Access to your bikes is important you have the ease of getting to your chosen bike without the faff of moving everything else decent shelves and racking for parts is a must as is utilising roof space for wheels and frames I store my bike top and tail to reduce space the pic below is of a 6ft by 10ft stable I used
Culling bikes and builds, decisions?
- Thread starter ishaw
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Maybe the solution is to get rid of the clutter/bikes not used/parts not going to be used and sort the garage out so that things can be stored better and are more accessible.
Security is a concern due to a recent attempted garage break in. The pics/storage suggestions are food for thought, but how does security tie in with them?
As for whether I'm hanging on to anything because of rarity? Perhaps a little, and is probably why I pitted the dbr and torus against each other. Same frame material, similar build in some areas. The torus is rigid, the dbr suspended but I have been contemplating making the dbr rigid with either some nuke proof or pace carbon forks? Or swapping out the modern fox for some retro fsx or pace evos?
Security is a concern due to a recent attempted garage break in. The pics/storage suggestions are food for thought, but how does security tie in with them?
As for whether I'm hanging on to anything because of rarity? Perhaps a little, and is probably why I pitted the dbr and torus against each other. Same frame material, similar build in some areas. The torus is rigid, the dbr suspended but I have been contemplating making the dbr rigid with either some nuke proof or pace carbon forks? Or swapping out the modern fox for some retro fsx or pace evos?
Osella
Senior Retro Guru
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Aye; the Beeb did a feature last year about break-ins, & spoke to several former thieves who said that padlocks & deadbolts are not a deterrent on many sheds as they only need 1-2 screwdrivers & simply undo the hinges, as many sheds are built from flat-packs. They suggested using those non-unscrewable screws.
Same for windows as well, they can often be pried out wholesale from the walls (not such an issue with getting bikes out) and one said with nothing more than a screwdriver he would just lift the roof off 'kit' sheds or jimmy the walls apart..
They will also happily climb over a wall to get in & throw a bike over a wall or fence to get out where there's an alleyway or garages behind a property. Just for thought..
Aye; the Beeb did a feature last year about break-ins, & spoke to several former thieves who said that padlocks & deadbolts are not a deterrent on many sheds as they only need 1-2 screwdrivers & simply undo the hinges, as many sheds are built from flat-packs. They suggested using those non-unscrewable screws.
Same for windows as well, they can often be pried out wholesale from the walls (not such an issue with getting bikes out) and one said with nothing more than a screwdriver he would just lift the roof off 'kit' sheds or jimmy the walls apart..
They will also happily climb over a wall to get in & throw a bike over a wall or fence to get out where there's an alleyway or garages behind a property. Just for thought..
No windows, doors dead bolted. Side door is a proper one with multiple anchor points when locked. Window is double glazed. Bikes locked inside and garage alarmed, as is shed.
Security light/alarm on outside too. Not much more that can be added on that front, aside from a neater way to store things inside.
Security light/alarm on outside too. Not much more that can be added on that front, aside from a neater way to store things inside.
kenaltobelli
Retrobike Rider
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I have loads of locks and cables, on my bikes plus non of the wheels in some so if a break in they have to hunt about a bit, the locks are far to heavy to use for a café run too
I have loads of locks and cables, on my bikes plus non of the wheels in some so if a break in they have to hunt about a bit, the locks are far to heavy to use for a café run too
ishaw":dpqvu7wz said:
Ian, it seems to me that you won't know how many bikes you have room for until you have maximised the storage space that you have. Ditto the question of parts clutter.
I would start by sorting your storage so that you can easily access everything. If that point you still have more frames than you can store you can revisit the cull.
Otherwise, at this point you can spend more time riding and let your rides determine which bikes/frames you keep/cull
stu
jammy git
Afternoon!
Had a similar problem, too many bikes and not enough space
Did as many are suggesting on here, improved my storage systems and came to the conclusion I only needed to sell one bike, decided on the one that I had the least emotional attachment to....now all bikes are easily accesible, job done!
Cheers
Stu
Had a similar problem, too many bikes and not enough space
Did as many are suggesting on here, improved my storage systems and came to the conclusion I only needed to sell one bike, decided on the one that I had the least emotional attachment to....now all bikes are easily accesible, job done!
Cheers
Stu
Massive chain anchored and on a drum at one end, bloody massive wall anchor at the other end. Getting to either needs 3 or 4 of the bikes to come down.ishaw":gluvm9s1 said:
If they can get into the room in the first place.
Threading the massive chain through 4 inner tubes took bloody ages.
Turns out it was only expensive for the polymer coated one, having it put in a rubber tube was only 5 or 6 quid extra per metre. Bugger.
