their fat behind in a metal cage.

   When I was out in the Bay area last summer, everywhere you went
   there were cyclists going to work in the morning on high quality
   bikes (not the piece of trash I'd use around here for fear of
   it surely being stolen) and there were lots of bicycles inside the
   building at work.

   It was like being in heaven...

   - Jim
2584.11CAUSTIC REACTION...WMOIS::GIROUARD_CMon Jun 07 1993 13:024
     Wow... Something happen?
    
     Chip
    
2584.12Who'd want their bike in their office?EMDS::THAYERThu Jun 10 1993 12:528
In the middle of winter, with melting slush, sand and salt dripping
off my bike, I'd just as soon leave it outside.

And besides I'd have to get rid of my filing cabinet to fit my 
bike in my office (well...maybe its not such a bad idea after all)


                                John
2584.13KIRKTN::GGOODMANDesperate answer, desperate timesThu Jun 10 1993 14:376
>> And besides I'd have to get rid of my filing cabinet to fit my 
>> bike in my office (well...maybe its not such a bad idea after all)

	Bins don't take up that much space do they?
    
2584.14Slow down, PALUSOPS::CLELANDCenterline violation...Wed Jun 16 1993 19:4911
   > The real problem is that this is not California, it's New England,
   > where they don't have a f-ing clue.
    
    	I guess now we know who doesn't have a f***ing clue, don't we?
    
    	I'd ride to work in an instant, but death is a major deterant.
    
    	Wouldn't it be nice if we all could ride to work? Maybe that
    	will happen some day. With patience...
    
    								Face