Home bike workshop?

Mountain Pass
Mountain Pass Posts: 8
edited March 2018 in Road general
Hello, I am wondering if anyone has thoughts on what I would put into home bike workshop? Tools, stands, chemicals etc to have on hand to maintain etc...by bikes. Thanks

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,351
    A TV.
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  • craker
    craker Posts: 1,739
    buy it as you need it. A bike maintenance stand is nice, but not essential.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Beer fridge.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    A method of watching Youtube videos with greasy fingers is paramount.
    Then a beer fridge.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson Posts: 930
    An ashtray, comfy chair, side table, music.
  • MiddleRinger
    MiddleRinger Posts: 678
    PBlakeney wrote:
    A method of watching Youtube videos with greasy fingers is paramount.
    Then a beer fridge.

    ^ This.

    Then a torque wrench, allen keys and a large hammer...
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  • mouth
    mouth Posts: 1,195
    Years ago there was a Fosters advert with an interior designer, and an earthquake.

    Guy ended up with an armchair, a beer fridge and a helmet.
    The only disability in life is a poor attitude.
  • atmyage!
    atmyage! Posts: 12
    Work stands are nice but I knew a bloke who had screwed an old inner tube to a ceiling joist in his garage to hang bikes off. Seemed to work but I don't know how much it'd stretch if you really had to swing on a tight nut!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    An ashtray, comfy chair, side table, music.


    This.

    Old turbo trainer to clamp bike into if you don’t have work stand.

    Tool box

    Tools

    Vice

    Degreaser/greases/lubes

    Work bench


    Don’t go buying stuff en masse - buy it as you go along.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • trekvet
    trekvet Posts: 223
    One door only accessible through the house, with a BS lock. White paint on walls and ceiling, plenty of bright lights, and an old single colour rug. A heater with a proper thermostat. A table for laptop. Kitchen roll holder. A clock. A pot of Swarfega, but carry it to kitchen.
    The Wife complained for months about the empty pot of bike oil on the hall stand; so I replaced it with a full one.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    An ashtray, comfy chair, side table, music.

    Include a box of tissues if you're going to turn it into a wankstation
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    An ashtray, comfy chair, side table, music.

    Include a box of tissues if you're going to turn it into a wankstation


    IS a wankstation the same as a masterbatorioum?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    Don't forget the blinds for the windows.

    Speakers and an amp.
  • mr_mojo
    mr_mojo Posts: 200
    It needs plenty of space to work around the bike and not forgetting the n+1 rule so space to store more bikes in the future!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,823
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    An ashtray, comfy chair, side table, music.
    Include a box of tissues if you're going to turn it into a wankstation
    IS a wankstation the same as a masterbatorioum?
    A friend of mine had his pornidor similarly kitted out. Old days of VHS needed correct humidity to preserve them at their best.
    Bike workshop beer fridge and tools are all you need. Videos will only distract you.
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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    An ashtray, comfy chair, side table, music.
    Include a box of tissues if you're going to turn it into a wankstation
    IS a wankstation the same as a masterbatorioum?
    A friend of mine had his pornidor similarly kitted out. Old days of VHS needed correct humidity to preserve them at their best.
    Bike workshop beer fridge and tools are all you need. Videos will only distract you.

    Not if it's a youtube vid of somebody actually doing the apparently impossible task you're attempting; they can be quite useful. As can a supply of screen protectors for the iPad

    Porn, not so much.

    +1 to the white walls / ceiling + multiple bright lights. Garage floor paint more practical than a rug; light grey makes it easy to find the bits you drop. You can always get a few of those foam panels to stand on if your feet get cold. The heater suggestion is also a good one if you're out there for a while
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Navrig2 wrote:
    Don't forget the blinds for the windows.

    Really big speakers and an amp that goes up to 11.


    FTFY
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Navrig2 wrote:
    Don't forget the blinds for the windows.

    Really big speakers and an amp that goes up to 11.


    FTFY

    Yes please but not good for neighbourly relations. A couple of years ago I had a short spell of getting up at 0530 and jumping on the turbo in our garage. For entertainment I have a 32" TV, Chromecast and a set of PC speakers with a sub-woofer (little cube speakers) in the garage. I put on some heavy rock concert on YouTube and put the volume high enough to over ride the noise of the cheap turbo I was using (plus a little bit more). At about 10 to six I nearly crapped myself as someone battered our garage door heavily shouting something about what time it was. I didn't get the opportunity to tell them it was 10 to six as they disappeared quickly.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,351
    A sink (with taps and running water).
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson Posts: 930
    keef66 wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    An ashtray, comfy chair, side table, music.
    Include a box of tissues if you're going to turn it into a wankstation
    IS a wankstation the same as a masterbatorioum?
    A friend of mine had his pornidor similarly kitted out. Old days of VHS needed correct humidity to preserve them at their best.
    Bike workshop beer fridge and tools are all you need. Videos will only distract you.

    Not if it's a youtube vid of somebody actually doing the apparently impossible task you're attempting; they can be quite useful. As can a supply of screen protectors for the iPad

    Porn, not so much.

    +1 to the white walls / ceiling + multiple bright lights. Garage floor paint more practical than a rug; light grey makes it easy to find the bits you drop. You can always get a few of those foam panels to stand on if your feet get cold. The heater suggestion is also a good one if you're out there for a while

    Yes I have a convector heater for when sitting in comfy chair. With regards to floor when we did the house up I salvaged the wood flooring from the kitchen and dining room and relaid it in the garage, works a treat as a concrete floor can obviously be cold but also wearing on the legs.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,351
    Comfortable slippers.
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  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,851
    Pinno wrote:
    Comfortable slippers.

    Nah.

    Crocs
  • MisterMuncher
    MisterMuncher Posts: 1,302
    Magnetic parts bowl or suchlike. You'll never realise how handy they are until you get one
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Navrig2 wrote:
    Pinno wrote:
    Comfortable slippers.

    Nah.

    Crocs

    Nah.

    Ugg boots.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Man Of Lard
    Man Of Lard Posts: 903
    MisterMuncher wrote:
    Magnetic parts bowl or suchlike. You'll never realise how handy they are until you get one

    Good call!

    And one of those Decathlon not-a-chainwhip doobries.

    https://www.decathlon.co.uk/chain-whip- ... 09913.html
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    MisterMuncher wrote:
    Magnetic parts bowl or suchlike. You'll never realise how handy they are until you get one

    I found a Snap-On Tools magnetic parts tray in the boot of my son's Fiesta after I'd paid to have some engine work done on it. They took so long and the bill was so eye-watering I felt no guilt at all as I added it to my own workshop collection.

    You're right, they are quite handy. I like the fact that it sticks to the car bodywork. Not good for soaking a bike chain though; it's got a grip like a limpet so you can't easily move it about or indeed get it out of the tray again.

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