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Apologies for this post - just need to vent
I am very lucky to have a great set up at work for bike commuting
Secure access carpark with plenty of colleagues coming and going and no public access
Commuting bikes are an old MTB as well as 'good' full suss which I can secure and forget about with a couple of D-locks and a chain which I leave there overnight
Which was all good until I was recently transferred 10 miles across town
Facilities here are a bike hut with a combination that hasnt been changed in 5 years
I can leave a lock there no problem but the hut itself stands outside just off the street
To say Im hacked off with this is an understatement
Realistically I can use the old MTB but 20 miles a day on an old Kona sucks
Ive just spent an hour on the classifieds and Ebay looking for a crap road bike in my size with no luck
Grrrrrrrr
Time to start running ?
Ask for bike facilities to be improved to bring more in line with the other office?
Was the commuting bike bought cycle to work ?
Mine was. Office moved the backrack into the yard where no windows looked at it , didnt bolt it down and it didnt offer anywhere to lock it up.
I was getting no where until i pointed out the terms and conditions under which the cycle to work bike was bought under with them as owner of the bike but my responsibility to keep it secure - which is why i was fighting.
It now lives locked under the stairs in a nice dry secure area during the day.
20 miles per day is perfect commuting distance. Far enough to give you all the exercise you need but not so far that it leaves you knackered for the weekend. On top of that good fortune you get to buy a new, more suitable bike. You lucky bugger.
Put some slicks on the kona, do what you need to do to make it comfortable...and ride the relatively short journey.
Not sure I'd be getting wound up about this, I bet loads of people would love a job that they could cycle to...and plenty of places I have worked in wouldn't even have a hut!
stick your bike at at your desk until the situation improves?
Make your own ground anchor with tuff tub and concrete.. Leave inside the shed with 19mm chain and padlock. Insure bikes.