Bikes in hotel rooms

TomCAt wrote:

I must admit I have washed and cleaned my bike in a motel room. Make a hell
of a mess. In fact, the room was really crappy after. I cleaned up enough
to make a clean getaway.

I hope you're kidding, but I don't see a smiley. Please don't do this;
it makes it much tougher on careful folks who don't damage motel
property to take bikes in the next time. Don't give cyclists a bad name!

Emily

Olebiker wrote:

Has anyone else ever been told they couldn't bring their bike into
their room?

Not quite the same thing, but my brother was prohibited from taking his
bike into student housing at college. He was told it was a fire hazard.
There was a completely exposed, unguarded bike rack out by the cars in the
parking lot, and if you wanted to keep your apartment, you locked up
there, winter, spring, summer, fall.
Needless to say, there were some rusty, beat-up bikes out there.

Bill

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Olebiker wrote:

Has anyone else ever been told they couldn't bring their bike into
their room?

Only once, in Milwaukee, WI, several years ago. This happened at
several motels in the area. They explained they had some bad
experience with motorcycles.

Last year, in the Michigan Upper Peninsula
http://lakemichigan.crazyguyonabike.com/ most motels had a generous
overhang outside the room. This was great, I didn't need to stumble
around the bike in the room, yet had access to everything right outside
the door!

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