drury St car park

ezra_pound

Only just found out about what look like great bike facilities at this car park today.

Is it a very safe place to lock bike-even overnight?

Interested in any opinions.

Squidgy Black

Use the search function, there's plenty of threads/posts about it.

I wouldn't leave a bike locked overnight in any car park or street, anywhere in Dublin.

dubmess

There have been a few stories recently about bikes being taken from the car park so I wouldn't trust it myself.

RunRoryRun

As options in Dublin City Centre go, it's the best by a distance. A properly locked bike (multiple quality locks) in this car park with such a concentration of poorly locked / more easily stolen bikes should be fine for the most part. But nothing is ever 100%.

QueensGael

I've left my bike in there overnight several times (including once when I cycled into town to get the aircoach and left it there for a long weekend). Never had a problem with it. I use a U-lock on the back wheel and cable lock on the front.

Bikerbhoy

My bike has spent many an overnight stay a dury street no problems even forgot to take lights off couple of times only to find them exactly where I left them . . Our city needs more of this type of facility around the place. .

godtabh

I used to work there as a whipper snapper washing cards. I could tell stories about that car park!

Where are the bike sheds?

Squidgy Black

godtabh wrote: »

I used to work there as a whipper snapper washing cards. I could tell stories about that car park!

Where are the bike sheds?

As soon as you drive in, they're right in front of you. It's the newer car park facing the Brooks hotel.

redzerredzer

godtabh wrote: »

I used to work there as a whipper snapper washing cards. I could tell stories about that car park!

Where are the bike sheds?

Tell us a story so

Wishbone Ash

Bikerbhoy wrote: »

My bike has spent many an overnight stay a dury street no problems even forgot to take lights off couple of times only to find them exactly where I left them

I use Drury Street several times weekly and am always amazed that some bikes are locked up with lights, saddle bags, mini-pumps and even computers still attached!

The parking of motorcycles in the bike area is annoying as is the black Rav 4 owned by a staff member.

this_time

My bike was stolen there a few weeks back but I still use it now with a new bike. There's no other options but you definitely need a decent lock on your bike as there seems to be a lot of bikes getting stolen there. The CCTV is worthless and the security guard isn't bothered about the bikes that are parked there.

OldBean

The best of the options. Which isn't saying much...

I've had a few friends bikes robbed, part robbed or just kicked in because it couldn't be robbed. The security in there don't give a sh*te and from what my friends found, the cameras, if you can actually get the footage, are useless. Considering so many scumbags know about the above, I'd never park my good bike there, and only my town bike with a chain, D lock and locked wheel nuts.

It's a shame.

this_time

There must be 30 grand worth of bikes in there every day. I'd love to know where they're selling them and if they know the value of the bikes.

OldBean

I'd say 90% of thefts don't know the value of the initial sale, it's purely to score. The people they sell to will get better 'value' for the bikes.

Harrybelafonte

Are DCC aware of all this? Isn't it their initiative?

OldBean

People complain (inc. myself) to the guys working there (Where they roll their eyes and say they haven't seen anything, their cameras don't cover the area, and more locks should have been used on the bike). Whether that goes to DCC or not, I don't know - I didn't know DCC had any responsibility towards the spaces other than the odd link from their website or blog post.

Harrybelafonte

http://www.dublincycling.ie/cycling/bike-park-drury-street