Bike Storage in an Apartment - Any Ideas???!
desob33
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Hi,
Between myself and herself we have 3 bicycles, (1 race and 2 commuting / training bikes) and we are living in a 2-bed city apartment.
I am converting the spare room to storage and have been looking at bicycle wall mounts / clever ways to store bikes (as they are good quality bikes and I'm hesitant to leave them on the balcony as they'll get ruined in the bad weather).
I've been looking at wall mounts but it's impossible to know which ones are good / the most efficient in terms of both space but also in taking down to use and putting back up without killing yourself.
Would anyone have any experience / ideas on how best to store bikes in an apartment and suggest any suitable wall mount products / handy tips?
Thanks!
D
Between myself and herself we have 3 bicycles, (1 race and 2 commuting / training bikes) and we are living in a 2-bed city apartment.
I am converting the spare room to storage and have been looking at bicycle wall mounts / clever ways to store bikes (as they are good quality bikes and I'm hesitant to leave them on the balcony as they'll get ruined in the bad weather).
I've been looking at wall mounts but it's impossible to know which ones are good / the most efficient in terms of both space but also in taking down to use and putting back up without killing yourself.
Would anyone have any experience / ideas on how best to store bikes in an apartment and suggest any suitable wall mount products / handy tips?
Thanks!
D
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This may not be very helpful, but the best way to store them is just to leave them on the floor stacked together alternating handlebar to saddle. Unless you have really high ceilings and want to make a pulley system to suspend them from the roof then they will just take up the same amount of space no matter where you put them. Better to leave them on the ground where the mud can dry and be brushed off. Could fit some shelves or wall cabinets above them to store tools and all the rest of the essential gubbins
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pastey_boy wrote:
Hmm, do you think that would be ok for an outside wall, say for example, outside an office? We don't have any storage at the office, just an empty room in the building, which may at some point be leased out.0 -
alidaf wrote:pastey_boy wrote:
Hmm, do you think that would be ok for an outside wall, say for example, outside an office? We don't have any storage at the office, just an empty room in the building, which may at some point be leased out.
There are some of those in the underground car park where my work has a bike locker. Mounted to the wall fine. But what about security?
As for storage I had a pulley system at my old place (albeit in the garage). Attaches to the roof and dead easy to use.
Can't remember where I got mine. But plenty if you google.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keyw ... ec74b6an_b0 -
pastey_boy wrote:
wow £50 for a plastic bucket!! :roll:
being a tightwad, i use these-
http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/533794/?source=123_75'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'0 -
http://www.ikeahackers.net/2008/02/stol ... -rack.html
I use this, got my Commuter/CX and MTB on there with no signs of it moving.0 -
In the same position myself but only 2 bikes are stored inside the flat - for the regular ride I have fitted one of these in the entrance hallway http://www.tuskstore.com/index.php/cPath/28 and it is very good indeed.Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.0
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(This is the pole Edinburgh bicycle sells.)0 -
Here's what i use: http://imgur.com/a/YG54s#00
