Fifty Plus (50+) - Bike Storage?

Winter's fast approaching and I've finally made a big change at
my house that's been long over due. I've cleaned out the garage
in order to put our Conversion Van inside for the bad weather.
Not just cleaned out the garage...CLEANED OUT. I know it's a little
sacriligious but I threw out two barrels of old bike parts that I'ld
been stumbling over for years, and a bunch of car stuff.
Here's a pic of Cranky's Garage last week...

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/IMG_0470.jpg

and our bike storage shed attached to the back of the garage...

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/IMG_0471.jpg

Now here's a pic from this afternoon after a little carpentry....

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/IMG_0513.jpg

With the Van...

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/IMG_0518.jpg

what's left of the storage shed...

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/IMG_0519.jpg

Bike overflow into the other half of the garage....

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/IMG_0521.jpg

and more overflow into the basement...

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/IMG_0522.jpg

sighhhh....so many treasures, so little space!

Obviously, you subscribe to the N + 1 bike theory. And now that you've cleared out some old parts, you do realize that some use will pop up for them in the near future!

Poor little MGB. It looks like it wants to play.

Love what you've done!

Would you like to do my garage next:)

How many bikes do you have in there?

I'm not ashamed to admit having a similar bike count and dilema. I have 11 bikes hanging in the garage, 4 in a backyard shed, and frames and wheels and piece-parts for maybe 5 more in the basement. We have the same disease (but I'm liking the symptoms).

I'd like to get rid of some and occasionally give one away to a deserving soul, but it's the strangest thing... Example: I have a perfectly clean and restored 80's Panasonic DX2000 10 speed that's not particularly worth much. I'll never ride it more than around the block once or twice. And yet I can't even think of parting with it.

I know it's a little
sacriligious but I threw out two barrels of old bike parts that I'ld
been stumbling over for years,

I hope by that you mean you gave them to someone. If not, where is the dumpster? ;)

Dang! We gotta hook up! That's a SWEET! MG in there too! Chrome Bumper model too which makes it pre-1973 which is before they raised the suspension up.

Nice Job on the garage. I know it's tough to do. I've always tried to keep my two car garage just that...Two cars. Our winters play enough havoc on the cars.

Chris

I think I see a 3 wheel Worksman in there. I'm curious as to why you have it. I have one for my son with a disability.

Holy schmolie! Hope my wife does not see the pix of the cleaned up garage.

That's as big as my apartment!

I think I see a 3 wheel Worksman in there. I'm curious as to why you have it. I have one for my son with a disability.

Actually an old schwinn that needed a home. I'm drawn to the "oddities"... adult trikes, tandems,
some Alenax's, an old 3-spd, an old 2-spd. I guess I'm as much a collector as rider.

Would you like to do my garage next:)

How many bikes do you have in there?

In the rafters...3-Alenax bikes, 1 Schwinn varsity, 1 Raleigh, two 20" girls bikes,
a Schwinn traveler (2-spd) Schwinn Collegiate and a Performance (?) 10 spd.

On the wall 2 Schwinn racing bikes (not when I ride them), and a Raleigh Marathon.

Other wall a Burley Tandem

In back a Huffy tandem, Raleigh C-40 and JC Penny 3 spd

With the "B" a Schwinn Tandem (5 spd), Schwinn Town & Country and a
Sun EZ Racer.

You can count the ones in the basement...they belong to my daughters and wife.

20 bikes in the Garage and I think 5 in the basement.

edit: oops, forgot about the '63 Schwinn Starlett III and Trek 820.

Dang! We gotta hook up! That's a SWEET! MG in there too! Chrome Bumper model too which makes it pre-1973 which is before they raised the suspension up.

Nice Job on the garage. I know it's tough to do. I've always tried to keep my two car garage just that...Two cars. Our winters play enough havoc on the cars.

Chris

Built and purchased in 1972, I'm the original owner and it's lonely...I sold the '70 BGT
in May and the '59 "A" Coupe about 10 years ago.

Step 1. We admitted that we were powerless over bicycling stuff and that our lives had become unmanageable.

Step 2. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

There's 10 more steps.

He's got a Camino Gold MGB. Obviously a man of class :D

Richard

don't let those bikes scratch her.

When I added a new garage to my house in preparation for converting the old garage into my wife's art and ballet studio, I had to settle for a code-minimum two-car unit, because of setback laws. A few extra feet in either direction would have been very nice.