The Drawer

[jobob]

That's a really clever idea !

[Trek420]

Thank you! Spazzdog should have her own show on HG TV. That gal's got a sense of design.

The other plan (which I still may do, got lots left) was to have Bikerhen and Bikerchick make a quilt out of 'em. They do that y'know.

[DebW]

The next question is: how does your collection of bike stuff compare to collections related to your other sports or interests? Some of you have such big bike collections, I'm wondering if you have room for anything else.

I have one large under-bed drawer of bike stuff, which has to share space with my sleep clothes and a few other odds and ends (but the odds and ends are losing space). Another similar sized drawer is totally stuffed with hiking clothes (wool socks, mittens, long underwear, etc). The basement has my bike tools and spare parts, either on the work bench or in a cardboard box (spare and old parts) or sitting out (work stand, truing stand). My basement also has a shelving unit and 2 closets full of hiking stuff (stoves, tents, pots, water filters, packs, boots). Besides that, the ping pong table is usually half covered with my hiking stuff and maybe a sewing project related to hiking. So for now the biking collection is smaller than the hiking collection, but neither collection is small. The canoe and kayak stuff doesn't take much indoor space (kayaks outside, paddles in garage, PFDs in garage or attic, wet and dry suits in closets).

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

After reading this thread, I decided my drawers were not obscenely exploding enough with biking clothes. So I just ordered some more!

[mlove]

I feel better about the large number of jerseys hanging in my closet. The cycling shorts, tights, etc. are in the cedar chest at the end of my bed. Socks are in the sock drawer.

Now that retirement is only 11 days away, I am thinking about buying more cycling clothes since I don't need work clothes any more. Seems like a good trade-off to me.

[DDH]

Pooks, your a step ahead of me. Mine still lie around for now. I have no extra drawer or place to put my stuff. I have some sitting on my dresser, and some are laying across the rim of the bathtub. (where I layed them to dry last time I washed them).
Maybe this should be my insentive to go clean my drawers and closet.
Our bikes are in the living room
I want them in the back spare room, but DH has to set up something so we can put them back there and just hasn't done it yet. He wants to put some hooks on the walls to stand them up, I just want to get them out of the living room. I wish we had a little place outside to put them but yet be able to keep them out of the weather. Would be a lot easier to just go grab and go ride.
My bike shoes are sitting in my living room too.
Just not very organized. Guess since the weather is getting to the point that not much biking is going on, I should organize everything this winter.

[caligurl]

i refuse to talk about how much space is utilized by cycling gear!

[Blueberry]

Now that retirement is only 11 days away, I am thinking about buying more cycling clothes since I don't need work clothes any more. Seems like a good trade-off to me.

Congratulations!!!!! May you and your bike enjoy lots of time together in the near future!

[Kimmyt]

My house is filled with my gear. I luuurve it. However, it is running a bit rampant and I am feeling the need to do some winter cleaning.

Living room: two (formerly 4 before The Boy took his bikes out to CO with him) bikes and a regulation size ping pong table.

Dining room: Climbing shoes, chalk, chain lube on a pile on floor. A fleece, usually my Timbuk2 messenger bag from work sitting next to them.

Closet in living room: bike helmets, gloves, cycling gym bag(s), more chain lube, bike locks

Another closet in living room: ski pants, jackets, more chain lube (we have bottles of this stuff EVERYWHERE!)

My room: One broken drawer (it won't go back into the tread) full of miscellaneous clothing, cycling shorts/jerseys, mesh shorts, all wicking tank tops and t-shirts. Another drawer of warm layers, base layers, synthetics, dirty grungy pants for climbing. Another drawer for tanks with built in sports bras. That leaves me 2 drawers for regular clothes, and my closet.

But my cycling gear doesn't take the cake.... this, my friends, is my Pretty. The Boy and I built it in our basement a few months ago. It is 8 feet long and 4 feet tall, and there are backpacks and more gear piled on the floor below it that you can't see. It is soooooo pretty innit?

[tygab]

oh man, if there's ever a gear sport, that'd be rock/ice climbing. Congrats on the nice collection! I haven't gotten into it but I know some who are devotees.

I feel so much better now about having 4 tubs and two shelving units of outdoors sports gear, to which biking got added this year. Our bike collection is a small drop compared to our kayaking gear (for example, we currently have I think six paddles for 2 people), but steadily gaining. Hey as long as we're out there enjoying it, tis all good.

-T

[Trek420]

mlove Congratulations!!!!!

10 days now

[Kimmyt]

oh man, if there's ever a gear sport, that'd be rock/ice climbing. Congrats on the nice collection! I haven't gotten into it but I know some who are devotees.
-T

Yeah, I swear I know some folks who like climbing like it just because it gives them an excuse to collect gear. Ours is actually pretty minimal, despite how it looks (thats twice as much gear because we each have our own collection, but taken individually it's not actually as bad). And I cut myself off for buying new climbing stuff unless I absolutely have to. The Boy wants to start ice climbing, he also expressed interest in the kayaking thing. I've dabbled in ww kayaking but I had to put my foot down: NO MORE GEAR INTENSIVE SPORTS JUST YET!! Also, we don't have much time to spare for other hobbies. I've started the running thing, but I don't need any extra gear for that so it doesn't count (though a friend is trying to get me into tris... and I guess that means wetsuits and tri shorts/tops and blahblahblah).

Must....fight....gear.....impulse....

[Squeaky]

hmmm, most of the house is storage area for toys. My walk-in closet has areas for biking clothes, horseback riding clothes, kayaking clothes, and gym clothes. My husband and I keep our skiing clothes in another closet. The basement is housing for 4 bikes, 4 paddles, kayak gear, and ski equipment. 5 kayaks live outside and camping gear is in the utility room. Since I started commuting by bike, I keep shoes, helmet, gloves, etc. in a wicker basket in the living room (it's covered so it also serves as an end table). My goal is to turn the basement into an organzied toy room. Right now it's pretty disastrous.

[7rider]

Oh, well, heck.
I didn't even mention the 2 kayaks, the 4 pairs of skis, and the 6 or so fishing poles hanging in the garage, to say nothing of their accompaniing gear (paddles, spray skirts, pfds, helmets, poles, boots, etc).
It's a good thing DH's car is SMALL!
I was going to put the vanity plate "Toy box" on my SUV....but maybe we should just label the house as such!

[chickwhorips]

lets see. for my cycling stuff i now have a small drawer that i keep my stuff in. still want to invest in my very own girly jersey, but still borrowing bf's for now. the bikes have a home out in the garage, but they find their way to the basement too. there is bike stuff all over the house. for running and other layers for cycling i have a huge drawer for that, i've even gotten rid of the non wicking stuff. i have no idea how i survived without that before.

we have a whole ROOM for hunting and fishing stuff. ok so that's mainly bf's room but my poles and tackle is in there. yes i do need three different poles and a ton of tackel. you need a special one for halibut, one for the small salmon and then one for snagging reds. (scary thing is i think i now own 3 pairs of waders, of course two pairs are for work) don't even get me started on what bf has invested. the boat is hidden in a special place for the winter so it doesn't get ruined.

a friend is letting us borrow his sea kyaks, but they are down at his cabin so thankfully we don't have to worry about storing those.

the fun of the outdoors. love it!