Apartment living - where do you keep your bike?

In the cupboard in the spare room, and a few in the common areas downstairs (technically not allowed, but there's only 6 units in my block so on one minds)

It's rare to find good underground facilities (certainly I've yet to see one where I'd leave my good bike!), as all they end up being is somewhere quiet and safe for a ruffian to manhandle your pride and joy

Live in duplex so not too bad. Keep it in the hall to the financee's disgust. Not technically allowed but have had no hassle. Wouldn't risk leaving it in the common storage area

Good facilities in underground parking in my place, kind of stand up racks. I leave the commuter down there but I keep the racer in the hallway or in the storage cupboard. Alot of apartments have a storage cupboard and you might be able to fit it in. Maybe standing up...but I have a 54cm so its quite small and fits in. Not really allowed but I carry it in anyways as its just early morning or weekends when I take it out so its quiet.

Its pretty good downstairs but I still wouldn't leave it down there!

At the end of my bed. It kind of fits between the bed and a chest of drawers. Sometimes my toes brush it when I'm going to sleep.

My girlfriend seems a bit put out, but I've caught her touching it too.

Out the back, in view of my kitchen window, locked up to the purpose installed bike rack.

The car park that it's in is all walled in and locked up aswell.

Only a wee small development of apartments, and everyone is quite security conscious.

Tis all good.

Good bike at the end of the bed, ****ty commuter locked up outside. If the gf or whoever doesn't like bikes in the house find a more cultured gf or whoever. Also beware of apartment management companies who don't like bikes.

I used to keep my bikes in my walk-in wardrobe and the hallway in my apartment. It was fun trying to explain to my mum why her daughter was keeping bikes rather than clothes in the wardrobe.

Thankfully I have since moved to a house with a garage and space for a bike workstand.

I keep the carbon in my bedroom and the aluminium one just off the living room. I think it looks nice and adds to the ambience.

In 2nd Bathroom, in the bath, 2 bikes on 1 of these -

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=50398

Bonzer!

Behind the bedroom door - fits nicely. Carrying it up 3 floors is not so great though

In my bedroom, on the turbo.

I'm not sure what the policy is, but until someone knocks on my door and tells me it's not allowed, I don't care. Someone on the first floor keeps a half-decent bike on their balcony. I wouldn't risk that, let alone the underground car park.

Dandelion6 wrote: »

In the underground carpark with two good locks. There are enough poorly-locked bikes there that, fingers crossed, mine won't be the one the thiefs go for.

But can you sleep at night knowing that there might be some bike thief out there who relishes a good challenge?

I have a similar problem in my building, since I moved in (about 8 months ago) I, along with most other people, have been leaving them in the stairways as pretty much everyone uses the lifts and there is plenty of space to get around them anyway, so didn't think they caused any hassle.

But yesterday the building management put up a notice that all bikes must be removed from the communal areas and put into the bike area at the back of the building by Monday or they will be taken away.

They put up a single rack in the back of the building a while ago which in no way could accommodate all the bikes in the building there are only about 6-7 spaces most of which are full of rusting, battered bikes already and I can see at least a dozen others around the building.

In addition it isn't secure and its just off the street so anyone can walk in and make off with our bikes and has no shelter so if it doesn't get stolen it will probably rust.

I know there is probably no law requiring them to give us a bike locking facility but if they are forcing us to use one surely they have to make it accommodate the number of bikes needed and provide some basic form of security and shelter?

I would actually prefer to leave my bike there as its a pain bringing it up and down in the lift but without room, security or shelter its just not worth the risk or am I just expecting too much?