You arrive at work and, climbing sweatily off your bike, you look for a safe place to lock it up for the day, somewhere that it will hopefully still be when you want to go home. You then walk into the office and, in the restroom, try your best to cool down and squeeze your sticky body into its work clothes.
Rewind.
You roll up near the office, hop off your bike and push it into the Bicycle Cellar. Leaving your ride on the rack, you hit the shower and grab some clean clothes from your locker. Fresh, you leave for the day, the bike secure. Bonus: if you work out of town, the Bicycle Cellar is almost on the platform of local railway station.
If you live in Tempe, Arizona, then this dream is real. The Bicycle Cellar sits next to the Tempe Transportation Center and the main ASU campus, nestled up to the Sun Devil Stadium, and contains secure bicycle parking in a wide-open studio along with showers, changing rooms, bike-repairs and bicycle rentals.
It’s a fantastic idea, and it solves pretty much every problem of bike commuting in one go, although by riding slower and using good locks you can arrive dry and safe at any destination. Yearly rates start at $110 and rise as demand rises. Monthly plans can be had from $25, and for emergencies or for infrequent use, you can pay $3 for all-day parking. If you do sign up for a monthly or yearly plan, you get a card which can be swiped to enter 24 hours per day. Lockers cost extra.
This is the sort of thing that should be built into every office building.
Product page [Bicycle Cellar via Bike Hacks]
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