Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
I recently started a new job two weeks ago. Everything is going fine. I have a nice stress free drive into work, light traffic, which takes 15-20 minutes and like wise at the end of the day returning home. The company have a nice huge free car park as well with CCTV and proper security.
Last week I spied some bike stands and shelter in the far corner and adjacent to them a decent large motorcycle shelter as well. There seem to be quite a few BSO type bikes in there and a few cannibalised ones that have been slung to the far end of the shelter or hung on the adjacent fence. I should imagine come winter there will be lots of space as most will give up so there will a lot more space.
I also found out there are changing rooms in addition to the usualbogs toilets. I have checked these out and been shown through a door, which I thought was a cupboard, a huge wet room with two mains fed power showers. I have also found two other showers in the building both electric, but more than adequate. I think maybe these electric showers are for the use of senior management. Anyway the main shower wet room seems to get little use and there is a huge changing area for the shower itself which is private and self contained. This area is also tiled floor to ceiling like the wet room itself.
The company also provides lockers although at present these are like hens teeth to get hold of plus they are a bit on the small size so I'm not sure I would get one pannier in them let alone 2 or my cycle helmet and shoes. Hanging clothing up or leaving items elsewhere is not really an option as far as I can currently see.
Anyway I am tempted to return to commuting by bicycle despite giving it up back in Spring, because the changing, showering and bike shelter facilites provided by my employer are so good, but I am worried of the risk of being knocked down and killed by a dangerous selfish moton as I really decided in April after decades of riding, enough was enough. The journey one way is 15 miles / 40-45 minutes, so 30 miles round trip so not too onerous or knackering. It is pretty flat, but the wind can be and generally is pretty fierce and invariably is a head wind IME.
In a couple of weeks time we are supposed to move to a shift pattern either 6-2pm or 2pm-10pm which would mean commuting either really early in the morning say 4:30 to arrive for 5:30am in time for a shower or lunch time to depart around 2pm or late at night after 10pm when the shift has finished arriving home at approx. 11.15pm.
Maybe I should buy a motorcycle instead as on a bicycle one is so so vulnerable. Many motons travel at well over 80mph of Fenland roads. Late at night a large proportion are also pissed. Scary ................. Maybe I carry on driving.
Last week I spied some bike stands and shelter in the far corner and adjacent to them a decent large motorcycle shelter as well. There seem to be quite a few BSO type bikes in there and a few cannibalised ones that have been slung to the far end of the shelter or hung on the adjacent fence. I should imagine come winter there will be lots of space as most will give up so there will a lot more space.
I also found out there are changing rooms in addition to the usual
The company also provides lockers although at present these are like hens teeth to get hold of plus they are a bit on the small size so I'm not sure I would get one pannier in them let alone 2 or my cycle helmet and shoes. Hanging clothing up or leaving items elsewhere is not really an option as far as I can currently see.
Anyway I am tempted to return to commuting by bicycle despite giving it up back in Spring, because the changing, showering and bike shelter facilites provided by my employer are so good, but I am worried of the risk of being knocked down and killed by a dangerous selfish moton as I really decided in April after decades of riding, enough was enough. The journey one way is 15 miles / 40-45 minutes, so 30 miles round trip so not too onerous or knackering. It is pretty flat, but the wind can be and generally is pretty fierce and invariably is a head wind IME.
In a couple of weeks time we are supposed to move to a shift pattern either 6-2pm or 2pm-10pm which would mean commuting either really early in the morning say 4:30 to arrive for 5:30am in time for a shower or lunch time to depart around 2pm or late at night after 10pm when the shift has finished arriving home at approx. 11.15pm.
Maybe I should buy a motorcycle instead as on a bicycle one is so so vulnerable. Many motons travel at well over 80mph of Fenland roads. Late at night a large proportion are also pissed. Scary ................. Maybe I carry on driving.