Outdoor Bike Storage

[jessmarimba]

Sorry the rest of us couldn't contribute much. My bikes live in my dining room.

[Blueberry]

Sorry the rest of us couldn't contribute much. My bikes live in my dining room.

And the living room (including 2 on trainers). And the extra bed room. Yeah - pretty much all over the house. We're thinking of remodeling our garage to accommodate them (concrete floor from dirt, extra security) - but I think I would have separation anxiety

[limewave]

Last year on Black Friday we picked up a Garage in a Box at Tractor Supply for $150.

We live near Lake MI on a hill and we can get very strong winds too. The "garage in a box" has shown to be quite sturdy. We store all of our bikes in there: 4 mountain bikes, 2 road bikes, 2 children's bikes, 1 bike trailer, and one tag-a-long bike. We also store a tractor and other miscellaneous stuff in it. It's quite large. We do have to lock the bikes to a secured bike rack in the shed.

[out_spokin']

When we bought our home (an older/smaller Victorian w/ very little storage space inside) we knew we had to have a shed for bikes & outdoor/lawn stuff. We went with a local shed/garage builder's version of a Tuff-shed and don't regret it one bit. It's wood framed, versatile, tough, easy to add locks inside and easy to keep locked outside. Plus it looks great -- painted to match the house. I'm considering adding hanging hooks to the roof line to fit more bikes in there, though, since now some have migrated inside and threaten to take over more than one room.

I use a version of the BikeStor that I rent from our transit authority at the park -n-ride. It's really sturdy, the lock mechanism is excellent, and the height isn't a problem for quick in and out. Since it has no floor junk can blow in under the sides; if I lived in a wet area I'd think twice unless I could put down concrete or similar under it. If I were storing a lot of misc items it might be a pain to bend down a lot, but it's excellent for when I throw in my helmet, panniers, etc. Of course I only rent a 1/4 of it, and the divisions are clever - diagonal, leaving maximum # of bikes for the smallest footprint. Don't know how it'd go for a consumer purchase.