Reccomend a bike bag for daily storage?

Donkeywings
Donkeywings Posts: 79
edited August 2012 in Road buying advice
I want to ride my bike to and from work.
They won't let me wheel it into the office, and there is no way I am leaving it outside in the leanto attached to a flimsy rack out of view, so...
I was thinking if I had a bike bag for the frame, with side pockets for the wheels, I would be able to keep it by my desk without anyone worrying what it is, and it shouldnt be too big.
Any recommendations on such a bag? (The answer is not to buy another bike ... I will be murdered if I spend any more!)
cheers!
Trek Madone 3.1 Carbon 2012 Road
Sunn Kern S1 2011 MTB
"Mellow Johnny's" water bottle from Lance's shop in Austin

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  • brindlescoops
    brindlescoops Posts: 465
    Buy a folding bike and keep it at your neighbours house?
    My biggest fear is that should I crash, burn and die, my Wife would sell my stuff based upon what I told her I paid for it.
  • Donkeywings
    Donkeywings Posts: 79
    BrindleScoops wrote:
    My biggest fear is that should I crash, burn and die, my Wife would sell my stuff based upon what I told her I paid for it

    She will. To me. And I will be asking for a discount aswell!
    Trek Madone 3.1 Carbon 2012 Road
    Sunn Kern S1 2011 MTB
    "Mellow Johnny's" water bottle from Lance's shop in Austin
  • brindlescoops
    brindlescoops Posts: 465
    Donkeywings wrote:
    BrindleScoops wrote:
    My biggest fear is that should I crash, burn and die, my Wife would sell my stuff based upon what I told her I paid for it

    She will. To me. And I will be asking for a discount aswell!

    Ha ha, busted! :D
    My biggest fear is that should I crash, burn and die, my Wife would sell my stuff based upon what I told her I paid for it.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    It'd be a pain in the ass packing it away every day. And it would be big - I doubt you'd get away with it.
    Cheap hack bike maybe ?
  • ReesA
    ReesA Posts: 62
    I use these and think they are pretty good. Not too hard to get the bike into and the bag is easy to transport as it folds down. I would make sure it's dry though before leaving it in the bag for any length of time. Also they are cheap.

    http://www.ctcshop.org.uk/ctc-plastic-bike-bag/
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    ReesA wrote:
    I use these and think they are pretty good. Not too hard to get the bike into and the bag is easy to transport as it folds down. I would make sure it's dry though before leaving it in the bag for any length of time. Also they are cheap.

    http://www.ctcshop.org.uk/ctc-plastic-bike-bag/

    I thought the OP wanted to conceal the fact that it's a bike in the bag?
    More problems but still living....
  • Donkeywings
    Donkeywings Posts: 79
    No I'm not really trying to hide the fact my bike is there... just want to make it so that everyone else isn't bothered. This time of year it's going to the be the dirt/mess that is the problem. I had thought that one of the bags with the sidepockets for wheels would be simple enough ... qucik release both wheels... into the side pockets... then main frame into the middle. 30 seconds of effort? I do have an old Giant Team (horizontal bar, shifters on the diagonal tube like I had on my first bike 35 years ago, made of pig iron) and I could leave this outside... but I'm not sure I would enjoy riding this 20 miles each way)
    Trek Madone 3.1 Carbon 2012 Road
    Sunn Kern S1 2011 MTB
    "Mellow Johnny's" water bottle from Lance's shop in Austin

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