solveg

I saw that one! It would be perfect, except that it's metal. It would do in a pinch, but I thought I read elsewhere that metal sheds promote rust...

I ended up commandeering one side of an existing shed up north, but I still think there would be a big market for rubbermaid if they made a self-contained (4 wall) bike version. Even this design would be great--you could even stack them if it had built in bike holders

Tom Bombadil

Galvanized steel is rust resistant. Depending upon how galvanized it is, it can go for many years without rusting. This particular one does have a 12 year warranty.

Rober

That's a good idea. Kind of like a bike garage. At our house the cars go in the garage and the bikes are in the house - but I think that's not too uncommon with this crowd. Our bike garage is in the furnace room. It has a bike rack (built of wood), a shelf with hooks above it for all the bike stuff, and a place for the pump, water bottles, shop towels, lube, Allens, packs, and extra sets of tires (and a "to be patched" tube box). In winter, shoes and jackets can be dried above the boiler and in the summer the bikes (and tires) are kept cool and dust-free. The whole thing cost maybe $20, including the hooks (an old hat rack). I even got fancy and painted the hooks and shelf white.

Tom Bombadil

Suncast makes one like the Rubbermaid small shed.

https://www.suncast.com/productdispla...?id=463&pid=55

solveg

dbg, I've decided to bite the bullet and get maybe two of these. One will keep all my bike/camping stuff, and the other for the stuff in my garage that I don't have room for anymore. I have a narrow but deep garage and there's no room on the sides of it even for shelves if I want to be able to open the doors of either vehicle. I can have one "active" and one "parked" car the way it was set up before.

I checked the prices, and remarkably, the cheapest was Ace Hardware! They deliver for $20.

But questions: can one person assemble this, or should I call over some friends? Can you lock it? How did you attach the helmet hangers? How heavy is it when it's unassembled?

solveg

Beverly, I see you have the same shed, but replaced the locking mechanism.

Look what else I found as I was digging around! This is kind of a goofy air-bladder for cars. Would be great* against Kansas hail, but it looks like a pain to get the car in and out, and would be useless if the electricity went out.

https://www.carcapsule.com/home.htm

solveg

Wait. Beverly, yours looks way* better than the ones I saw. Which model is it? Is it Rubbermaid Brand?

This is the one I was looking at, and I like the roof on yours. Yours looks like a real shed instead of a box.

https://www.acehardware.com/product/i...ductId=2857788

The prices are all over the place. For this Rubbermade shed, I've seen everything from $450- $900.

solveg

Well, if I need 2 of them, I could get this for the same price, and it's cute:

linkie

Wow! Selling at Sam's Club for $863!

nivekdodge

My father in law wanted to install a thing that was like a lean to. had 2 walls and a door on the end. you put it against an existing building. A local carpenter should be able to build something like the garbage can hiders...

Boudicca

I like the idea of something small enough to go on a balcony or a patio. Maybe 2 bike sized.

BengeBoy 

Would be a great fundraiser for a bike club to auction off a custom-made bike shed. Lots of charities around the country do these "Project Playhouse" auctions...

https://www.homeaidatlanta.org/event...seshowcase.php

surfrider

I've got one of these Rubbermaid horizontal shed. Bought it to store the patio furniture and BBQ, but a bike would fit in it if you just turn the front wheel (similar to what happens when you support a bike with a kickstand). Two bikes would fit in, but might be a little snug. You could hang gear on the handlebars, or buy some hook attachements that Rubbermaid sells. Bought it at Home Despot.

https://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid...d=HPProd130011

Dchiefransom

Go vertical. Stand the bike up.

https://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid...d=HpdCat190054

big chainring 

Cycle Safe

TMB

I'd to have buy, like 14 of them !!!!

rraabfaber

On the University of New Mexico campus, they have bike lockers you can rent (for a semester, iirc.) They are sort of wedge shaped. It SEEMS like they are made of rubbermaid plastic and metal, but may be all metal. Anyway, they are modular, and several of them can be connected into a round sort of... thing. Nothing I would leave a bike in overnight, but for commuters with pricey parts on their rides, I can see it.

rraabfaber

It needs to have something better than a latch. More like a bomb-proof built in locking system. Maybe instead of Rubbermaid, it needs to be Halliburton (like the cases.) Of course, that blows your $135 pricepoint out of the water, eh?

solveg

Now you're thinking! And it could float, in case of hurricane!

Tom Bombadil

Here are some pricey, high security options:

https://www.creativepipe.com/bicycle_storage_lockers.htm

Road Fan

Or the "Solveg Securer."

How have you been, haven't seen you here for a while!

Road Fan

Road Fan

For my old old garage I bought a construction-grade Master lock with a n excellent sealing system, and a latch hasp. The hasp screws to each "barn door" and a big flat lever folds across the break between doors to cover the screws when locked - it can't be undone with anything but heavy tools. If that can be mounted to a hollow blow-molded door like on a plastic shed, it will be a good weatherproof locker-upper.

solveg

Oh, I'm lurking!

Say, what did you guys think of that air bubble thing? I think there's a good market for a bike sized version so people could store their bikes on balconies.

Tom Bombadil

The air bubble is decidedly "non-green."