Cycle shelters

[prescottspies]

I keep my bike outside as there's no room in my house. I currently lock it to a steel loop in the outside wall and put a plastic sheet cycle cover over it.

Problem is, the cover is a pain in the neck to strap on, and without bungee straps it blows off most days, and my poor bike is rusting!

I need a proper cycle shelter, but the only ones I can find are for businesses to store many cycles, tents which wouldnt be secure and would probably blow away and specialist shelters that cost more than the bike.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Rob

 

[kdelong]

Do you have room in your yard for a storage shed?You know, if your wife tells you that there is no room in the house for your bike, move her, get a twin bed, and now you have room for the bike !

 

[Dfreeman]

Yeah I have the same problem I have a GIANT "all weather" cover and it's not all weather!

It's a hassle but if I could just find something thats actually rain proof I would be happy

 

[Powerful Pete]

Why not just put the bike in some form of a garden shed/lean-to that would more or less do away with the plastic covering approach?

 

[kdelong]

You could build a small frame big enough to enclose the bike but attached to the house and cover it with plastic. You might want to build it out of a strong wood or metal so that the wind doesn't take it down on your bike. You will also want to sink some of the support posts into the ground if possible to help make it stronger. Remember to slant the roof so that rain and/or snow falls off instead of collecting on top.

 

[Camilo]

I keep my bike outside as there's no room in my house. I currently lock it to a steel loop in the outside wall and put a plastic sheet cycle cover over it.

Problem is, the cover is a pain in the neck to strap on, and without bungee straps it blows off most days, and my poor bike is rusting!

I need a proper cycle shelter, but the only ones I can find are for businesses to store many cycles, tents which wouldnt be secure and would probably blow away and specialist shelters that cost more than the bike.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Rob

Rob, how much money do you want to spend? If you're in the $150 range, go to the Rubbermaid website and check out their "horizontal sheds". Similar to "deck boxes" but much larger and with dual front doors. I'm certain you can find one that's tall and deep enough, but I don't think there's one that is long (wide) enough for a bicycle with the front wheel on, but I know it would be easy to fit one with the front wheel off. Since I take my front wheel off all the time to load my bike into the back of my car (with a fork mount for transport), this would be no big deal to me. This is what I'd do if I didn't have a garage to store the bikes.

They are extremely easy to put together (<10 minutes), totally weather proof and pretty darn secure - or could be made even more secure by bolting on a heavy lock hasp. They look very tidy too.

If you're willing to spend more money, I just bought a large "vertical shed" that is about 4-5 feet wide, 2-3 feet deep and about 6 feet tall. You could easily set up a hook and store the bike vertically with the rear wheel down and the front wheel hooked up to the wall ... and have a bunch of room to store other stuff. This item cost me about $350 at home depot.

You can find these things at Home Depot, Ace hardwaare, Lowes, etc - check their websites for availability and price though.

If you're handy, you could easily build a stand alone, nice looking similar item to the dimensions you need, with two opening front doors. Just depends on how much time you have.

Just a thought.

 

[Dfreeman]

See for me. I am only in my current residence for 3-4 more months then moving across the country. So somethign portable/short term is what I am in the market for. Because when i move I will have much more space for parking.