Bike storage

[ededwards]

I'm not totally sure that this is the right question but it does follow on from the 'how many retro bikes do you have?' thread so here may be as good a place as any.

For many of us, storage space is finite and often one of the limiting factors in trying to keep the acquisative side/madness at bay. Assuming that this is the case, what's the best method of storage - in your bedroom? In a large, barely organised pile rather like a bike version of the last 5 minutes of the Rugby World Cup Final? In neatly ordered rows? Hanging from wall or ceiling? Hiring a lock up? Round you mums? I'm sure there are some options that I've missed…….

As always, photographic illustration very useful.

 

[orange71]

depends on who you have to hide them from. Burglars. Wives. etc.

I find a cellar with spiders in it perfectly practical as a deterrent to both the above

 

[cce]

my mtb is in my bedroom, my road bike is in the shed.

 

[marc two tone]

wags' nightmare

storage should be a problem for me in a small apartment.

however,i'm happy to live amongst my flock providing numbers are controlled

yes, the pic is meant to be a walk-through wardrobe and, yes those are wheels/rims IN the wardrobe hang-up section. a wags nightmare i reckon

 

[Stylus]

mine is in the kitchen :roll:

 

[BerthaPog]

In the garage as below.

Regular riders in a toast rack at the front, two specials on a wall mounted rack - it would be easier to knock the wall down than remove them from the rack, which sadly is no longer available, others as and where available.

And yes I know it needs tidying.

 

[cornholio's RC200]

Three in the lounge, two in the shed and two stored at work.

Oh yeah and a broken one on the wall in the shed as well

 

[Carlos]

I set up a bike shop to keep my small fleet in!

 

[jamabikes]

4 in the workshop, 3 in the wooden shed, 1.5 in shed mk4, 3 frames and various wheels tyres and tubes in the loft, and 1 just in the garden. the 1 in the garden is sacrificial, a little tip my copper mate told me.

 

[sancho]

2 In a friend's garage, 5 in my parents' basement, and the rest in my basement, where they can be locked together with long cable locks. One of these days I'll find a way to load them up and drive the 1700 miles it will take to have them all in one place.