fixing your bike in the house ?

bamba

my gears need a spot of looking at, hoping to do it tomorrrow night in the warmth of the kitchen if the misses allows it ,
does any one else get away with such things ? or will i be expecting too much ?

stumpyjon

Many do, I'm lucky, got a garage all to myself 8)

Pokerface

My divorce papers mentioned something about "working on bikes in the house" in them. Also I "stored my 5 bikes in the house".

Odd, as I only owned ONE bike at the time. 8)

bike-a-swan

uni- yes. my housemates are even kind enough to tolerate it in the kitchen.
home- NO. although i've found i can get away with a lot of 'parts', provided there is no complete bike. the only notable exception being the memorable occasion of a completely new build

fletch8928

Yes any part or whole bike is tollerated in my house. I am single. My nearly 5 yr old boy loves finding bits to "fix" and I love that too.
I have worried about the odd over nighters who may have spied potential reasons to return but so far most have been nice and eager to move away from the kitchen and livivng room

ride_whenever

eeerm, landlord doesn't let us keep bikes in the house, but has given us use of the garage.

I currently have my inbred wip in my room though.

Buckled_Rims

Only if it's near the back door and not propped up against the fridge, oven or washing machine.

Whytepeak

Bikes are always fixed in the kitchen .
Two bikes live in the kitchen, and a further six bikes here and there around the house, the garage is for old bikes / frames in storage .

I don't get this 'not allowed in the house business', it's a bike, not a dog.

nicklouse

did you see the pics of my kitchen?

Anonymous

my bikes get built and fettled in the kitchen but i do a good job of tidying up afterwards. wife isnt fussed but would prefer me not to leave oily handprints over every kitchen surface.

MrChrisP

For the last three weeks my living room has been turned into a workshop so I can work on my bike. Lucky for me the flatmate has been pretty cool with it.

Did have a moment last weekend though when the girlfriend complained that I was spending too much time with my bike and not with her. This was said whilst she was over and we were watching a film. I was also taking apart and cleaning my rear derailleur whilst watching the film which MAY have had something to do with her being annoyed.

My argument was that it was a rubbish film that I'd seen before (Gamer) so I was simply making better use of my time.

She didn't agree

Beardface

I always work on my bike indoors.. the missus doesn't mind (well, has no choice! ) We live in a top floor flat, so cleaning/maintaining outside is a bit harder for me..

allthegearnoidea

i cant fit the bike and Me in the kitchen at the same time lol!
i use my very leaky shed for most if not done outside between the house and shed laying upside down on the garden table, Wife is very tolerant of such useage and as someone mentioned, the littlun like to help find bits ot help me fix it too! which makes it all the more enjoyable!
only occasionally do i put the bike in the dining room, but then its normally spotlessly clean by then!

joshtp

well, im lucky to have a garage, unfortunately, its got a leaky roof, no electric, and its not the most "hospitibal" workshop, so i usualy fix in the kitchen, small downstairs bathroom, or outside.

cat_with_no_tail

I have the garage to myself too, but it can get COLD in there! So long as the bike is fairly clean, and I tidy up after myself, her indoors lets me use the kitchen for building and general fettling.

John Stevenson

Isn't that what kitchens are for?

Oh, yeah, and cooking food I suppose.

Watch out for Fridge Suck though.

KonaMike

My Missus is pretty good really,I just stick an old bedsheet down on the floor and that gives me clearence to work in the kitchen !!

cee

yeah....and be careful not to get any unidentified scratches on the fridge door....

no idea how it got there....but it wasn't there before i fitted my new mech. :oops:

The Rookie

I built both my bikes in the conservatory or bought them into the lounge (double doors from conservatory) to be sociable, the misses is more nervous of dirty bikes, but I still get away with it!

Simon

dave_hill

bamba wrote:

my gears need a spot of looking at, hoping to do it tomorrrow night in the warmth of the kitchen if the misses allows it

What's it got to do with her? Tell her to pay attention to the cooker and get your tea ready.

bamba

I let you no how i get on, the bike is clean, misses is going out tonight as well.I'd better still ask her mind as last time i told my daughter, shh dont tell mummy ive got my bike in the kitchen and then about a week latter she whisperd to her mummy that daddy had his bike in the kitchen an not to tell :!: , managed to get away with saying it was just the back wheel

ride_whenever

if you've been forbidden from the kitchen just use the bathroom!

/pedant

Bikehawk

+1 for the dust sheet. Generally if not too cold will work in the shed, it's a lot less fuss.

lochussie

Large, warm, wood floor hall > bikes get cleaned and fettled there. Have stopped putting them in bath, cos then you've got to clean bath too.

Thread8

anything clean is allowed in the conservatory, otherwise they all have to stay out in the garage, which is actually quite warm because the tumbler dryer is in there and throws out quite a bit of heat, and ive got an old electric storage heater that i can plug in if it is that cold

Cheshley

Since moving in with my G/F 2 years ago I have slowly taken over the garage with bikes and associated accessories/equipment/tools to the point that she now moans about not being able to get the car in it.

There is a nice patch of ground behind the garage which would easily take a concrete base and a 12ft x 12ft workshop, and I have said I will happily use this for storage and fettling if she stumps up the £2500 needed to build it

It's all gone quiet over there......

bamba

Hurahh :!: :!: , she said yes

P-Jay

Hmmm I used to.

My first house as an MTBer had the dining room converted into a workshop, hard tiled floor and a big glass sliding door for easy access.

Used to work on my bikes in the kitchen of my old place, also had my DH bike on perminant 'display' in the kitchen, and my XC in the living room.

But now I've got a garage to myself (almost), direct access from the kitchen,and whilst it's not heated it does have light and power and is reasonably well warmed by the house so it's a pretty pleasent place to be.

Got me an old small dining table and single chair as a work bench, a lifeline bike tool kit, plus plently of tools I've collected over the years and Santa is bringing my an iPhone Docking/speaker type affair for some tunes.

Future plans include an old TV and Sofa for sitting back and admiring my work, a small beer fridge and a Park workstand.

Paul 8v

I'm never working on the bike in the house again, sufice to say, my lovely expesive bamboo flooring now has a nice rug over part of it (At least it was the bit where we were going to put one anyway)
Women are always right when it comes to not working on the bike in the house, i may have found myself a workshop with power and light though, result :-)

projectsome

I 've been banned from the kitchen but I'm allowed the dining room (which has less bloody space)

scale20

My missus kept quiet about working on the bike in the livingroom over the weekend because it was her bike that was getting treated to an XT brake and shifter upgrade