rate your facilities

[shouldbeinbed]

2* I had to fight for a bike shed when we moved & have been provided nothing else. Locker rescued from a skip & shower available but my use of it grudgingly tolerated until recently and intermittently removed completely. No drying room and not allowed use the boiler room nor radiators in the office.

 

[Turbo Rider]

Mines pretty amazing to be fair. 7 showers (5 changing rooms, as 4 of the showers are communal - all heated and ventilated) , a locker room, underground parking facilities for bikes and a boiler room for when it rains. 1 of the showers broke the other day too and a guy came to fix it withing 5 mins. Didn't succeed, mind, but he's got a spare unit and he's getting an electrician to fit it on Monday. They also C2W scheme and have various discounts at various bike stores, so it has to be 5 star.

 

[Carryonmike]

4 stars. Plenty of bike parking spaces, showers and a decent restaurant to get some breakfast. They lose a star by not having anywhere to dry wet gear. However they have a gym with some exercise bikes and weights I can use for free.

 

[potsy]

4 stars I reckon
Bike rack that is covered by cctv and is inside a locked compound.
Decent showers.
2 lockers, one small one for nick-nacks and a larger one you can hang stuff in.
C2W scheme.

Only a lack of somewhere to dry wet kit stops me giving it 5 stars though this is being looked into I believe.

 

[ufkacbln]

Excellent, but as the NHS supports cycling one should expect that

I have a large locker that fits my (folded) recumbent trike for which I pay £2 per month

Plenty of showers and drying facilities

I should say that the payment is ring fenced along with other funding for these facilities

 

[Soltydog]

Gone for 3* although I'm sure some on here would love what we have.
Locked room with sheffield stands in, the usual not enough room in summer for everyone, but I always seem to manage. We have a locker room & a shower which isn't brilliant, but certainly better than baby wipes A bigger bike room would be great, better showers & a drying room if they want 5* from me

 

[Cubist]

Four stars. Only flaw is the limited number of wheel bender stands in the store which is a converted car wash. Otherwise I have showers, drying room, locker, bike storage in a gated police compound. However, I am on a project group to improve the building, and have got them to agree to warm dry and lit storage for the bikes and even more, better quality ground floor showers, changing and drying facilities, so we can park the bike, straight into the changing rooms without having to traipse through the station in wet kit.

 

[Exile]

One star. 9 poorly positioned Sheffield stands meaning only 14 bikes can be locked to them, and about eight wheel-benders in what used to be a storage area for rubbish. This in a office complex housing several dozen companies totalling several hundred employees. No showers, no lockers, no drying facilities, and yet we still pack out the racks year round.

 

[mustang1]

We have excellent bike parking for about 300 bikes. Secure with security guard patrols and video surveillance.

I didn't give 5 stars because the showers have been disabled.

 

[Michael_Rowland]

No facilities as such. My bike lives safely around the back of the building in a fenced garden, looking onto open fields with no public access. My ride is only three miles so no showers etc required.
So I am quite happy as things are.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Absolutely 5 stars. Fully enclosed compound with swipe card access with data digitally stored. CCTV covering it and the surrounding area. Toast-rack parking that is covered with reinforced PVC tube for frame protection (my special touch this one) & Sensor controlled lighting. Site services also keep it nice and clean for us with a regular sweep out. Inside we have 2 lockers each, showers with everything provided & lots of big ass heaters for drying stuff out (much appreciated on days like today) As part of another new development a drying room has been added into the plans too. Yeah I'd say we're pretty well catered for.

 

[hopless500]

I can stick my bike in the warehouse. We have a shower. No-one would complain about soggy bike gear (mainly because Mr Hop is the boss, and he cycles )

 

[andyfraser]

We have a shower so 1 star for that. There are no bike racks but I can leave my bike in an unused office so it's warm and dry. We have no lockers and no drying facilities and the heating is provided by the air conditioning units so no radiators to dry clothes on. 1 star lost because it's so hard to dry clothes with the air con only and because of this I sometimes end up going home in wet clothes[1].

Overall: 1/5.

[1] I could bring extra clothes or have spares at the office but I don't really have the space to store everything. It's only 6 miles home now and I soon warm up.

 

[Beebo]

Current job has great facilities, we even have a free towel service in teh changing rooms! It's a bit too popular, so much so that all 30 spaces in the bike rack are full by 9am, and then people just chuck their bikes on top of everyone elses!
I'm moving jobs next week and they have zero cycle facilities, so I will have to join the baby wipe crew, with no shower and lock my bike up outside!

 

[G3CWI]

Reading about the great facilities some enjoy, I have downgraded mine to a 2.