This is the way to do a bike room!

[Lt. Dan]

very nice!!! I need to put together a “bike room” at my shop for my stuff…

[lordofthemark]

I humbly concede to you the title of having the best bike room.

http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?9501-I-am-delighted

[Sunyata]

Wow. That is really nice. I really wish other buildings would do similar things to their bike storage rooms. The individual locker for bikes is an amazing idea.

[cvcalhoun]

Well, we finally got another person using the bike room, so I had to move my bike into a locker instead of leaving it in the middle of the floor.

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However, I was able to grab one of the lockers closest to the electrical outlet, and set up a charging station so I can charge the six (!) devices on my bike requiring it without having to remove them from the bike.

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And I also got access to the elevator that goes directly from the street to the bike room, so that I no longer have to walk the bike down the ramp to the parking garage.

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[cvcalhoun]

Well, we finally got another person using the bike room, so I had to move my bike into a locker instead of leaving it in the middle of the floor.

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However, I was able to grab one of the lockers closest to the electrical outlet, and set up a charging station so I can charge the six (!) devices on my bike requiring it without having to remove them from the bike.

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And I also got access to the elevator that goes directly from the street to the bike room, so that I no longer have to walk the bike down the ramp to the parking garage.

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[cvcalhoun]

Well, we finally got another person using the bike room, so I had to move my bike into a locker instead of leaving it in the middle of the floor.

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However, I was able to grab one of the lockers closest to the electrical outlet, and set up a charging station so I can charge the six (!) devices on my bike requiring it without having to remove them from the bike.

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And I also got access to the elevator that goes directly from the street to the bike room, so that I no longer have to walk the bike down the ramp to the parking garage.

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[cvcalhoun]

Just a footnote: I particularly appreciated this room when I went to install chains on my tires before the snow (which also involved removing the back fender to allow more clearance). A lot easier to do it in a warm, well-lit room with a stand than either outside in a snowstorm, or in the cold, dark shed at home.

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[cvcalhoun]

Amusing sidelight to this: The building management has been showing off the bike room. So I messaged the guy in charge with a photo of what I’d done in terms of setting things up so I could charge all my devices without taking them off the bicycle. His response was, “Should we be putting electrical outlets in each of the individual lockers?” Apparently, they are determined to get this right!

[lordofthemark]

@cvcalhoun 157110 wrote:

Amusing sidelight to this: The building management has been showing off the bike room.

Well of course. I think this is why they do this – nice bike rooms like so KEWL on tours.

[dasgeh]

@cvcalhoun 157110 wrote:

Amusing sidelight to this: The building management has been showing off the bike room. So I messaged the guy in charge with a photo of what I’d done in terms of setting things up so I could charge all my devices without taking them off the bicycle. His response was, “Should we be putting electrical outlets in each of the individual lockers?” Apparently, they are determined to get this right!

Hopefully your answer was something along the lines of: yes, but with one or two 3-prong outlets (necessary for ebikes) and a bunch of USB ports.

If they really want to do it right, the door should have an auto-open, and there should be an option of those of us who have cargo bikes (so we can drop kids off before work).

[cvcalhoun]

@dasgeh 157116 wrote:

Hopefully your answer was something along the lines of: yes, but with one or two 3-prong outlets (necessary for ebikes) and a bunch of USB ports.

If they really want to do it right, the door should have an auto-open, and there should be an option of those of us who have cargo bikes (so we can drop kids off before work).

And the lockers shouldn’t require you to hang the bike from the wall. That’s tough enough with my heavy hybrid; I’m pretty sure you would not want to be trying to hang a cargo bike by its front wheel.

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