Cyclists wanting to park their wheels at a Port Coquitlam transit loop now have secure — and indoor — storage.

Last month, TransLink opened a bike parkade at the West Coast Express station that’s monitored by video, has a repair stand and an air pump.

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To get in, cyclists can tap their Compass card and lock up their bikes before catching the West Coast Express or a bus at the station on Kingsway Avenue.

The fee is $1 a day or $8 for the month once enrolled in the bike parkade program via compasscard.ca.

Bike parkades are different from bike lockers and racks, which are available at most SkyTrain stations.

Currently, bike parkades are located at the following Expo and Millennium line stations: Main Street–Science World, King Edward, Commercial–Broadway and Joyce–Collingwood in Vancouver; Metrotown in Burnaby; and Surrey's King George.

Bike parkades will be open next month at the Burquitlam and Lafarge Lake-Douglas stations along the Evergreen Extension, TransLink said.