SesameCrunch

Doh! So that's what I'm doing wrong?!!

brakemeister

you guys got tv's ?
i am just happy to look at my bikes

stevegor

I have to keep my bikes, ( 3x R20s, 4x road bikes, 5x MTBs, 2x tandems, 1x Raleigh Prima 451 girls bike...numerous frames, wheels and soon to be acquired Moulton ), in my 40'x15' shed!!

I want to keep them inside the house too

nekohime

I have mine right next to the cubbyholes for shoes.

jur

Mine live in the garage (OK that's not furniture), spilling over into the rumpus room. I have to be really careful not to leave black paw prints on the snooker table cloth cover.

folder fanatic

My own bicycles are part of the family's important possessions. So they do have a special place of honor. Just not where they could prove to be a nuisance or even a danger when not in use-elderly person lives here too. I bought a small rectangular piece of carpet yesterday for the wheels of my Twenty to rest on as we have nothing but hard wood floors here. The rest are usually bagged to protect from dust (I hate to dust bikes off if it could be prevented) and stored away indoors in an enclosed non foot traffic area as to prevent people from tripping over them all the time and the animals from possibly destroying the bikes (the cats like to sit on the saddle & the dogs like to play with the little bikes). Now you can see why I dropped down to just 2 folding bikes.

Unless you have a protected from the elements controlled environment in your shed or garage, the best place is inside the house. And that is not including the theft problem.

That is the best and safest place to store your bikes.

brakemeister

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dahon-...&ref=fbx_album

here is an idea
thor

folder fanatic

Just beautiful! Unfortunately, the cats & the dogs will work together like they always do here-i.e. cats knock down food on a high shelf for the dogs and the dogs eat it up-& figure out a way to open doors or drawers.

stevegor

Where I live in Oz the climate is dry and warm for most of the year, our winters very rarely see snow, so I call that a controlled environment, to a certain extent. I do cover my good road bike that I race on, I should get some old bed covers from the Op shop for the rest because of the dust.

My wife would KILL me if I brought my bikes inside to stay...... I can see it now, Stevegor from the house and sleeping in the shed on a camp bed!!

mulleady

=1 PDR!

I find a lot of bikes are engineering marvels and even sometimes works of art. The Brompton in folded or unfolded mode is unusual and not something I feel the need to cover up. It's such a neat package folded anyway.

Juninho

Wow - I can't believe I started this thread almost 2 years ago -> and I still have not found a solution until very recently.

Firstly I would like to apologise. I do not think a folded brompton looks ugly BUT a folded brompton in a tatty cardboard box in our living room does look a little tatty!!

We live in a tiny 2 bed cottage so the entrance is right to the living room - hence the brompton gets plonked just inside the front door next to our couch and the missus has been trying to get me to find a better solution for, well 2 years now!

BUT I have finally found a great solution.

After years of pretending I would get round to building something myself I found someone who is going to do it for me (a cabinet maker). A really nice guy and super enthusiastic and has thought of things I would not even think of (like ventilation/drainage holes in the bottom to let it breath when a little wet).

Its not going to be the cheapest solution but watch this space as will post up pics when done.

I also did a bit more googling and found this:
https://www.goinggoingbike.com/blog/s...mpton-bicycle/

Again not the cheapest but looks very smart!!

Folding-Bikes

Edit: haha I didnt click on your link!

I quite like this:

https://thebromptonshelf.com/




Can't be hard to make?

Juan

Juninho

It can't be hard but after 2 years and not having made it I have gone for the 'lets ask someone else to build it'.

Had the above been available when I was looking 2 years ago that would've solved it. The IKEA cabinet option I looked at was awful - would look like bathroom furniture in the living room.

But yes I do like the shelf as it shows off the Brompton! Lets see what my hinged box looks like when its done! Should be ready in a week or two!

Folding-Bikes

Let us know how it goes! and if it turns out badly you could do what I do (I also live in a small house)

Hang it in the wall, you will be surprised how useful it is!



Juan

fietsbob

Any finish carpenter with a Table Saw, can make a box out of Plywood,
to stow the bike into.
there is a veneer tape to glue on and cover the edges ,
so it wont look like raw Plywood, if it matters, ..
they can add doors and what ever you wish.

badmother

Exactely. Great for many things. I try to only buy stuff that can be used for more than just one purpose. I find the folders to be great "eyecandy" and really like to have one or two in the livingroom (plus one upstairs and one in the hall).

Apart from that the Bonde cabinets from IKEA (no longer sold) is a great size but also the Pax and the Faktum kitchen cabinets.

neilfein

These days, my BF lives behind the couch. I can fit the other folder there as well (although the Dahon lives in the garage now).

Juninho

Hanging on the wall was an option ruled out by the other half! Our cottage is really tiny - our living room (which the front door opens onto) is only 9 foot wide so a Brompton hanging on any of the walls would really stick out!

That all said my box will be ready tomorrow - so I'll make sure I post up some pics in case anyone else has the same problem I had and wants a nice looking solution.

Its not been that much of a problem really (hence its taken me two years to find a solution!) as I have been stashing it in a large open cardboard box behind the door but the other half has agreed the new box can live in front of the door (and double up as a coffee table when the lid is down).

Very excited for tomorrow evening (sad I know!).

fietsbob

You can have boxes and cabinets made , it really is not a secretly held skill.
people that have no college degrees can make things..
in fact usually they learned how , because college costs too much
and they had to learn that stuff , to buy their big pickup truck.

Juninho

yes thanks for that fietsbob

I think I was more just enthusastic about getting something finally done (after 2 years of kidding myself I would get round to build it myself)

BUT apologies my posting is a complete waste of your time and telling you something you know!

im sure this forum has an ignore function and as you have 12k (Im sure all very useful and insightful) posts to your name I am sure you're savy enough to use it so I suggest you add my name to that ignore list and I won;t be wasting your time anymore!

brakemeister

newbs ... lighten up ....

he didnt write it with any more sarcasm than you were writing yours .... usually these posts dont go anywhere in a hurry ....
just as you suggest to him to use the ignore..... you could have done the same .... or ???
No reason to escalate a missunderstanding ....

we have a very nice atmosphere around here you will see, its a great place to hang out... just give it a little time ...:-)
thor

fietsbob

Just saying
Any town's builders would really like the work.. New, single family, housing starts
are rather slow these days..

Juninho

Aplogies jumping at the bit... I read that as a 'duhhh are you saying you can have boxes built - how exciting'.

I know this is a friendly place and I have been lurking around on this forum for the better part of 2 years - I just don't post much (except on this thread as I am interested in peoples ideas).

Looking back through the posts it was actually fietsbob that presented the idea of lieing it on its side - I actually thought about this as it would be better in some ways but the footprint would be bigger.

Juninho

Juninho

Finally got the box (pics above - not the best pics as taken with my phone using unnatural light) - when specifying the dimensions I asked the person to make it a little larger than the bike dimensions so it also has space for umbrellas, the bag and also a helmet.

As a result its quite large - and therefore a little imposing but looks so much better than the cardbox we had there before and the other half is very very pleased with it!

The cats less than happy though as she used to like scratching and jumping into the cardboard box when the bike wasn't there!