Work bike shed/cage concern

[Veganpower]

I'm thinking of riding my lovely new bike to work but I'm a bit concerned. The locked cage area seems small and over crowded with bikes. I'm worried that someone else will lock their less than desirable old rusty commuter next to mine, and potentially scratch my frame. It's Reading Borough Council so you get all types of people here.

Has anyone else had experience of this or am I being a bit pompous ?

 

[fossyant]

Unfortunately, that's how it is. Try and park it at one end out of the way !

 

[byegad]

Pompous? No, the worst is a little precious!

If the odd scratch will ruin your enjoyment of your shiny bike, I'd give it a miss. I tend to look at a bike as a tool and tools that are unused are the only ones that are pristine. Others will differ.

 

[Veganpower]

Pompous? No, the worst is a little precious!

If the odd scratch will ruin your enjoyment of your shiny bike, I'd give it a miss. I tend to look at a bike as a tool and tools that are unused are the only ones that are pristine. Others will differ.

I hear what you're saying but... I wouldn't mind if it was me that damaged/scratched my bike but if some careless individual did I would be very annoyed.

I'll try the out of the way trick and maybe get there early.

 

[fossyant]

You have no real choice. Just put it out of the way, or pick a bike you recognise/doesn't look too wrecked. If you lock it securely enough, the bike shouldn't move, so if knocked it won't get clonked on the sheffield stand.

 

[mattobrien]

Have you never heard of bubble wrap!

Simply take a large roll with you and upon parking your bike, wrap it isn the stuff. Problem solved

 

[alecstilleyedye]

don't ride your best bike to work...

 

[Amanda P]

Is it for riding, or for looking at?

If it's for looking at, hang it over the fireplace in a frame.

If it's for riding, ride it. It will get scuffed sooner or later, but it'll have been used, and that's what most bikes are for, after all.

 

[Veganpower]

Is it for riding, or for looking at?

If it's for looking at, hang it over the fireplace in a frame.

If it's for riding, ride it. It will get scuffed sooner or later, but it'll have been used, and that's what most bikes are for, after all.

That could be said about anything but I doubt a car would go above the fireplace. Obviously I'm being pompous! Perhaps I'm being extra cautious as I only bought it last Friday, it's a large investment (for me), and it's my first Road Bike.

 

[Smurfy]

Pipe lagging on the top tube if you're really fussy!

 

[VamP]

I don't think you're being pompous. My best bike (actually none of my bikes except the pub bike) would not ever be left in a public area. Scuffing is the least of your worries. What options to take it indoors? Mine comes in, and sits in the corner of my office. Toasty.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Ride it, and try your best to look after it. Like @Uncle Phil of this parish states, it's for riding, so is gonna get a bit 'weathered'.

 

[Sara_H]

When you pak your bike up in these kinds of facilities you have to take a chance of a few scuffs etc, same as parking a car in a car park - likely to get a few dinks - its part of life.

 

[a_nic_an]

Is the bike rack well used?
At my workplace there are just a few of us who use the rack, we all have our own spaces and leave our locks attached all the time. My space is at one end where the bike is reasonably well protected.
Though, as others have said, a scratch might be a shame but it is inevitable eventually.

 

[vickster]

If worried about scratches, I wouldn't go clipless...a moment is inevitable eventually too