Bye Bye Bike Parking

I've almost saved enough for my nuclear retaliation..

Make friends with the IT people - put it in the comms (server) room.

Could you try and go over their heads to the parent company and complain?

karma Is there any bike parking in the company's other building?
edit: failing that the directors office?

Already was in another building. This is the city - space doesn't come cheap.
My beef is their precious fire escape has ooodles of room for a bike and yet they ram it with other shite that doesn't rate a mention.
Play fair or die.

Or watchdog.

Could you stash a folder under your desk, if so have a look at one of these;
http://www.swiftfolder.com/
it has horizontal dropouts so would be ideal as a fixed and looks less gay than a Brompton. Don't know how it rides as I've never ridden on, but as it's the seatpost that stops it from folding, so should be fairly rigid, unless you snap your seatpost.
Was going to buy one a couple of years ago when I visited NYC, but ended up going to Miami instead. When I contacted them the NYC bloke was more helpfull/sensible than the West Coast people, NYC bloke was willing to sell me a frameset at reasonable cost (sorry can't remember how much) while the other were only willing to sell me an expensive complete bike. I'm not underestimating what a faff/expense it would be to import/build up one of these, but would be nicer to ride than a shitter. Might you be able to do it through a friendly bike shop and so through the bike scheme to get it half price?

MA3K Make friends with the IT people - put it in the comms (server) room.

I am the IT people. I'm taking down their comms room. mwuahahahahahaaaa

How about in reception as a modern art installation.

TheBrick(Tommy) Could you try and go over their heads to the parent company and complain?

I'm thinking along those lines. There's a company BUG but we get fsck all benefit coz we ain't in the newly refitted, bike friendly place. We're in the shitty.

How long are they locked there?

guess all day normal business hours. i see the bike there early in the morn and actually seen the guy pick up his trek bout 6ish

Pretty easy for a cyclist who also locks up there to eye off my Phils or the lovely TI Raleigh paintjob and think "Ooh I'll have that". Surely not all bike thefts are desperate smack heads?

true. didnt think of that...why was i eyein that trek!?! ;) nah, just couldnt believe there's still a "safe" public spot in london.

cyclists that steal from fellow cyclists...may the bend-i-bus be with you, always..

karma How about in reception as a modern art installation.

"No bikes in reception!" after I left it there for 10min while collecting my clothes to change into.

Park bike in the bike friendly office. Take a taxi between the offices. Expense it.

Why can't you stick it up against the wall in the comms room then?
Does anybody else need dancing room in there?
That is what I have done in past jobs.

'"No bikes in reception!" after I left it there for 10min while collecting my clothes to change into.'

philistines, where's all the culture gone?

mr_tom Park bike in the bike friendly office. Take a taxi between the offices. Expense it.

Now that is a fucking GREAT idea!!! You win!!! :D

MA3K Why can't you stick it up against the wall in the comms room then?

There's a number of companies. Although attached to the main network, ours is basically sitting next to another guy's desk.
Main server room? Well, if I get kicked out of an empty electrical cupboard of a random building I'm not liking my chances.
Need to wait until my boss gets in and I can whine at her. She's better for sorting this stuff out - I just threaten to kill and they don't like me so much ;)

or threaten to grow that beard back!!

say you'll wear a pink shirt everyday ......; P

The people that are bringing the bike hating aren't my colleagues so they don't care.

31trum say you'll wear a pink shirt everyday ......; P

Say I'll kill a pink shirt every day?

Could work.. might require jail time though which would defeat the purpose of the exercise..

hippy [

Could work.. might require jail time though ..

Only if you do a sloppy job.

Lie on the floor, kick your legs and wail 'butttt ittttt'ssss notttttt faaaaaaaaaaaairrr'

Seemed to work for my brother when we were growing up. Could be worth a shot.

Sano (Samsonite) Lie on the floor, kick your legs and wail 'butttt ittttt'ssss notttttt faaaaaaaaaaaairrr'

Seemed to work for my brother when we were growing up. Could be worth a shot.

What a coincidence - worked for my younger brother too. It still does, and he's 32.

I work in the old Prudential building on Euston Road and for an 80's mirror shades wearing office block the parking situation is quite progressive; probably only 50 car parking space but 20 of those hoops anchored in the ground that will take a bike locked each side.
There's also an abandoned grey spray painted 80's racer with semi horizontal drop-outs and a Campy headset that I might have word with security about..

The solution?

Scruff it up. Insure it. Laugh when it gets nicked?