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Secure Bike Parking.?
I have been commuting to work year round for over two years. My office will
be moving soon. Presently, I lock my bike to some racks outside of my building. However, as a result of the moving process, I only just now learned that we've always had some secure parking available in bike lockers in an underground garage and that they will be moving those lockers to one garage at our new office location and also building a bike room in another of the new above ground garages. So I'm considering using the secure parking, although free use of outside racks will still be availabe at the new building also. It's $50/yr for the secure parking, which I find to be a reasonable and comparable price after looking at a survey for bike locker rental fees in different places that I found on some website that I can't remember now. So a couple of questions for anyone who has used secure parking or bike lockers. First, do lockers make it okay to leave your light system on your bike? In the past I've taken the light in and left the battery or taken the battery in and left the light. But when leaving the battery out during some of the coldest winter days, I believe that may have been bad for the condition of the battery or the contacts, so I've taken to always bringing the battery and the light inside with me, especially since I'm now using a light system that costs more than my bike. I'm in the Washington, DC metro area, so I'm wondering if a bike locker in an above ground garage would be adequate for protecting the battery from the elements. If I didn't have to take the light system off my bike, it would save me a few minutes and I wouldn't have to worry about lugging it around in my bag. Second, might the bike locker help protect the bike from the elements? If parking inside might save some wear on my bike, then that might speed my decision to shed $50/yr. I did mention a bike room, but that won't be available for a while and it will be a SHARED room, so I'd prefer to use the bike lockers if I decide to use the secured parking, and that's why questions are about the bike lockers. But if anyone's had good experience with or know of some advantages to using a bike room that might not be obvious, I'd be interested in hearing about it. Thanks in advance for any answers. |
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On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 05:23:46 GMT, "M. Barbee"
wrote: It's $50/yr for the secure parking, which I find to be a reasonable and comparable price after looking at a survey for bike locker rental fees in different places that I found on some website that I can't remember now. I'm curious- do auto parkers at your company have to pay for their parking spaces, rent them on a yearly basis? Or does the company pick up this cost? |
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"Dan Daniel" wrote in message ... On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 05:23:46 GMT, "M. Barbee" wrote: It's $50/yr for the secure parking, which I find to be a reasonable and comparable price after looking at a survey for bike locker rental fees in different places that I found on some website that I can't remember now. I'm curious- do auto parkers at your company have to pay for their parking spaces, rent them on a yearly basis? Or does the company pick up this cost? Auto drivers have to pay 100/mo. reserved or $10 a day for daily unreserved parking as available. I can understand that question. It would be nice to make secure bike parking available on a monthly basis since most people don't bike year round. But I think the present options are fair. |
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"David Kerber" wrote in message
... In article , mbarbee_no_spam_ says... in an underground garage and that they will be moving those lockers to one garage at our new office location and also building a bike room in another of the new above ground garages. So I'm considering using the secure parking, although free use of outside racks will still be availabe at the new building also. It's $50/yr for the secure parking, which I find to be a That is *very* cool that you have choices for bike parking! Wish I had choice. If you ride a beater and remove everything valuable and have a $50 lock then you can use the free outside rack. The more secure, the better, more enjoyable bike you can ride and the more you can leave on the bike for a faster getaway on those nights where the temperature fell way low and the wind sprang way up. That's worth $50 per year on its own. Same for not having to carry a 2 pound lock. reasonable and comparable price after looking at a survey for bike locker rental fees in different places that I found on some website that I can't remember now. So a couple of questions for anyone who has used secure parking or bike lockers. First, do lockers make it okay to leave your light system on your bike? In the past I've taken the light in and left the battery or taken the battery in and left the light. But when leaving the battery out during some of the coldest winter days, I believe that may have been bad for the condition of the battery or the contacts, so I've taken to always bringing the battery The battery getting cold will reduce its usable capacity while cold but should not do any permanent damage; it should be back to normal when it warms up. Taking it in will help lengthen your charge cycle on the way home. Could cold cause increased crystalization in some battery types? Right now I have a pretty secure outside bike rack. I always take the battery in because I recharge it. I take incandescents with non rechargables inside because I want to see on the way home. With LEDs I take the easy-to-remove ones in because I want to have them for the ride home. When my company moves downtown and I'm stuck with an outside non secure rack, I'll ride the crappiest bike that will work and leave nothing on it. Bike thieves steal anything and vandalize the rest. Doug For email, a sense of wonder. |
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In article q5_Jb.139686$INs.82548
@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com, says... "David Kerber" wrote in message ... In article , mbarbee_no_spam_ says... in an underground garage and that they will be moving those lockers to one garage at our new office location and also building a bike room in another of the new above ground garages. So I'm considering using the secure parking, although free use of outside racks will still be availabe at the new building also. It's $50/yr for the secure parking, which I find to be a That is *very* cool that you have choices for bike parking! Wish I had choice. If you ride a beater and remove everything valuable and have a $50 lock then you can use the free outside rack. The more secure, the better, more enjoyable bike you can ride and the more you can leave on the bike for a faster getaway on those nights where the temperature fell way low and the wind sprang way up. That's worth $50 per year on its own. Same for not having to carry a 2 pound lock. reasonable and comparable price after looking at a survey for bike locker rental fees in different places that I found on some website that I can't remember now. So a couple of questions for anyone who has used secure parking or bike lockers. First, do lockers make it okay to leave your light system on your bike? In the past I've taken the light in and left the battery or taken the battery in and left the light. But when leaving the battery out during some of the coldest winter days, I believe that may have been bad for the condition of the battery or the contacts, so I've taken to always bringing the battery The battery getting cold will reduce its usable capacity while cold but should not do any permanent damage; it should be back to normal when it warms up. Taking it in will help lengthen your charge cycle on the way home. Could cold cause increased crystalization in some battery types? I've never heard of such a thing, but then that's not my area of expertise and I'm not a chemist. -- Dave Kerber Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying! REAL programmers write self-modifying code. |
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David Kerber wrote:
: Keep in mind that lockers are a lot more secure for bikes than an open : parking lot is to cars, and therefore aren't really equivalent. Bike : racks would be a better comparison to a parking lot. perhaps but i'd feel a lot more comfortable parking a $30,000 car (not that i have one, mind you) in a parking lot than i would a $3,000 bike in a bike rack. can't imagine many people feel differently. -- david reuteler |
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On 04 Jan 2004 08:59:24 GMT, (Hunrobe) wrote:
Dan Daniel wrote: It's $50/yr for the secure parking, which I find to be a reasonable and comparable price after looking at a survey for bike locker rental fees in different places that I found on some website that I can't remember now. I'm curious- do auto parkers at your company have to pay for their parking spaces, rent them on a yearly basis? Or does the company pick up this cost? No company "picks up the cost" for any employee benefit. Those benefits are part of the employee's compensation. If the OP's employer rents parking spaces for their employees to use but one of their employees elects not to use their space, that employee doesn't receive a pay increase do they? My health insurance through my employer automatically covers my spouse but if I were single my paycheck wouldn't be one penny larger (although I *would* have more disposable income g) despite the lower cost to my employer. Sorry Dan... there's nitpicking and then there's outrageous nitpicking. Your implied criticism falls in the second category. Of course, if you weren't implying that it's unfair to charge employees for bike lockers while not directly charging them for a parking place then I'll retract my reply. Regards, Bob Hunt Sorry, Bob... to make clear how much concern I have over you retracting your reply, pay close attention to how much effort I put into explaining my post to you. |
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