The architects of The Guardian’s new building approached Cyclepods to help plan and design the basement level for bike storage.

They had designed a layout using standard bike stands and could only fit in enough racks to secure 118 bikes. Cyclepods requested the plans and instead designed a layout using their Spacepods. After a few revisions they finally settled on a design that provided 189 secure bike parking spaces, nearly 60% more than originally planned.

There is also space left for a further 20 Spacepod’s, if their bike user numbers grow. Which is just as well as The Guardian have noticed an increase in cyclists since the pods were installed.