Heuston station

Nisio

Hey,

Does anyone leave a bike in Heuston station? I'm about to start commuting through there and I'm wondering how safe the bike racks are; I have a bike for commuting at the moment but I'm thinking of getting a trasher to leave at the train station if it's dodgy.

Thanks,

Oisin

petethedrummer

I used to park my bike there but only used a rusty old bike. I was never in good enough time to go all the way down to the bike park, lock it and walk back for the train, so I used to just lock it to the stands at the entrance.

If you do lock it there, lock everything up, including the saddle. Every now and then thieves remove any and all removable parts from even the crappiest of bikes.

Can't speak for the actual bike park.

irishpeloton

I've gone to Cork and left a hacker bike locked to the stands at the entrance for 3 or 4 days at a time. It's always been grand when I got back. That's not to say it always will be though.

blorg

I've left a cheap bike there often enough. I wouldn't leave a good one. Most of the other bikes hanging around there look pretty bad.

Caroline_ie

you might be better off locking it outside the new criminal court (or whatever it is) @ the phoenix park and walk 3 minutes to the train?

Gavin

I commuted via the train last summer and left my bike in the bike park overnight and overweekend. Never had any problems. Just make sure you use a good ulock through the back wheel onto the bike stand and also a heavy chain through the front wheel, frame and bikestand.

You can leave the lock/chain there when going to work. There are so many badly locked bikes in there, which actually look like decent bikes, that if yours is locked well, no one will bother.

WithCheesePlease

And then there's the other side of the story

lillysforsam wrote: »

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Gavin

I wonder how he locked it..

jaqian

petethedrummer wrote: »

I used to park my bike there but only used a rusty old bike. I was never in good enough time to go all the way down to the bike park, lock it and walk back for the train, so I used to just lock it to the stands at the entrance.

If you do lock it there, lock everything up, including the saddle. Every now and then thieves remove any and all removable parts from even the crappiest of bikes.

Can't speak for the actual bike park.

I'll second the saddle. Don't trust the park, if your bike looks anyway descent they will try to nick it. When Its got to be the worst place to leave a bike. I had two robbed outside the station after having someone messing with the bike in the park. Use the DublinBikes if you can. I ended up having three locks on the bike: front wheel, back wheel and saddle.

monument

Caroline_ie wrote: »

you might be better off locking it outside the new criminal court (or whatever it is) @ the phoenix park and walk 3 minutes to the train?

That's closer to where the Gardai think some of the bike thefts come from, and it gets quite around there over night, if that matters.

tomasrojo

I never felt comfortable leaving a bike there, so I always brought mine with me on the train, which was a bit pricey.

I have a Brompton now, so I think I'll bring that from now on whenever I need to get a train.