On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:26:58 +0100, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 5 July, 15:47, "Colin McKenzie" wrote:
I'd like to leave my bike at Marylebone while I go away for a weekend.
But Chiltern Railways' website says that the cycle parking is only *
available for season ticket holders.

Does anyone know if this is strictly enforced?

Bikes stored there need to be labelled, and you can only get a label
if you have a season ticket. No idea how often they clear out
unlabelled bikes, or what they do with them.

Turned out there were lots of racks, with 2-3 bikes on each. Most of the
bikes seemed to have tags on them. So I'd have had trouble finding space
even if I'd been allowed to.

Two cycle stands and some railings in front of the station seemed to be
the only alternatives.

Euston has spare capacity, with new double-decker racks in front of the
west end of the station (some of them under an overhang). The racks do
offer a usefully-positioned bar to lock to.

Colin McKenzie

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On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:13:06 +0100, "Colin McKenzie"
wrote:

Euston has spare capacity, with new double-decker racks in front of the
west end of the station (some of them under an overhang). The racks do
offer a usefully-positioned bar to lock to.

But one that looks to me like it could be removed using a hex key,
complete with bike. I hope this isn't true and that there are further
devices holding it on that aren't visible.

Neil

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On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:39:28 +0100, Neil Williams
wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:13:06 +0100, "Colin McKenzie"
wrote:
Euston has spare capacity, with new double-decker racks in front of the
west end of the station (some of them under an overhang). The racks do
offer a usefully-positioned bar to lock to.
But one that looks to me like it could be removed using a hex key,
complete with bike. I hope this isn't true and that there are further
devices holding it on that aren't visible.

I knew I should have looked more closely at how the bar was fixed on - but
it only occurred to me when I was halfway home on the tube! Maybe someone
else can have a look when passing?

If the racks are good, they would be useful elsewhere. If not, we need to
discourage their further use.

Colin McKenzie

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No-one has ever proved that cycle helmets make cycling any safer at the
population level, and anyway cycling is about as safe per mile as walking.
Make an informed choice - visit www.cyclehelmets.org.

On Jul 13, 10:13*pm, "Colin McKenzie" wrote:

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:26:58 +0100, Mr Thant *
wrote:
On 5 July, 15:47, "Colin McKenzie" wrote:
I'd like to leave my bike at Marylebone while I go away for a weekend.
But Chiltern Railways' website says that the cycle parking is only *
available for season ticket holders.

Does anyone know if this is strictly enforced?

Bikes stored there need to be labelled, and you can only get a label
if you have a season ticket. No idea how often they clear out
unlabelled bikes, or what they do with them.

Turned out there were lots of racks, with 2-3 bikes on each. Most of the *
bikes seemed to have tags on them. So I'd have had trouble finding space *
even if I'd been allowed to.

Two cycle stands and some railings in front of the station seemed to be *
the only alternatives.

Euston has spare capacity, with new double-decker racks in front of the *
west end of the station (some of them under an overhang). The racks do *
offer a usefully-positioned bar to lock to.

I take it from your later comments downthread that you locked it up at
Euston.

(I also presume you arrived at Marylebone with bike on train, right?
Just a little curious as to your movements, nosey so-and-so that I am!)

On 10 July, 15:29, Mizter T wrote:
The impression I get, from something I read elsewhere, is that space
is a bit short. TBH cycle storage space often seems to be a bit short
at many London termini stations, hence Adonis' recent comments and
promise of modest funding for improvements. I'll endeavour to keep my
eyes open at weekends and in the evenings should I have a moment when
at London terminus stations... and probably therefore fall under
suspicion for being a bike thief!

Space is extremely short at MYB, even though the racks stretch for 40
yards or so towards platforms 4-6.....and the assumtpion that cycles
stored there are for the daily commute from MYB to office is also
correct, meaning the racks are at their busiest in the evening &
weekends - hence the registration scheme. I believe the tags are
examined regularly, with any cycles missing them given one chance to
get tagged up by leaving a suitable note attached, then removed to
storage for which a fee is charged for its recovery.

THere are suitable signs warning cyclists of these regulations.....