Storing cycling clothing?

[Becky]

I bought a Closetmaid 9-cube storage unit and 9 fabric drawers at Target and set it up in my closet. I have 1 drawer for shorts and 1 each for long sleeve, short sleeve and sleeveless jerseys. I use another drawer for socks and gloves. The rest hold small gear like lights, frame pumps, spare tubes, etc. Keeps things neat and everything is accessible whenever I need it.

Now that appeals to me! I'm beginning to think that hangers aren't very space efficient, and it's extra work to hang everything up. If I ditched the hangers, I would have room for cubbies. I guess I'd need a few hangers for jackets and vests, but that can't be more than 4 or 5. Hmmm....

[Miranda]

I vote yes on trying Spinning classes to see if you like them. I teach Spinning at my gym year round. In the winter, a lot of roadies come to the gym just for that. For a lot it's more motivating than getting on their indoor trainers alone. Plus, you might find that you make some new outdoor cycling friends to discuss the sport with while couped up inside during bad weather.

Storage... lol, my stuff is all over the place atm. I was thinking what about clear plastic under the bed storage boxes? Jerseys, shorts, etc. could be rolled and placed inside. Sort stuff out by category and label the boxes on the outside. That way if you want something, it's not such a mess to dig through stuff to find it.

I second that you just need a wicking tank top for indoor training. You are not traveling a distance around that you need the pockets of a jersey. Sports bra. Maybe a pair of shorts or two for the trainer. Or, if inside you could use a gel pad seat cover (in place of a chamois) and wear whatever for shorts for spin class.

[Becky]

I second that you just need a wicking tank top for indoor training. You are not traveling a distance around that you need the pockets of a jersey.

But where am I going to put the remote control for the TV?

Seriously, I don't own any workout tank tops, and only a couple of wicking t-shirts, so it's less expense to just wear my summer jerseys. I won't be working out sans shirt anytime soon, even in my own house.

[ny biker]

But where am I going to put the remote control for the TV?

Hmmm, that reminds me. I used to have a handlebar bag on my bike and I kept the tv and vcr remotes in it while I was spinning at home. But this summer I replaced it with a bento box. I guess I'll have to put it back on the bike for indoor training.

[Cataboo]

i keep a stool next to the bike which has the tv remote & such like that on it.

[shootingstar]

Intriguing....how we have different styles/living situations to squirrel away our cycling apparel and gear. We have no extra beds/pieces of furniture to throw on more stuff...because we lack floor space. We even have to store away our weigh scale. (It is useful: discourages obsession with weighing oneself too often.) Bathroom lacks space. All probably a good thing.

GLC's walk-in rm. closet sounds unimaginable where we live.

To add to my disjointed cycling stuff storage saga, I store my helmets (2), gloves, glasses, headbands and panniers in another storage area where there's also a separated pantry closet for dry foods, my art supplies cart, cleaning agents, etc.

At least this area is also near front of home...there is a walking path in home, that I take as I walk along and gather my clothing and gear from different storage areas before reaching my bike downstairs.

Order in madness does exist.

[GLC1968]

GLC's walk-in rm. closet sounds unimaginable where we live.

Actually, our house is quite small. That one closet and our master bath were added on about 20 years ago to a tiny 1960's ranch home, so they are totally incongruous to the rest of the house. The rest of the place must remain organized or we end up tripping over stuff. I think the disorganized closet (and basement) are probably my way of rebelling. I need to get over it.

[Crankin]

I have a 5 drawer large plastic set of drawers stuck in my walk in closet. It's mostly cycling stuff, but also has my regular base layers, yoga tops, running t's in there. I had to get a bigger set of drawers last year; used to have a 3 drawer one. I don't put the winter/summer stuff away. My skorts and commuter type pants are hanging in the closet, with my regular clothes.

[GLC1968]

I have a closet that is the size of a room and a large basement with built in hanging bars along one side. Unfortunately, this means that I can afford to be messy with my clothing and boy am I!

I don't pack away my winter cycling stuff because in my case, it sometimes gets worn year round (like a couple of weekends ago where I had to pull it out for a rain ride). Most of my cycling tops (jackets, wool cycling specific stuff, jerseys, vests, etc) hang along one side of my closet. My shorts and tights are everywhere - piled in boxes, on the dresser (also in the closet), in a couple of wire bins, shoved in the corner...etc. Buffs, socks, gloves, armwarmers, boleros...those are all pretty much scattered but the things I wear the most are usually near the top of the pile. Seriously, I need an origanizational intervention!

And to be clear, my disorganization applies to ALL my clothing... not just cycling stuff. I really need to spend a weekend getting it all under control.

[Pedal Wench]

I have a closet that is the size of a room and a large basement
And to be clear, my disorganization applies to ALL my clothing... not just cycling stuff. I really need to spend a weekend getting it all under control.

Me too -- and I just did spend two weekends trying to get it under control. Right now, most everything is in neat piles on the basement floor. No idea what to do with it all now.

[Norse]

I don't know if you have a basement, or other out of the way place, but we acquired an old second hand dresser and I keep everything, except the jerseys, in there. That dresser also stores most of our work-out clothes and our winter stuff (hats, gloves...) that we only need part of the year. The jerseys I hang in the closet.

[Owlie]

The jerseys live in my closet (where they share space with my printer and minifridge, as well as all of my jeans). Everything else lives in a drawer.