Where do your bikes live?
09-05-22 | 07:44 AM
#76
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From: Great White North
Bikes: 2013 Cannondale Caad 8, 2010 Opus Fidelio, 1985 Peugeot UO14, 1999 Peugeot Dune, Sakai Select, L'Avantage, 1999 Specialized Hard Rock, 1973 Raleigh Sport, Nishiki Probe
09-05-22 | 08:05 AM
#77
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From: Germany
Bikes: 80s Alan Super Record, 79' Somec Special, 90s Rossin(?) Columbus Ego Triathlon, previously: Bianchi SBX Reparto Corse (stolen) and so on...
We know, that a cloth, shoe or bag is never new, actually ages old just husbands "never pay enough attention on S/Os". To be fair this game can be played with bikes as well, and I have heard stories, like guy changed his Lamborghini a few times even from closed to cabriolet, but even with bikes it is unfairly more difficult to pull off.
09-05-22 | 08:09 AM
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From: Germany
Bikes: 80s Alan Super Record, 79' Somec Special, 90s Rossin(?) Columbus Ego Triathlon, previously: Bianchi SBX Reparto Corse (stolen) and so on...
While I was fooling with the Magic card joke, I totally forgot to congratulate and express appreciation to all these ladies(? any?) and gentlemen who spare neither effort nor money to to save these beauties.
Lattz
Lattz
09-05-22 | 08:20 PM
#79
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From: Reston, VA
Bikes: 1975 Raleigh International | 1979 Scapin | 1980 Trek 715 | 1984 SR Maxima | 1993 Bridgestone RB1 | 1996 Trek 5200 OCLV | 1998 753 Waterford X-12
Started out in the garage around 1980 (me on the left). My son is 45 now. He rides a Gary Fisher hybrid.
Moved into the basement and had a few decades of accumulation.
09-05-22 | 08:28 PM
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From: The Urban Shores Of Michigami
Bikes: ........................................ .....Holdsworth "Special"..... .......Falcon "Special".......... .........Miyata 912........... ........................................
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My bikes only live when I'm riding them, the rest of the time they are hanging in the basement........
My bikes only live when I'm riding them, the rest of the time they are hanging in the basement........
09-06-22 | 09:33 AM
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From: DC Metro
Bikes: Ghost SL AMR, K2 Zed 3.1, Bianchi Ocelot, Shogun Custom Sport
Wow, my feelings of inadequacy are being sharpened by this thread. I have a mere 6 bike collection across my family and they're all hanging in a purpose-built shed attached to my house—except the one that's hooked up to a trainer in the basement. I don't have any more room for more bikes without losing some of my current stock, sadly.
09-06-22 | 11:56 AM
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Kabuki,
You're slacking....you have enough room for a mezzanine, what's up, too much time tending to those plumeria?
Best, Ben
You're slacking....you have enough room for a mezzanine, what's up, too much time tending to those plumeria?
Best, Ben
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09-06-22 | 11:59 AM
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Great photo of you and your son...nothing like starting them off early.....Curious, How do you find enough time/room for wood working.....Really like the collection BTW.
Ben
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12-19-22 | 12:52 PM
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From: Portland, OR
Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder
I have two racks for my 6 bikes. One, a simple 2x4 lag screwed to the garage overhead with staggered hooks. Bikes hang form the front wheel, lowest bikes just off the floor, adjacent about 18" higher. Heaviest bikes go on the low hooks. (Farmers market bike, city bike.) Lightest bikes go on to a freestanding 2x4 tower in the center of the garage. 2x2s padded with innertube hang two bikes per side, high and low, by the top tube. 3 bikes hang there plus 2 frames.
12-19-22 | 06:18 PM
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From: Chattanooga, Tn
Bikes: 1977 Raleigh Record, 1987 Schwinn Prelude, 1971 Raleigh Record, 1988 Schwinn Traveler, 1967 (?) Carlton Super Course, 1959 Huffy Sportsman 3 speed, 1972 Raleigh Super Course, yet another 70-something Raleigh Record
Bikes with leather saddles live in the garage. Those with vinyl saddles live in the stand-up part of the crawl space. Leather seems to mildew in the crawl space.
12-19-22 | 10:10 PM
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From: Yokohama, Japan
Bikes: Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra Molteni 2005, Colnago Master X-light Mapei 2020
in the house
Japan's summer is very bad for bikes, because of high temp and high humidity.
It rusts and corrodes bikes.
Garage, barn, shed, they aren't ideal places.
Storage in the house is best.
But Japan's houses are notorious for too small, once called "rabbit hutch".
We need a space saver like this one, MINOURA P-500AL-6S pair stand.
My wheels are in the Ostrich's wheel bags.
It rusts and corrodes bikes.
Garage, barn, shed, they aren't ideal places.
Storage in the house is best.
But Japan's houses are notorious for too small, once called "rabbit hutch".
We need a space saver like this one, MINOURA P-500AL-6S pair stand.
My wheels are in the Ostrich's wheel bags.
12-19-22 | 11:21 PM
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
Bikes: 40 - accumulated over (now - more than) 40 years
Japan's summer is very bad for bikes, because of high temp and high humidity.
It rusts and corrodes bikes.
Garage, barn, shed, they aren't ideal places.
Storage in the house is best.
But Japan's houses are notorious for too small, once called "rabbit hutch".
We need a space saver like this one, MINOURA P-500AL-6S pair stand.
My wheels are in the Ostrich's wheel bags.
It rusts and corrodes bikes.
Garage, barn, shed, they aren't ideal places.
Storage in the house is best.
But Japan's houses are notorious for too small, once called "rabbit hutch".
We need a space saver like this one, MINOURA P-500AL-6S pair stand.
My wheels are in the Ostrich's wheel bags.
Bikes are everywhere:
In the attic
In the garage (I do have a nack for vintage ABU fishing gear also)
On the porch with the pooch...
And to park them I use this contraption. It keeps the front wheel straight and the bikes from falling over - and you can vacuum the floor without moving them around too much. Also OK for minor work on the bikes.
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12-20-22 | 12:07 AM
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From: Lancaster, Pa
Bikes: Cambodia bike,2012 Fuji Stratos...
Outside in my shop
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12-20-22 | 09:10 AM
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From: Yokohama, Japan
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You guys often use "collection", "stable", "sizeable".
Now, or at last, I know what they mean
English as a second language is tough
Now, or at last, I know what they mean
English as a second language is tough
12-20-22 | 10:27 AM
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From: Whitestone and Rensselaerville, New York
Bikes: '23 Canyon Endurace, '87 Bottecchia Equipe Professional
BT
12-20-22 | 10:54 AM
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BT, Yes it is.....but admittedly very cluttered. 
A bit more...I think posted before
I built this several years ago and it has been a nice place to both work and play. I was just out your way on a project and glad I am back where it is a little (lot) warmer.
Best, Ben
A bit more...I think posted before
I built this several years ago and it has been a nice place to both work and play. I was just out your way on a project and glad I am back where it is a little (lot) warmer.
Best, Ben
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12-20-22 | 11:00 AM
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From: Norman, Oklahoma
Bikes: Too many to list
Sweden is the opposite. Winters destroy our bikes. Houses on the other hand are big and I do have a house larger than normal - even for Sweden...
Bikes are everywhere:
In the attic
In the garage (I do have a nack for vintage ABU fishing gear also)
On the porch with the pooch...
And to park them I use this contraption. It keeps the front wheel straight and the bikes from falling over - and you can vacuum the floor without moving them around too much. Also OK for minor work on the bikes.
Bikes are everywhere:
In the attic
In the garage (I do have a nack for vintage ABU fishing gear also)
On the porch with the pooch...
And to park them I use this contraption. It keeps the front wheel straight and the bikes from falling over - and you can vacuum the floor without moving them around too much. Also OK for minor work on the bikes.
magnificent
12-20-22 | 12:37 PM
#100
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From: South Holland, NL
Bikes: Yes, please.
The important ones (mrs non fixie's, mostly) are in the living room. Where else would I keep them?
