Suggest an Outdoor Bike Storage System

kennyb3

I'm moving house next week, but the new place doesn't have a shed and the place is covered in carpet meaning chancing my arm with the missus and sticking it in a spare room is out of the question.

I'll be renting again so don't want to put down a big shed that will cost a fortune but am open to a small one or some sort of storage unit.

A very quick google brought up this but its pricey. Looking for maybe 300 max. figured some boardsies had already researched this before, so help appreciated.

tunney

kennyb3 wrote: »

I'm moving house next week, but the new place doesn't have a shed and the place is covered in carpet meaning chancing my arm with the missus and sticking it in a spare room is out of the question.

I'll be renting again so don't want to put down a big shed that will cost a fortune but am open to a small one or some sort of storage unit.

A very quick google brought up this but its pricey. Looking for maybe 300 max. figured some boardsies had already researched this before, so help appreciated.

The security of any bike box assumes a ground anchor. Once one is in its in. Awkward for renting.

PersonalJesus

Depends how much the bike(s) are worth really.

Due to not being able to afford a shed at the moment, I have an anchor point into a wall and a long kryptonite flex cable which accommodates 3 bikes. Cover this with a halfords multi bike all-weather tarp. Keeps them dry and is breathable too.

tunney

PersonalJesus wrote: »

Depends how much the bike(s) are worth really.

Due to not being able to afford a shed at the moment, I have an anchor point into a wall and a long kryptonite flex cable which accommodates 3 bikes. Cover this with a halfords multi bike all-weather tarp. Keeps them dry and is breathable too.

I have kryptonite flex cable but I wouldn't use it for anything really. Its snippable in the extreme.

PersonalJesus

Probably, but thats why im saying it depends on the price of the bikes. Its the only adequate way we have of storing a couple of bikes at the minute.

A wooden shed can normally be broken into pretty easily too.

tunney

PersonalJesus wrote: »

Probably, but thats why im saying it depends on the price of the bikes. Its the only adequate way we have of storing a couple of bikes at the minute.

A wooden shed can normally be broken into pretty easily too.

Yip they can.

Plastik

How many bikes? Apartment living means some creative storage solutions have to be found. This is how I roll!



Second bathroom, in the bath. If we have people over to stay and need to free up the bathroom I put one in the car and the other locked up on the balcony.

tunney

Plastik wrote: »

How many bikes? Apartment living means some creative storage solutions have to be found. This is how I roll!



Second bathroom, in the bath. If we have people over to stay and need to free up the bathroom I put one in the car and the other locked up on the balcony.

Doesn't address the stolen to order problem where houses/apartments are robbed for the bikes. Inside a house/apartment does not mean secure.

kennyb3

At the moment it's only a winter bike and a mountain bike - not hugely expensive and mainly just trying to avoid rust and provide store that keeps harmony on the domestic front.

I'm not mad on the cover only idea. I guess it will likely be a wooden shed or one of those storage units. The unit would be handier for bringing with, when we find a permanent house, when leaving but seem quite expensive.

hans aus dtschl

tunney wrote: »

Doesn't address the stolen to order problem where houses/apartments are robbed for the bikes. Inside a house/apartment does not mean secure.

I don't think you'll find much in the <€300 price range that addresses the "stolen to order" problem. If your bike's so good that people are breaking into your house for it, you need to move house!

Lumen

Statistically speaking the chances of your house being broken into are very small. The averages don't tell the whole story though - for most people the probability is about zero, but for a small number of people the chances are quite high.

I've had two bikes stolen to order from my house. I got one of them (the expensive one) back.

Despite this I don't lock bikes in my house except when I go away for more than a day or two. Locking stuff inside ones house is no way to live.

Plastik

While someone certainly won't be stealing my Planet X to order, I do have it on the contents insurance. If you're keeping your good bike inside then it makes sense to add it.

tunney

Plastik wrote: »

While someone certainly won't be stealing my Planet X to order, I do have it on the contents insurance. If you're keeping your good bike inside then it makes sense to add it.

Assuming then that (a) its not worth *that* much and (b) you don't race on it.

chakattack

Put a mat on a section of carpet in the spare room and carry the bike(s) in and out?

Tell your missus that she'll have to learn to live with the idea of cohabiting with your other "ladies"?

Lumen

Plastik wrote: »

While someone certainly won't be stealing my Planet X to order

Someone posted an interesting article from the US recently about how different sorts of bike theft work.

The bottom level is stuff nicked by junkies/scummers for €50. Doesn't matter what it's actually worth, it's only worth €50 to the guy who nicks it.

The level up is a bit more discerning. A decent carbon bike might be worth €200 to the thief, who will then sell it on to an ordinary punter for perhaps three times that.

Your Planet-X looks expensive, that might be enough.

manwithaplan

Plastik wrote: »

If we have people over to stay and need to free up the bathroom I put one in the car and the other locked up on the balcony.

Just to be clear here, you are talking about the bikes?

Emeraldy Pebbles

I leave my bike in the sitting room, as the room is an ample size. Just wondering, would be it be worth locking the wheels while it's indoors just in case we get broken into at any stage?

Cyclepath

Couldn't be arsed doing a 'LMGTFY' but here's the link anyway...

http://www.bikedocksolutions.ie/cat_name/Cycle-Lockers.aspx?gclid=CJ7d2a6X9LICFQRO4QodFwUAUA