"David Kerber" wrote in message
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mbarbee_no_spam_
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in an underground garage and that they will be moving those
lockers to one
garage at our new office location and also building a bike
room in another
of the new above ground garages. So I'm considering using the
secure
parking, although free use of outside racks will still be
availabe at the
new building also. It's $50/yr for the secure parking, which
I find to be a

That is *very* cool that you have choices for bike parking!

Wish I had choice. If you ride a beater and remove everything
valuable and have a $50 lock then you can use the free outside
rack. The more secure, the better, more enjoyable bike you can
ride and the more you can leave on the bike for a faster getaway
on those nights where the temperature fell way low and the wind
sprang way up. That's worth $50 per year on its own. Same for not
having to carry a 2 pound lock.

reasonable and comparable price after looking at a survey for
bike locker
rental fees in different places that I found on some website
that I can't
remember now. So a couple of questions for anyone who has
used secure
parking or bike lockers.

First, do lockers make it okay to leave your light system on
your bike? In
the past I've taken the light in and left the battery or taken
the battery
in and left the light. But when leaving the battery out
during some of the
coldest winter days, I believe that may have been bad for the
condition of
the battery or the contacts, so I've taken to always bringing
the battery

The battery getting cold will reduce its usable capacity while
cold but
should not do any permanent damage; it should be back to normal
when it
warms up. Taking it in will help lengthen your charge cycle on
the way
home.

Could cold cause increased crystalization in some battery types?

Right now I have a pretty secure outside bike rack. I always take
the battery in because I recharge it. I take incandescents with
non rechargables inside because I want to see on the way home.
With LEDs I take the easy-to-remove ones in because I want to have
them for the ride home. When my company moves downtown and I'm
stuck with an outside non secure rack, I'll ride the crappiest
bike that will work and leave nothing on it. Bike thieves steal
anything and vandalize the rest.

Doug
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