More Bike storage issues

adam85 said:

Anybody got any suggestions on how to optimise a work bike lockup cheaply?

Start by having a look at the Bicycle Victoria information
http://www.bv.com.au/change-the-world/118/
in particular the bicycle parking handbook
http://www.bv.com.au/file/File/The%20bicycle%20parking%20handbook.pdf

adam85 said:

At the moment the max number is around 10 and even then my bike is
getting scratched by careless coworkers. I was thinking hooks to hang
bikes vertically along the walls would allow a lot more than the
maximum of 10 bikes that can fit in there at the moment with easy
access. Staggering them would allow bikes to fit closer without bars
tangling. The hooks I've seen are approx $25 each. I'll have to find
out if we can drill into the concrete wall though.

We have hooks here at work on an outside wall. They're in two rows,
staggered in a up/down fashion about 2ft apart vertically, 1.5ft
laterally. You just hang your front wheel on them; they're similar to
these http://www.pricepoint.com/images/styleImages/Z_250%20SETHI5.jpg

Also attached to each hook is a loop of cable for locking up; BYO
padlock... some people have also hooked up their own chains/cables.

Seems to work well enough, and takes up much less space than leaving
the bikes on the ground.

Adam, recently at home, I borrowed an idea you see around some
triathlons (I was just passing by, honest). A piece of water pipe fixed
horizontally about 1.3 m off the ground. You hook the saddle over it.
You can lock bikes to it, providing the end is closed off. It's cheap,
fairly compact, easy to use etc. Can be made at minimal cost with a
small amount of welding. Far cheaper than the convoluted commercial
products that don't do the job any better.

Donga

Here's my solution:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jdekter/commute/DSCN4015.JPG

Hooks screwed into the wall (in my case, a piece of timber fastened onto the wall), 45* down, just hook the front wheel over it. Stagger these up and down, and you can space them about 35cm apart, with handlebars not interfering due to the stagger.

No lock mech, but is that what your cage is for anyway?

jur wrote:
SNIP

Quoted message said:

No lock mech, but is that what your cage is for anyway?

I always lock my bike to the rack in the lockup. I work with a bunch of
lovely people, but my bikes are worth a deal more than most/all others
there and I wouldn't want to tempt someone 'to do a swap'; amongst 40+
users there may be someone who is dishonest. We have swipe card access,
so we can see who went in and when, but no camera to record who did
what. When we have a camera, I might consider not locking my bike.

Donga

Cheers for all the replies. It will have to be vertical storage to allow access, ruling out some of those options. I like the ned kelly BV ones the best, as it needs to be lockable, the wire mesh of the cage could be easily cut into, and I work with some dogdy MOFOs 🙂 The more basic hooks look OK, but would have to have a wire loop installed to lock to. Food for thought...thanks

adam85 said:

Cheers for all the replies. It will have to be vertical storage to allow
access, ruling out some of those options. I like the ned kelly BV ones
the best, as it needs to be lockable, the wire mesh of the cage could
be easily cut into, and I work with some dogdy MOFOs 🙂 The more basic
hooks look OK, but would have to have a wire loop installed to lock to.
Food for thought...thanks

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adam85

Adam

Could you log your lockup with CBD BUG? We are trying to keep an
inventory of what lock-ups are around the city. Email the convenor.
http://cbdbug.googlepages.com/
Cheers mate.

Donga

jur said:

Here's my solution:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jdekter/commute/DSCN4015.JPG

Hooks screwed into the wall (in my case, a piece of timber fastened
onto the wall), 45* down, just hook the front wheel over it. Stagger
these up and down, and you can space them about 35cm apart, with
handlebars not interfering due to the stagger.

No lock mech, but is that what your cage is for anyway?

Rialto building had a cage cut into and a number of bikes stolen over a
weekend, after that they started recommending bike sto be locked in the
cage.

PiledHigher said:

Rialto building had a cage cut into and a number of bikes stolen over a
weekend, after that they started recommending bike sto be locked in the
cage.

That's truly [censored], was there by any chance surveillance cameras monitoring the area in question? Hopefully the issue is followed up by building management. 😠

PiledHigher said:

Rialto building had a cage cut into and a number of bikes stolen over a
weekend, after that they started recommending bike sto be locked in the
cage.

The ooooldest trick in the book!