Keeping a bike indoors - possible??

[andy ted]

Does anyone keep their bike indoors during the winter months? I have an issue at the flat I have moved into where the management company are not very fond of bikes being chained up outside! How do you control the mess and water? Is it just the case of cleaning it every day after a ride and putting something waterproof down or is there some magic solution I can't think of?! (apart from moving ;-))

Cheers

Andy

[P-Jay]

I used to have to keep my bikes inside, XC bike in the living room and DH bike in the Kitchen, it's fking hell tbh.

Wash them after every ride, they don't take long to dry so I never bothered.

There's only so long that cutting your legs on pedel spikes as you brush past or explaining to girls why you keep a bike in your living room (becuase there's already one in the kitchen) is fun. If there's any land around your place you can use I'd invest in a shed.

[Rico]

I keep my bike in my apartment. TBH its a pain in the @ss and makes me think twice if its muddy.

I have one of those sheets that are used to wrap sofas that I put in the car and on the floor in the spare room to put the bike on. Normally try to get it cleaned at a petrol station or similar on the way home.

I have two wheel bags and will probably get a full bike bag. Then I can just use that to carry the bike in from the car.

[CAB]

get a bike bag - i can fit the main part of the bike in bar the front wheel which means all the messy stuff is kept off the floor

CAB

[henrycrun]

Lino or wood floors are OK. Carpets need protecting

[jerwatt]

I have wooden floors and it's fine on them. As for cleaning tend not to do it much as I should but get the worst of the dirt off outside with a stick or something before coming home and then have a hoover to suck up the stuff you get off back at the house.

[Big Bob]

The mud is manageable but X-lite bar plugs make a right mess of wall paper.

[Jimbo.]

Sling an old bedsheet or some cardboard underneath it and get used to dodging around it. Seemed to do the trick in my uni room. But then again I'm odd, as I love my bike just a little too much...

[Gazzab]

hang it on the wall?

[Trooper2]

I've kept my 2 bikes, in various apartments, over the years on one of these:

http://www.sportssolutions.net/inc/sdetail/379

[andy ted]

Cheers guys - kinda what I thought really will have to keep hastling the management agency to put in the bike shed they have promised..... not holding my breath though!

[littleandy0410]

http://cycloc.com/

I like the look of these, would make a great feature on a wall with a "classic" bike on it. By classic, I don't mean old, just a cool looking bike, eg Charge Plug, GT Triple Triangle frame, etc.

Shame they're £60 though.



not that the missus will ever let me have a bike on the wall, I also want a V8 engine coffee table and an F1 wheel sidetable, they're not allowed either! Ugly, apparently!

[thanetspeedshop]

Get a better looking bike.

Put it in your living room and you won't ever wanna stop looking at it.

[zagato]

Are you telling me some people keep their bike outside?! Anything half decent should be kept immaculate after a ride and stored indoors. I picked up this habit from my Dad, who had 3 in the spare room.

[Jesus Christ]

My bike spends a lot of time in my car / work flat. Get a dirtworker washer and clean after every ride then no problem.

Edited by Jesus Christ on Wednesday 22 October 22:27

[Ordinary Bloke]

I think the title should be "Keeping a bike AND an OH indoors - possible??"

[shouldbworking]

Mine lives indoors. The motorbike would too except there isnt sufficient space to manouver it inside the house.

I am a single person, but you already knew that

[pdV6]

Trooper2 said:

I've kept my 2 bikes, in various apartments, over the years on one of these:

http://www.sportssolutions.net/inc/sdetail/379

Cheaper alternative:

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?...

[beanbag]

I wouldn't dream of keeping my stumpy anywhere else but in my apartment. It's even locked up in the house.

We have a bike locker room but I don't fancy leaving a €2500 bike in there. Plus with all the extras I've added, I'm reckon the cost would be over €3000 to replace it! I'm sure it would be gone in moments.

After a ride however, I usually try and clean it up as much as possible and then it goes inside a store room we have in the apartment which has marble flooring. I do however cover the tyres with bin bags after the bike dries otherwise it makes a terrible mess.

[zagato]

I was talking to Wally from Posh Bikes (.com) about this. One of his clients bought circa 250 Colnago's plus a dedicated apartment to house them all. Aparently the guy couldn't decide upon a colour, so went for the entire available spectrum. No shed for that fella!