retyred

Having been a BF member for a while and a C&V junkie in particular I have been privileged to view some beautiful bicycles. My question is: What storage methods do you use to ensure that nothing happens to your bikes? Where do you keep them and how do you protect them? We've all seen the top tube dings and scrapes that come from falling objects, etc. I just read today about laundry soap, bleach and other cleaning agents damaging bicycle finishes by becoming airborne! I am ready to box up some of my garage queens. What say you?

jgedwa

I try to not be too fussy about it. But then, I do not have anything that is truly rare or expensive. I tend towards the obsessive, but I try to remember that I am in this for the ride, not the bike. With that in mind, generally the conditions that keep a bike in good working order also happen to keep them good cosmetically too.

I would love to have enough space to hang them all with plenty of space in between. I would love to never lean them on each other. Maybe someday.

jim

redneckwes

My Super Course is in the kitchen right now. I'm going to get a couple of those wall racks, but the SC and the '83 Trek 520 will probably live in the house.

redxj

Most of my bikes stay in the basement. I have a couple spots were they are stored. One is a PVC rack I made that sits on the floor and the rear wheel fits into. The other is a hanging storage I made with rubber coated hooks and a 2x4 (first pic). The other is a 4 bike stand that I store my nicer bikes on usually.





Note: These are old pictures and I have cleaned up the clutter a lot since these were taken.

John E

I hang them by the rims from the garage rafters, using, appropriately enough, "bicycle storage hooks."

john Q public

I heard that 15 lbs. of air is best for tires and I like a heapin helpin of wd40 over the whole cracass for indefinite interment

Hocam

Haven't you heard? A rubberized metal hook. The cycle touring commission of the international touring alliance decided that this was the way to carry a bicycle by train.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw

John E

... otherwise known at home improvement or hardware stores as a bicycle storage hook. Absolutely!

Rabid Koala

Mine hang upside down in the garage, with a couple hanging upside down at my office/shop at work.

I need more room!

solveg

I am currently redecorating my basement from a rec room to an office/TV watching place. It has a fireplace, but other than that there will only be a round anthro desk and a loveseat in the very middle of this large, long, empty room with new carpet and paint. I am going for the warm but minimalist look.

The whole room is 13x50. I am thinking of painting rectangles of color and hanging the bikes within them, like framed art. I may even put little lights above or below them! I may, someday, even make frames around them in crown moulding!

So the area behind the teal atlantis might be salmon colored, the area behind my red Bridgestone might be a sage green, you get the idea! I'll have room for 4-5 bikes on each long wall.

raverson

I have always been a fan of hanging bikes by their wheels with rafter hooks. My current setup uses 2x6 spaced at 16" OC which allows me to hang 12 bikes in an 8' space. Above that I created a storage loft using 1/2" OSB sheeting. The bikes hang down a little over 7' off the ground, but come down easily with a step stool.

retyred

Glad to see this thread return to life. So far nobody has mentioned covering or boxing their most prized bicycles. I also use the bike hook into the rafters method at my warehouse, with the front wheel removed for more clearance. I hang the front wheels on seperate hooks. Each wheel is tagged with pertinent info such as size, hub data and which bike it belongs to. I am going to pass a seperate seismic support cable thru the frames to prevent them from falling should the 'big one' ever occur. Nicer bikes are kept in my garage at home, covered with blankets with foam padding protecting top tubes,forks and stays. All removed parts are kept in plastic bins with ID tags. Helps me combat my Partsheimers!

oopfoo

Errrr....I RIDE my most prized bicycles. I ain't runnin' no museum.

Lamplight

Mine are strategically placed along the walls in the "dining" room, "living" room, and my "bed" room. I use quotations because all of these rooms are primarily bicycle rooms.