Showers in Dcu?

thomasjad · 13-05-2009 12:11pm #1

Hey I've started cycling to Dcu recently and I'm wondering if theres anywhere to have showers when i get there after the cycle in..?

robby^5 · 13-05-2009 1:50pm

The sports centre.

thomasjad · 13-05-2009 1:52pm

Do you have to be a member or the gym to use them?

Daysha · 13-05-2009 2:18pm

thomasjad wrote: »

Do you have to be a member or the gym to use them?

You would need to be, yeah.

adamski8 · 13-05-2009 3:12pm

go to the 1838 club(the restuarant for postgrads and lectures) beside the canteen, take a right into the resturant and the toilets are right there complete with two nice showers before you actually enter the toilets

no one is ever using them it seems

cabla · 13-05-2009 3:34pm

You don't need to be a member to use the showers in the sports hall. Go into the gym, where the basketball courts are. Then just up on the left is a male changing room and showers. Not the most glamorous, but does the job.

Brow · 14-05-2009 1:11pm

I remember being told that you could use the showers described above and one of my mates (in a similar situation as he cycles) went to use them and the people on the desk wouldnt let him in without gym membership. He asked and told the person that he heard they were free but he was told otherwise.

Could depend on the person on the desk but Id ask before assuming.

cabla · 14-05-2009 1:39pm

I dont even ask. I walk straight up and they open it for you. Just say your having a game of basketball or squash or something

Brow · 14-05-2009 6:15pm

It was definitely the person then.

He went up and it was closed so he went up and asked could he have the gate opened. They asked where he was going and he said to the changing rooms. They asked why and i forget how he replied but they basically asked which name the booking was under. He started getting a bit thick at this point (cause the person wasnt apparently being very pleasant) and guessed a name which wasnt there and that was that. He had to turn on his leave and leave.

adamski8 · 14-05-2009 7:57pm

yeah im pretty sure you need to be a member or actually taking part in a sport in there, 1838 is defo yr best bet. ther is also showers in sport science but i dont know who they are for, probably just the people in sports science i guess;)

sunnyjim · 14-05-2009 10:01pm

thomasjad wrote: »

Hey I've started cycling to Dcu recently and I'm wondering if theres anywhere to have showers when i get there after the cycle in..?

Cycling from blanch to DCU? Hard-core!

Have you tried just cycling in, just wearing shorts and a t-shirt? You could do that and just get changed afterwards. Just leave your jeans and a few spare tees in a locker or summid.

I'd personally go with going into the smelly old showers. Just banter away with whoever is behind the desk. They might even take pity on ya if you give an explanation

Just man up!!

*gets back to watching The Devil Wears Prada