Originally Posted by
DX-MAN
I don't like having to lock my bike in my garage, but there are too many people in the house to have room for the bike, too. No way NO HOW is it getting locked up outside! It goes in the building with me at work, and there are damned few places I go where I need to leave it locked up outside. The grocery store is the only place where I can't eyeball the bike the whole time I'm inside, and I make it TOUGH to work with when I go there.
You want MY bike, you're gonna have to work as hard to STEAL it as I did to EARN it. Then get past me stomping you into grease.
In college I had a "nice" bike as well as the other one I mentioned - I actually hung it against the wall over my bed just so it wouldn't be left outside. Worked pretty well except the tire got the curtain dirty. Never got in my way either (and let's just say that I wasn't single ;-)).
If you aren't dealing with an "OMG that doesn't **belong** there", interior decorator woman, the flatness of a bike means you can often find places to hang it where it's not in the way. A road bike that stays relatively clean, at least.