Originally Posted by
kookaburra1701
Heck, not even inner city. I live in a town of 8K and my lease agreement prohibits bicycles (and kayaks/canoes/fishing gear) from being stored in the apartment. Fortunately there is secure on-site storage included in my rent, but I need to clean out more of my crap from there before I can even start shopping for a second bike. My goal is to turn the space into a small bike stable/workshop.
yeah, we have a traditional room in the basement (4ft wide x 10ft long x 10 feet high) and get both bikes, all of our winter equipment (skis and such), luggage (suitcases and rucksacks) and our storage boxes in (and still have enough space to work on the bikes a little). there is a dedicated bike room (with a few beaters in there) but i don't trust it as there in nothing to lock to within it.
however, it's a trade off, I could have moved into a new building but the pre-war unbombed stuff is much nicer with respect to details (tile and wooden stairwells ... high ceilings ... nice wood details throughout). the newer places we looked at had really nice bike and buggy/pram/stroller rooms (not so much in the pre-war buildings).
i'm not convinced keeping the bad-weather bike inside. i'd just chain it to the fence outside (like the bike left outside at the train stations.)