Bike Parking solutions are best chosen by project type. This week’s blog post is breaking down 5 most common bike parking project types and what solutions we recommend utilizing. Our family of products are designed with the user in mind, and made using materials that have been chosen for long-lasting durability and appearance. This attention…
What is considered short-term bike parking? As defined by the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professional (APBP) Essentials of Bike Parking guide; short-term bicycle parking “is designed to meet the needs of people visiting business or institutions, and others with similar needs — typically lasting up to two hours”. Not sure what your site needs?…
Long-term bike parking is typically designed for employees, residents, public transportation riders, and others who leave their bicycles unattended for several hours or longer. The best long-term bike parking provides security and weather protection. Such parking can take a variety of forms, from an indoor room to an enclosure in a parking garage, to a…
CycleSafe’s high-strength, compression-molded structural composite fiberglass produces a virtually indestructible product with a life span measured in decades, not years. Fiberglass Composite Bike Lockers Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) is a closed-molded compression process that produces uniform parts forged with heat and pressure for increased impact strength and puncture resistance with molded ribs and bosses for…
Plan, spread the word and incentivize. Plan Proper planning for your bike parking project is essential to its success. When it comes to class one bike parking, or long term storage (8+ hours), physical security is emphasized above public visibility. A good installation site would have lighting and proper aisle access considered. If a stairwell…
CycleSafe is the ONLY bike locker manufacturer to utilize Fiberglass Sheet Moulded Compound (SMC) technology. After testing over 13 families of materials, CycleSafe chose Fiberglass SMC for its unmatched durability and strength. Composed of glass fibers and a custom specified blend of resin paste, CycleSafe’s Fiberglass SMC is as light as plastic yet as structurally…
As we welcome 2021 with WIDE open arms, we wanted to reflect on some of our silver linings. 2020 was the year bikes became mainstream again. They offered individuals a way to escape the four walls of their homes and enjoy life on a smaller scale. With travel restricted and many vacations canceled, people used…
AK Bikebox is teaming up with CycleSafe to provide digital access bike lockers with a simple start-up business pilot program. Our on-demand lockers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and are able to be managed remotely. AK Bikebox owners saw an entrepreneurship opportunity by utilizing our lockers; with full-time jobs they…
The CycleSafe CyclePort Bike Shelter is a modular system that is expandable to provide on-demand covered bicycle parking for your unique needs. Top Panels A single CyclePort Bike Shelter can have two top panels for storing 4 bikes, or three top panels for storing 6 bikes. Whether starting with a 4-bike or 6-bike shelter, a…
What is SMC Fiberglass? SMC is an abbreviation for Sheet Molding Compound. SMC is a family of structural, fiber-reinforced thermosetting resins for creating parts by compression molding. CycleSafe’s SMC fiberglass panels are compressed with a 350-degree heated metal die in a 1000-ton vertical hydraulic press providing 1000 pounds per-square-inch of compression. The SMC base materials…
