new shed, how to store bikes?

poynedexter

i'm gettin a new 12'x8' shed soon and need to store 2 road and 1 mtb plus the other junk and have a turbo place.

how do you guys hang or store ur bikes?

pics please!

ricklilley

I use 2 plastic coated hooks, one for each bike, and hang the bikes by the front wheel. Although it is a brick built shed, and not deep enough for the bikes to be stood normally.

nevman

Locked to something immovable.Twice.Think about security first,then hang them from a rafter by the front wheels.

izza

From another forum

rogerthecat

Check your insurance m8, sheds are normally excluded, just a thought.

Gizmodo

rogerthecat wrote:

Check your insurance m8, sheds are normally excluded, just a thought.

I agree, my insurance says it has to be in a proper building (not a shed) or locked to something immovable. You could check with them if locking to a ground anchor would suffice.

Bunneh

I seem to recall my grand father used to cut a hole in the shed floor, sink in a heavy block of concrete, fit heavy links and then chain my bike and other expensive stuff to it.

ilm_zero7

izza wrote:

From another forum

wow - I dont really do Specialized bikes, but have to admit that is one impressive collection.

agz

I don't store my bikes in the shed, but if I did, I'd use a hell of a lot of security.
They're way too easy for thieves to access.

redjeepǃ

There's been a few posts on this, but in summary:

Keeping the scrotes out in the first place is better than anything, so obscure/ replace any windows with wood, strengthen the door (mine's got a few 4x2 joists on the back of the door as reinforcement) and replace the screws on the hinges, locks etc with through bolts. If you use bolts with dome heads then they can't be unscrewed from the outside. Buy a big padlock and a good hasp.

Try and avoid letting people know you've got bikes worth thousands in your shed.

Inside the shed think about sinking something under the shed to lock your bikes to. A popular way to do it is to dig a big hole where the shed's going to go and fill it with concrete. Bury a chain or a tube to feed a chain through in the concrete. Drop the shed on top of the concrete, cut a hole in the base of the shed and feed the thickest chain you can find through the hole. I didn't do this quite like this, but made up a concrete beam with three through holes (made from plastic tubing) though the beam. The beam weights a couple of hundred kilo's and I've fed a motorbike chain and padlock through one of the holes.

BBH

Does hanging from the front wheel cause any damage to wheel or spokes?? As whole weight of bike hanging from one point on the wheel???

poynedexter

i was wondering that too.?

does anyone hang their bikes from the seat?

ilm_zero7

If you think the weight of the bike applied gently to the wheel at say 6.5 a 7.0 kg is going to cause a problem, how on earth would you risk 70kg sitting on it?

roadietoo

Hanging by a wheel is a first degree lever and loading a bike with a body is a third degree lever so the distortion with a body is loaded over two wheels and is loaded between the wheels. I'm not being a smart**s, I just like physics but, personally ,I would not hang by one wheel as it must eventually distort the wheel if the bike is hung in the same place for a time, ie a bike that is not used much.

phy2sll2

Halfords do some cheap, basic hangers for hanging by front wheel. Seem fine to me - can't imagine it warping the wheels + this is the way we hang bikes in the containers at the track. I've yet to put mine up as I have to fit horizontal plank(s) across the supports inside my shed, onto which I will attach the hooks.

If your shed has a concrete base, you can get a ground anchor which just relies on drilling a 20mm diameter hole into the concrete and is then secured with an expanding nut. Use an SDS drill though - I tried to get away with a cheapo machinemart hammer drill jobbie and it was a total waste of time. Had to buy myself a Bosch in the end.

On chains, I think Almax and Pragmasis are the accepted standards. I'm still saving up, but will need one soon as I'm building up a cross bike.

The only thing you might struggle with is stopping your other half loading up your bike torture chamber with stuff which clearly has no place being in there, but which she thinks should go in, e.g. gardening tools.

Gizmodo

If you're worried about hanging your bike from the front wheel but like the idea of it being verticle to take up less room, then try this, put the wheel hook at the right height so the weight is on the rear wheel on the ground.

ilm_zero7

Nice, but the second in from the left looks to have an uncomfortable seating position

a_n_t

http://securityforbikes.com/

poynedexter

the new stable is coming along. halfords wheel hooks hold the donkeys up. the sunn is about 1992? and is my winter project. the rest are cannondales.

mallorcajeff

Mine hang from the wheel no problem, although I have found the two sets of 80mm rims I have got when fitted to my TT bike and road bike dont fit on the hooks so they have to stay on the floor.

veronese68

mallorcajeff wrote:

Mine hang from the wheel no problem, although I have found the two sets of 80mm rims I have got when fitted to my TT bike and road bike dont fit on the hooks so they have to stay on the floor.

Is the hook on the right upside down? It looks as though the tyre should sit against the body of the hook between the 2 curded rails. Hard to be sure from the picture though.
I hang my bikes from the front wheels using the £2.99 Halfrauds hooks. No problems, and my bikes are quite heavy.

stigofthedump

Dont worry about your wheels. When you sit on your bike a load of you plus the bike is placed on each wheel. When you hang it up a load of just the bike is put through one wheel. Your bike is around 10-15 kg, you are probably 60-100kg..

Your wheels will easily stand the load.

mallorcajeff

yes the hook is upside down but if i mout it the right way up it makes it that bit higher and i will catch my pedal on the other bike as there not much room if got a TT bike to hang up now too.