Where in the house do you keep your bike?
02-02-16, 06:41 AM
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Two of my bikes have been in the living room since late Fall. I don't really live in my living room. 
The other two are in the garage. I used to keep all of my bikes in the mini barn, but I feel they are safer in the garage or house.
The other two are in the garage. I used to keep all of my bikes in the mini barn, but I feel they are safer in the garage or house.
02-02-16, 07:10 AM
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We don't have a garage so we keep our bikes inside the house. It's only us and there's 3 bedrooms, my SO turned one of the rooms into a sort of "man-cave" and that's where our bikes hang. But I think when his daughter moves in with us we'll have to relocate our bikes to hangers in the hallway or maybe build up a shed in the backyard.
02-02-16, 07:25 AM
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What is this thing you call a "garage?" The two of us have a total of 5 bikes on the first floor. There are two or three that we rarely ride in the basement.
02-02-16, 07:27 AM
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Commuter leans on a garage wall, nearby the garage door. Four others hang on a ceiling rack. Wife's tourer will soon hang via pulleys on the garage ceiling.
My basement has a side walk up. Basement shop has a floor standing rack with one other bike.
My tools and workstand live in the basement shop.
My basement has a side walk up. Basement shop has a floor standing rack with one other bike.
My tools and workstand live in the basement shop.
02-02-16, 07:40 AM
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EVERYWHERE (garage, basement, fitness room, den (from time to time), and when Lisa is traveling one might be in the bedroom.
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I'm not worried about vermin, cold, or humidity for storing bikes in the garage. I am concerned about theft. I keep the garage tightly locked when I'm home and away. When we travel, all bikes move to the basement (in my house, it's a below-grade basement with no walk-out so very secure).
It is very likely when Lisa gets her next bike (high-end Bianchi), it will come inside the house for storage. The price tag on that bike makes it worth the effort to store inside.
EVERYWHERE (garage, basement, fitness room, den (from time to time), and when Lisa is traveling one might be in the bedroom.
[/h]It is very likely when Lisa gets her next bike (high-end Bianchi), it will come inside the house for storage. The price tag on that bike makes it worth the effort to store inside.
02-02-16, 08:09 AM
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My bikes hang from the ceiling in the living room. I have the pulley system to raise/lower.
02-02-16, 08:39 AM
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Ubercommuter: hook in the ceiling of the entryway.
All the others: porch, shop, garage, and one gets locked up outside through all weather. Poor thing.
All the others: porch, shop, garage, and one gets locked up outside through all weather. Poor thing.
02-02-16, 03:05 PM
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The biggest issue with the garage would be theft.
Especially if you use a ride app like Strave without putting on privacy settings. It's directing some thieves directly to your bicycle. And most garages aren't that secure.
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Especially if you use a ride app like Strave without putting on privacy settings. It's directing some thieves directly to your bicycle. And most garages aren't that secure.
GH
02-02-16, 03:57 PM
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I live in the Houston area and the high heat and humidity takes a noticeable toll on the metal parts when stored in the garage, especially the vintage bikes. When stored in the garage, I've seen metal chain ring bolts start rusting in 3 months. Clean them up and store the bike inside, same bolts have not formed any new rust yet.
02-02-16, 04:14 PM
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02-02-16, 04:22 PM
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Two of mine in the garage (along with my daughter's bike) and one in the living room. It took awhile for Mr. YogaKat to come around accept that there was going to be a bike living inside.
02-02-16, 04:29 PM
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I have a house without a garage, which is where I'd keep the bikes otherwise. I keep most in the basement, and the active one or two that I'm riding all the time off to the side between the entrance and living room.
Other than the possibility or rats gnawing on your tires, there's no reason not to keep your bikes in the garage.
Other than the possibility or rats gnawing on your tires, there's no reason not to keep your bikes in the garage.
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02-02-16, 05:03 PM
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Muddy gravel bike in the garage, racked commuter usually in garage or sometimes the spare room, single speed funmuter in hallway next to garage.
I am not sure why I keep the funmuter in the hallway, I guess it is the leather saddle.
I am not sure why I keep the funmuter in the hallway, I guess it is the leather saddle.
02-02-16, 05:41 PM
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We have five people and have six bikes in our garage. Plus two in the house, but those are the Bromptons (foldable bikes). They take up very little space. I don't like to keep the studded tire bikes in the house because the studs scratch the hardwood floors.
02-02-16, 05:54 PM
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Family of 5, we have tons of bikes.
My wife has one, and I have two, that are relatively valuable. We keep these indoors, in the play room, either hanging from the ceiling or on a trainer stand.
The rest of them live in the garage. Or the yard, when the kids leave theirs outside.
My wife has one, and I have two, that are relatively valuable. We keep these indoors, in the play room, either hanging from the ceiling or on a trainer stand.
The rest of them live in the garage. Or the yard, when the kids leave theirs outside.
02-02-16, 06:10 PM
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@ the OP Rotter ~ what is your climate? approx. where do you live?
02-02-16, 06:19 PM
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5 in the basement, an additional 2 are kept in the garage year round. The garage is heated and cooled so no corrosion concerns.
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02-02-16, 06:24 PM
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My recreational bike I keep in the basement. I don't have a garage, but I do have a shed where I store my commuter bike.
02-04-16, 07:28 PM
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I keep all of mine in my office/bike room. My boys each keep their bike in their room. I had my garage broken into 2 years ago and everything of worth stolen including bikes, tools, camping gear, ect. Now all of my bikes are stored inside.
02-04-16, 07:58 PM
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In the living room behind a couch since we don't have a garage. When we had a garage, there.
02-04-16, 08:33 PM
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In my basement where I have built a 9 bike bike rack out of PVC pipe and the bikes park in the rack all in a nice row and covered in blankets...to prevent mysterious scratches from appearing.
02-04-16, 10:34 PM
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Mine live in the living room. Though I am working on cleaning up the basement family room to use for bike storage and maintenance so hopefully I can do that.
I do not have a garage and if I did I would want to convert it so it wasn't a garage but a heated and cooled part of the house to work on and store bikes that was highly secure. I wouldn't want to leave my bikes in any sort of outdoor like conditions if I can avoid it. I might put human children there or lawn equipment if it were an unheated/uncooled garage but bikes no way.
I do not have a garage and if I did I would want to convert it so it wasn't a garage but a heated and cooled part of the house to work on and store bikes that was highly secure. I wouldn't want to leave my bikes in any sort of outdoor like conditions if I can avoid it. I might put human children there or lawn equipment if it were an unheated/uncooled garage but bikes no way.
02-04-16, 10:48 PM
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I live in a small town where if I chain them to the antenna mast, I might notice, it the TV tuner isn't constantly flashing !NO SIGNAL.
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