Where do you park your expensive commute bike
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Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby miml » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:57 pm
I'm having a dilemma At the moment. I used to commute to the city with my repco with no problems. I have now sold all my vintage bikes. I am left with one bike now and it is a Avanti with 105s.
I am not worrying about the frame much, but I have a nice set of mavic wheels that I think it'll definitely won't be there by the time I finish my work.
Now I do not have a locker, I can sometime leave the bike inside work, which is fine.
At times that I am not able to park inside work, I don't ride to work.
I also commute to supermarket and shops every now and then. I then used to just lock my old bike round poles with no problems at all.
I don mind riding the "nice" bike at all but am being concern that the wheels will be gone by the time I get back.
What do you ppl do when you only have 1 Nice bike with nice wheels.
Do you buy a el cheapo set of wheels or a el cheapo commuting bike that is just whatever?
Thanks for your time!
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby DaveOZ » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:59 pm
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby miml » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:05 pm
Well that's awesome for you.DaveOZ wrote:Mine goes in my office next to my desk, but then I am the boss and it's only a factory.
I cant park inside the office.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby ejayt » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:13 pm
I personally would just build a cheaper bike to commute with but I've been in the situation and whilst I was in it, I never rode my nicer bike to work.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby Mulger bill » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:17 pm
Don't forget to remove anything possible.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby kodakmomentz » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:50 pm
Now I've upgraded to a store room next to my server room which I kept nice and cool from the air conditioners in the server room.
You could ask your work if they could get a roof rack so it doesn't have to be on the floor.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby csy75 » Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:11 am
definitetly lock wheels
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby jasonc » Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:53 am
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby simonn » Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:30 am
If I am just stopping for milk or whatever on the way home I'll just use the cable lock. If I am going to be spending more time at a mall I will generally use a u-lock and cable lock.
On audax rides I take a small light cable lock I got from a "variety" shop, which is good enough just to stop someone riding/running off with the bike while I'm in a shop.
I always lock both wheels. If for whatever reason I have a cable lock which will not go through both wheels, I'll take the front wheel off, rest the forks on the dropouts and lock the front wheel beside the rear wheel. I have only done this a couple of times.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby DavidS » Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:08 pm
I would say get a very good lock, or locks, and make sure you secure both wheels. I would also leave the locks at work rather than dragging them around everywhere. I wonder, can you buy a group of bike locks which use the same key? That might be convenient.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby pagey » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:01 pm
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Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby izzythedan » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:49 pm
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby Christina Brinkmann » Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:51 pm
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby trailgumby » Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:45 pm
Ride an old beater acquired from the tip shop if you're uncomfortable with the levels of security.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby fatherofmany » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:51 am
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby KonaCommuter » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:41 pm
fatherofmany wrote: I have had it behind my desk on occasions but the new boss is all about appearance and perception bah humbug.
Tell the boss that you agree about appearance and perception. A bike behind your desk shows everyone that visits that you are serious about your health and the environment as well as being conscientious about your fellow workers by not occupying a precious parking space thereby lightening the burden on limited resources.
See how that flies
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby Livetoride » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:40 am
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby WestcoastPete » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:47 am
Sweet.izzythedan wrote:I fold mine up and stick it under my desk. Bromptons are awesome.
+1 for locking skewers. I use pitlocks - I have the wee Pit (key) living on my key ring, and it fits all of my locks (not many, but ever expanding). My touring bike has skewers, dynolight and headset cap locks, with saddle locks still to come (you need a seatpost collar with flat perpendicular surfaces, and you need one up under the saddle too so that you can't just undo it there). Then I just U-lock it (Kryptonite New York lock). I like it because you just pull up and wack one lock on rather than run cables through wheels and another lock for the frame etc...
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby csy75 » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:57 pm
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby WestcoastPete » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:09 pm
http://www.pitlock.com/to-the-shop/furt ... /index.phpcsy75 wrote:how do you lock a seat?
plus a pitlock on the seat post collar.
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Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby RonK » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:15 pm
If you want to be certain of keeping you bike, in one piece then don't let it out of sight.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby timbo » Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:00 pm
The only problem is the designated smoking area is right along side it.
Showers, lockers and change rooms in our main office block are a 20 metre walk away.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby bradman » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:36 pm
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:07 am
I got it easy, haven't I.
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Re: Where do you park your expensive commute bike
Postby Phil » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:23 am
Plus new trike is in a locked storeroom in our underground carpark, as I can live with it being stolen, but the two-three months it will take to replace it is a right proper PITA.
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