Leinster House Bicycle Shed

Seth Brundle · 13-05-2026 08:59AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464339#Comment_124464339

Cork is very hilly so cycling is difficult. Im happy to be proven a cynic but i cant imagine a nurse jumping on a bike after a twelve hour shift in A+E. Maybe the admin folks.

What if the nurse has no alternative to get home?

Just to add, a bike shelter for ten bikes, concrete floor and perspex roof, would cost about 8k.

Just because it is cheap does not mean it is value for money. How secure would that be for starters?

eightieschewbaccy · 13-05-2026 09:05AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464339#Comment_124464339

I'm in a hospital in Cork a few times a week atm and can confirm that staff do cycle to work. It's really not hellishly difficult to cycle in Cork. On top of that, staff have to do a park and ride to parking depending on which hospital they're working in so it ends up quicker to cycle.

Also the facility you just described absolutely wouldn't be secure. This ends up costing about 3 grand per bike. It pays back in terms of utility pretty quickly and staff have the peace of mind that their bikes are safe.

Lofidelity · 13-05-2026 09:07AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464366#Comment_124464366

https://www.pittman.ie/products/dublin-bike-shelter

I park my bike in something like this. Your bike is only as secure as your lock. A good D lock costs about €50 +.

ted1 · 13-05-2026 09:13AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124456828#Comment_124456828

doesn't make it good value. bikes and cyclist aren't heavy. So the ground work needed isn't massive. we put in concrete pad for a mobile home 2 years ago in wexford , and were charged €3k. The base could be done for less than €10k.

whats above ground shouldn't costs 126k

this stores 120 bikes and costs €40k

The Gull Wing Security Enclosure

16 bikes in clear polycarbonite €9k

Bristol Bike Compound

Lofidelity · 13-05-2026 09:21AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464360#Comment_124464360

If you are on your feet all day, doing manual work, then what you really want is your car or a bus waiting to take you home.

Im not anti bike, i cycle myself. But anything about bike shelters, bike lanes, public transport seems to attract antagonistic replies on boards.ie. I think the government should be more prudent when spending our money and get better value. Theres no harm questioning these things. Nothing wrong with bike shelters, just stop wasting money on over engineered ones.

Podge_irl · 13-05-2026 09:24AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464384#Comment_124464384

That lock will do precisely nothing to stop anyone remotely determined from robbing the bike.

Paddigol · 13-05-2026 09:34AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464408#Comment_124464408

I generally agree with your sentiment. The issue is that all too often (almost always) the focus on value for money only ever crops up when it comes to non-car related transport infrastructure. In other words, any attempt to look at the value for money or value to society in the amount spent pandering to car travel (most of which is not essential but borne of convenience) is immediately shot down. As you say, the discussion just seems to attract antagonistic responses (on both sides tbf). But the balance in terms of focus is very much skewed. We'll all grow up some day and be able to have the discussion.

Cyclingtourist · 13-05-2026 09:36AM

These glass things aren't sheds. A shed is something you can do forbidden things behind.

breezy1985 · 13-05-2026 09:38AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464408#Comment_124464408

You are speaking to someone who has done 12hr shifts on my feet and cycled home.

I agree with you about people like the HSE spending too much on stuff and have seen it first hand. I haven't disagreed on the price of this shed.

But i dont agree about lies like Cork being too hard to cycle or same after doing a 12hr shift. I have seen more than enough of both with my own eyes.

I also don't agree that a lockable bike shed with charge stations is over engineering.

hold my beer · 13-05-2026 09:47AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464384#Comment_124464384

A good D lock will take about 2 minutes to angle grind through

Lofidelity · 13-05-2026 09:47AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464415#Comment_124464415

Im twenty years cycling and parking bikes in Dublin. I use a kryptonite D lock on a commuter bike maybe worth €300 now. No theft ever. A hospital campus has security. If someone is determined to steal a bike, then they will need tools. On a busy campus, you would hope the alarm would be raised.

If you want to keep your bike, buy a discreet one and a good quality lock.

Lofidelity · 13-05-2026 09:49AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464465#Comment_124464465

A locked door on an expensive bike shed will take about 2 minutes to pick

josip · 13-05-2026 09:50AM

At times like this it's useful to remind ourselves what's the norm in Scandiland. Those who we love comparing ourselves to when it comes to cycling and who we constantly try to emulate. Here are the bike racks at some of the hospitals in Copenhagen. Most of them will be unlocked. To repeat the oft repeated phrase, "why can't we do the same here?".

hold my beer · 13-05-2026 09:51AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464469#Comment_124464469

The scrotes in Dublin cut through locks in daylight, in full view of people, using portable battery angle grinders.

I'd say the only reason your bike hasn't been taken is because they'd get feck all for it.

hold my beer · 13-05-2026 09:53AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464474#Comment_124464474

Highly unlikely as doors can be made far more secure, and can't easily be cut through.

Cyclingtourist · 13-05-2026 09:59AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464465#Comment_124464465

I'm a close observer of such matters and angle grinders to steal bicycles aren't used much. More often the thief uses brute force often using the bike itself as a lever. A €50 D-lock will certainly be more use than a €15 one from Decatlon.

Lofidelity · 13-05-2026 10:04AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464479#Comment_124464479

The same scrotes can operate in a bike shed, no matter what it cost.

Linger at the door, when a cyclist comes along, hold the door and walk in behind them. Pretend you are doing something until they leave, then get your tools out and take your pick.

The real issue is bad locks and no action taken on bike thieves. The cost of the shelter or shed wont fix that.

timmyntc · 13-05-2026 10:09AM

This bike shed has CCTV and is wired I believe, which adds to cost but also security as CCTV is a potent deterrent.

hold my beer · 13-05-2026 10:14AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124464506#Comment_124464506

Bike sheds are like locks, there to try deter bastards from robbing. If someone wants to rob something they will invariably find a way. All we can do is try slow them down enough to be able to stop or catch them. I'm all for secure bike sheds, and my guess is so is anyone who has ever had a bike robbed.

Lofidelity · 13-05-2026 10:30AM

Interesting debate on newstalk this morning on government spending and value for money. Bike shelters get an honorable mention. Albert Dolan TD and Dan O'Brien, economist broadly agreeing. Civil service say they are only following the rules but the public say they could buy the same thing for much less. The more tax rolls in, the more the government spends.

As Biggie said, "mo money, mo problems"

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