Bike sheds at work - security ?

[New POD]

I'm Contracting at a major Aerospace company in the East Midlands, and 3 days a week I like to cycle to site, as my digs are about 2 miles away and it's flat.

There are a number of bike sheds, and all of them are inside one or other of the security cordons, for the different buildings and sites. That is to get through the gate, you have to have a security pass. To get a security pass, you have to have had a basic background check.

Mine is a cheap 1989 Hawk £95 special mountain bike. Last week I parked and locked it in the bike shed at 7:15 am on Wednesday, and Went back to it at 5:30 pm on Thursday (because I was moving digs and someone with a big boot was helping me move my desk)

When I got to my bike I found that my back tyre was flat. So I pumped it up, and set off wondering how far it would get me before it went down. So 6 days and 10 miles later it's still up.

So someone let my tyre down.

I can't think why.

But it begs the question: how secure are YOUR bike sheds. And can you trust the people you work with.

[anonymous-user]

valves do funny things occassionally so it might not have been sabotage.

my site is pretty secure, similar to yours in terms of security and i leave a £1k bike unlocked in the rack. i dont think i have ever heard of a bike being stolen from the racks. there are two types of people here, the cyclists who are all pretty good folk and non-cyclists who wouldnt touch one to steal it...

[voicey]

I'm very fortunate to have one of these:



inside our loading bay. To get into the bay you have to go past security and I keep the locker secured at all times. I also keep my spare mountain bike on a rack in our underground car park which is even more secure than the loading bay.

We need the security as it's central London. At my previous office a gang got into the car park with a van, cut all the cable locks and made off with a load of bikes before security even noticed! Thankfully I had a D-lock.

[AyBee]

Mine lives unlocked on a rack at work in the underground carpark (Central London) which is pass-entry only and has security cameras so fairly safe I think - I used to lock it to the rack also but it just got tiring carrying the lock around when it was unlikely to be required!

[Rolls]

AyBee said:

Mine lives unlocked on a rack at work in the underground carpark (Central London) which is pass-entry only and has security cameras so fairly safe I think - I used to lock it to the rack also but it just got tiring carrying the lock around when it was unlikely to be required!

Ditto!

[AyBee]

Rolls said:

AyBee said:

Mine lives unlocked on a rack at work in the underground carpark (Central London) which is pass-entry only and has security cameras so fairly safe I think - I used to lock it to the rack also but it just got tiring carrying the lock around when it was unlikely to be required!

Ditto!

Did you also buy a cheap commuting bike since you thought you'd be leaving it locked up outside, only to realise that since it was secure, you could probably have used your road bike instead?

[Kermit power]

AyBee said:

Mine lives unlocked on a rack at work in the underground carpark (Central London) which is pass-entry only and has security cameras so fairly safe I think - I used to lock it to the rack also but it just got tiring carrying the lock around when it was unlikely to be required!

I just keep a cheap lock on the rack. It's inside a locked cage in an underground loading bay with CCTV coverage, but having even a cheap lock on it just makes sure it meets my insurance requirements should the worst happen.

[New POD]

As 'luck' would have it, I managed to snap the rear axle this morning. I swerved, and after 23 years of abuse by this overweight rider, who can blame it.