New year, new employer, new bike-storage options
01-07-19, 10:05 AM
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New year, new employer, new bike-storage options
My awesome office manager was kind enough to have her husband and card-carrying carpenter hang a bike hanger in my office!
01-07-19, 12:07 PM
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Won't those white-veneered MDF surfaces get quite dirty? And, assuming the US, won't you get scratches/holes in the plasterboard?
Also, that plasterboard doesn't looked skimmed either, sorry for the lack of texture in your office, would drive me nuts.
Also, that plasterboard doesn't looked skimmed either, sorry for the lack of texture in your office, would drive me nuts.
01-07-19, 01:48 PM
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lucky! jealous! 
01-07-19, 02:02 PM
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You get an actual OFFICE??? Lucky you! Not to mention what an awesome boss you have!
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01-07-19, 02:04 PM
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That is really cool! But I would advocate some kind of drip tray. Do they make long/narrow drip trays for skis maybe? (or bicycles even?)
01-07-19, 07:18 PM
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Would they have done it for a Trek?
01-07-19, 11:45 PM
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the dryall is textured and I let the bike dry before hanging on wet days (not many in sunny Eastern Washington).
01-08-19, 01:58 AM
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I'm glad you're happy though as different strokes for different folks and happy new year.
01-08-19, 08:53 AM
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I work in IT. My bike is against the wall in my cube unless it's too wet/snowy/muddy, in which case it goes in the stairwell downstairs. My boss did give me crap for tracking road salt all the way to my cube once.
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01-08-19, 09:19 AM
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understandable, oh well. I used to work for a cyclist. we had a loading dock & I was able to bring my snowy bike in there to drip dry on cardboard. miss that place & that guy. haven't worked there since Fall 2010 & sadly, he passed away September 2018
01-08-19, 10:02 AM
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I feel like IT guys get a pass on most matters of professional decorum though LOL
01-08-19, 10:04 AM
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01-08-19, 10:06 AM
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Hey, most of us wear pants in this office!
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01-08-19, 10:11 AM
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01-08-19, 10:13 AM
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01-08-19, 10:14 AM
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Do you keep it in an enclosed space like a small office? Or it is usually an in open area when you undertake that analysis?
01-08-19, 10:15 AM
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Nope. Nope Nope. Chain is waxed :-)
What are you guys doing to your bikes to impregnate them with offensive odors? I am sure my saddle doesn't smell terrific, up close, if you have a dog's olfactory senses.... but other than that??
That said, I once put a new bottom bracket in my brother's bike, loaded it up to take it home to work on it and the whole thing smelled liked weed!
What are you guys doing to your bikes to impregnate them with offensive odors? I am sure my saddle doesn't smell terrific, up close, if you have a dog's olfactory senses.... but other than that??
That said, I once put a new bottom bracket in my brother's bike, loaded it up to take it home to work on it and the whole thing smelled liked weed!
01-08-19, 10:32 AM
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Hot wax/odorless paraffin is my chain lube. Other than that the trace amounts of grease in the BB, hubs and headset give no noticeable odor.
See my reply to acidfast - I wouldn't want to smell my saddle up close but that's just weird. I wouldn't do that nor would I expect my visitors to.
See my reply to acidfast - I wouldn't want to smell my saddle up close but that's just weird. I wouldn't do that nor would I expect my visitors to.