I've been lucky, commuting as I did on a custom Riv. In my last 3 office jobs (I've been working at home for the last 2 1/2 years) I had, at least, inside-office parking and, at the earlier two, I even had a little closet built for me with room to hang sweaty bike clothes. In one job they gave me an entire empty office to spread my stuff around in.
Of course, parking in an office has its drawbacks: you have to move out extra furniture, as a second chair for clients, to make sure that your bike has ample elbow room; and I was obliged to thumb-tack a piece of cardboard to the wall where my bar rested against it, to protect it against abrasion (the bar, not the wall). I also laid down a piece of cardboard for those times when I did maintenance work in the office -- to keep the chain off the dirty rug. (Boss: "Patrick: Come here! I need you!" Me: "Dammit! Just wait! Can't you see I'm cleaning my chain?" Sotto voce: "People! No consideration!") On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Jose -- I sort of agree with Kevin. When commuting, is your company/boss > cool with locking the bike inside the building somewhere? My employer has > an entire locked cage in the garage that accommodates about 200 bikes. There > is also 24/7 camera surveillance. Entry is by swipe card ID, and that entry > is archived. That said, it's true you must know the turf you are on and > lock accordingly. That will take some time to get that sense of place. I > live in SF, and if I worked or lived in the Mission, I'd have a more > cautious eye. There are so many cyclists in that part of SF that there are > many who would know the true value of an Atlantis. In other areas, an > Atlantis might look like something too old and retro to be worth the > effort. It's true that U-locks are better than cables, but I have been > using the cable lock the RBW sells and am quite comfortable with it. > > If there is a bright side to becoming a bike theft victim it's that now, > since your move from Texas, you are only a 15-minute BART ride from > Rivendell in Walnut Creek to pick out your replacement! > > (Oh, and yes, there is an abundance of great bike riding in the Bay Area. > Ping me off-list if you need any recommendations.) > > > ________________________________ > From: kevin lindsey <lindsey.ke...@gmail.com> > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 6:40:03 AM > Subject: [RBW] Re: Oakland/Berkeley probability of theft? > > Jose - > Do you have to leave your Riv outside? I commute daily with my > Bleriot and simply park it in the cubicle with me. Things sometimes > get a bit cramped, but at least I know where my bike and components > are at all times. > One of the nice things about living in California is that most > employers here are used to a more bike-ish culture. Whereas I > wouldn't have dreamed of wheeling my Riv into my northern Virginia > office, no one my San Jose digs even blinks an eye. > Any chance this could be an option for you? > Kevin > > On Nov 10, 11:00 pm, jose <jose.cor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi All. I just moved to Oakland (Rockridge) from Houston and I'm >> curious what peoples opinions are parking your Rivs here are. >> >> In Houston, I felt fairly comfortable with locking up my Atlantis with >> bags/lights/brooks onboard with just a cable lock during the day. No >> one there pays too much attention to an old looking slow bike with a >> bunch of crap on it (ha!). >> >> Here I see only beater-bikes with no bags/lights/brooks parked on the >> street. >> >> So I'm wondering how secure I should go. Never leave lights on the >> bike? Cover up the Rivendell logos? Get one of those locking seat >> post clamp things? I realize that no bike on the street is ever safe, >> but I'd like get a sense of what the probability of getting my stuff >> jacked here is. >> >> Oh, and I'm asking for during the day coffee and errand type trips. >> For BART parking and late-night pub crawls I just bought a $50 >> craigslist special, but I would really like to be on my Atlantis as >> much as I can be. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> -- J. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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