Locking your ride on platforms at Victoria station

need to hit up london-brighton-london these days, and wanna cycle to viccy - but know that if the bike is coming with me on the train i'd have to get a ridiculously early one that docks at brighton before 7, f that.

any commuters on here using the lock ups at vic? they say the cycle storage areas are cctv'ed.. but not sure if i could rest knowing that my ride would be safe.

i think on platform 7/8 there is that long line of parking bays/metal D things which baare people will be walking past during the day, and then there's platforms 17/18 where the storage is right at the END of the platform..i reckon aint no cats gonna be down there..

Dunno if this should be in the travel section [as its kinda to do with traveling] but more exposure here :P

HTFU and get out of bed earlier.

if you want it taken on journey to one of the many surrounding estates then yeah lock it up there if you dont take an earlier train - I get offered bikes on a daily basis because I live on one of the estates down the road and I wouldent lock up there or anywhere near with anything nice.

My best advice: park it next to something that looks more expensive than yours, with a worse lock than yours

SEEN. i thought it'd come to this.

it's gonna have to be get up 0515 on bike at 0545 - reach the sea at 0800 eat breakfast till 0900... everyday... hmm...

Buy some good locks.

OR

Consider using "Tynan's deterrent" method.

Agreed with Nikolai - I usually pass through Victoria station once or twice a week (with bike). It's frighteningly easy to access the platforms - in and out - without a ticket (as I did last week after leaving my helmet on the train).

Get an early start - you'll enjoy the ride even more.

Buy some good locks.

OR

Consider using "Tynan's deterrent" method.

Does this involve rubbing human excrement (not necessarily your own) over the bike in question?

^ Correct.

need to hit up london-brighton-london these days, and wanna cycle to viccy - but know that if the bike is coming with me on the train i'd have to get a ridiculously early one that docks at brighton before 7, f that.

any commuters on here using the lock ups at vic? they say the cycle storage areas are cctv'ed.. but not sure if i could rest knowing that my ride would be safe.

i think on platform 7/8 there is that long line of parking bays/metal D things which baare people will be walking past during the day, and then there's platforms 17/18 where the storage is right at the END of the platform..i reckon aint no cats gonna be down there..

Dunno if this should be in the travel section [as its kinda to do with traveling] but more exposure here :P

The bikes on trains restrictions are for trains arriving in London between 07:00 and 10:00 or departing between 16:00 and 19:00.

So you can take your bike on the train to Brighton whenever you want in the morn and same back in the eve.

if you want it taken on journey to one of the many surrounding estates then yeah lock it up there if you dont take an earlier train - I get offered bikes on a daily basis because I live on one of the estates down the road and I wouldent lock up there or anywhere near with anything nice.

To be perfectly honest this REALLY isnt difficult, anywhere in london. when you actually pay attention the amoungt of relatively expensive bikes extremely shoddily locked with crap locks about in central london really is quite shocking ...

The bikes on trains restrictions are for trains arriving in London between 07:00 and 10:00 or departing between 16:00 and 19:00.

So you can take your bike on the train to Brighton whenever you want in the morn and same back in the eve.
I thought that, but just remembered Brighton also has these restrictions now.

Maybe you could take your bike on as luggage by dismantling it a little bit.

Crap lock or good lock it doesent really matter, around that way the kids are not opportunist thieves that you find on brick lane they will steal a bike that they know is worth money and take it further west to sell to yuppies,they can also be regularly seen with big bolt cutters/ grinders I would say its simply not worth it.
ohh and if you do lose a bike in that vicinity its definately worth checking out churchill gardens......
http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr65/citybusrenegade/Churchillgdnsrdlupus.jpg

i was thinking about dismantling too... real quick to get the wheels off - snap the power link and put the chain in a bag and i should be able to get away with 'transporting parts'. the morning trains to brighton are DEAD aswell - hardly anyone on em, it's just the gate staff who will be all "uhh, unless you can fold that bike in two that's not gettin on the train"...

That is bollocks...

Get a Br*mpt*n

no way.

SHIT!! looked this thread up because I want to lock my bike up near Victoria! Hell no after reading this!

I utfs for this for the same reason as mr G.
I don't suppose the situation has improved in the intervening years has it?

Securest bike parking in Victoria I know is in Googles offices at 123 buckingham palace road. If you go to the garage entrance at the back on bullied way you can get in and out without a card during office hours. Nice bike park down there with a guard on duty.

Been a few years since I did this tho mind and if you wanted access to your bike out of hours you'd be disappointed.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=LONDON+SW1W+9SR