summer is our indoor season here in big d, too.

I've been there. I felt like Willy Wonka....

:lol:

Robbie, you never cease to crack me up!

Man Cave............
 

just me and 2 cats...........

I prefer working outside, in my driveway, when the weather permits.

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Primary shop where all the bicycle tools are located is in the basement. Cool in the summer, warm in winter, plus the fridge is right next to the workbench... After someone dragged a muddy MTB thru the kitchen, into the foyer and down the steps (very exciting afternoon :) , amazing he survived that ) , we built one of those PVC 'Instructables' workstands to use in a decon station in the garage/driveway.

Well, at this point I've pretty much taken over the spare room downstairs of our 2 bedroom apartment. It's so nice to finally have a nice warm room to just go work on bikes in. It's 12'x12', so nothing compared to some of you guys, but it works for me. I put my new tarantulas in there and basically turned it into my shop. Pretty soon I might have the official discussion with my girlfriend about it just becoming my guy room. I gotta wear her down a little more on this whole idea of having 5-10 bikes in what is currently the spare room, which was originally intended to be a guest room.

She's actually really good about it, though. I always have a couple bikes leaned up against the railing upstairs and she never says anything.

I usually have the radio on when I'm wrenching. I love it. Sometimes I connect my ipod to the boombox.

I guess I have to try some beer or wine. It might be nice.

Pandora; Prairie Home Companion or instant Netflix............

or maybe this...............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eCdIe0wdvU

Garage...basement...living room floor...kitchen table...den...driveway...coffee table (not alone)....anywhere and everywhere...I have even cleaned parts in the kitchen sink...I just do it neatly, and clean up after myself (plus a little extra cleaning thrown in) which explains why I am still alive and breathing ;)

Almost all of my wrenching is done in the workshop that is in the rear of my garage. This winter I plan to move down into an freshly emptied area of the basement. 60F beats 20F for working on bikes.

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Uhmmm.. lets see,......
Garage, of course, The sidewalk in front of our house, The deck in the back, Living Room, Kitchen counter, Bathroom (for late night small parts disassembly cleaning/lubing)...and then of course, the bedroom!
I guess the question should have been "Where do you NOT work on your bike and parts"?? I wish I could d the same with my motorcycle!:D

Chombi

My basement is my bike workplace (plus woodshop plus laundry room plus lots of storage of all sorts of junk). It has about a 1,000 sq foot footprint, and I use about half of that for bike storage and wrenching (we don't have a garage). Access is via a bulkhead door to the backyard and an interior door down a narrow staircase from the kitchen. Several local BF-ers have bumped their heads getting in and out of my basement! I'm generally a fairly tidy person, but somehow the bike inner sanctum ends up to be fairly disheveled:

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Neal

Small stuff in my garage. Bigger stuff in the shop at work.

I tore down two bikes, and assembled one from the remains in my one bedroom apartment. Did some of the painting there, too, but I don't recommend that... I share the space with four bikes altogether. I live alone so there's no one to carp about the crowding :)

well I was simply working in my hotel room or the area right outside hidden from the sun. however that job has come to an abrupt end so now I'll be working in my new rearranged "Bike and Entertaining" area.

I am seldom actually home, well was seldom home LOL, so I wanted my living room to be very functional and useful. I was going to wait until I was a bit better organized to post some pics but here goes.

this is the 'work area I have not setup the stand yet

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...5&d=1289441924

I have a three-car detached garage with an alley entrance and no driveway; the third bay is now full of bikes, as seen in the photo below. This is not the actual workspace, however. The previous owners left behind a wooden workbench in the garage and another in the basement. I usually work outdoors on the brick patio, because I prefer the natural light. (No, not the Natural Light beer.) If it's after dark, which in Michigan in summer is 10:00, then I'm in the garage, and I sometimes pull a car or van out of the middle bay so I can use the workbench with elbow room. I don't have the room to work on a bike in the basement, partly because I have a winemaking corner next to the workbench, too. I'll need to create some space in there, clear the workbench so I can work indoors this winter too.

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i've got a typical improv basement workshop, but together on the cheap:

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right behind me in the last picture is one of the best aspects of the workshop: one of those deep double-wide utility sinks with hot and cold water. it's my degreasing and parts scrubbing station!

I never drink on my own just for the heck of it but I get beers sometimes in exchange for wrench time, it's pretty sweet to work in bikes with a good buzz on.

Believe it or not Bikemore has got you beat in terms of volume. He's got several shop's worth of gear.

Like Auchencrow, I prefer working outside weather permitting. I was doing just that last weekend, but this week, fall/winter weather seems to have finally caught up to Northern Coloradol. When necessary, I work in my 2 car heated garage (complete with stereo, sub-woofer & beer fridge). It's a real drag...

Could be, Alex, but you haven't yet seen my basement!

Neal

Neal... I love your dungeon.

I have three shops to work in...

Mine - a double garage that is often full to the gills with bikes.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/bikecave2.JPG

The frame shop where I apprentice...

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/arvonshop4.JPG

And I still spend a good deal of time at he bike co-op volunteering and it's a nice place to go and tinker and socialize.

I've moved around.... ALOT over the years, and have worked on my bikes in great workshops, basements, extra bedrooms, decks, porches, you name it.
I have a great old 1920's garage with a wonderful workshop in Salt Lake City (it's a rent house), but am relegated to setting up my stand in my living room or on my balcony in my small downtown apartment in Calgary, where I am working these days.

Oh neat. I contemplated building a hanging rack like this, but went for a less ambition solution for now.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...3&d=1289441891

I'm assuming that is free standing?