No security issues in this case, just need a way of storing 4 adult bikes down the end of the garden. Brick built is out of the question for aesthetic reasons, and it has to be freestanding. Plenty of low level wooden sheds specify 4 bikes, but the illustrations invariably show spades and wheelbarrows inside, never the bikes. Anyone got experience with this? Are the ready made sheds practical for bikes?
In message , stuart noble writes
no experience directly with one of these, but plenty of experience of storing bikes over the years.
what sort of access do you need to the bikes? These low standing things are ok, but you basically ahev to pile all the bikes in in front of each other. OK if you want to take them all out at the same time, not so good if you just want the bike at the back out. ypu would need to check the size though, as 4x adult bikes take up a fair bit of space.
For regular access to any individual bike then some sort of storage that keeps them apart, wether standing up with a rack of some sort on the floor or low down on the wall, or something higher up so the bikes hang from a wheel on end.
Thanks. I think we're probably going to have to compromise and assume they'll all have to come out each time. Fine in theory, but the kids (two are small for now, but thinking ahead) will no doubt chuck them in any old how.
Difficult to envisage a system that would keep the bikes apart within an
8ft x 4ft area. I suppose the problem with the bike pile would be trashing the gears (of which there seem to be rather a lot these days :-)
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You could fit wheel-holding stands (possibly 'head to toe') like these or make your own:
I use a low level shed for my trike but I have to lower the handlebars and saddle to get it in.
Cic.
Plastic any good? Some of these show a bike inside:
I could get the Longstaff in but had to cut a bit out of the edge of the door; the 1913 James was wider and removing a wheel released about 80x1/8" balls! A low level shed would have been no good - the Longstaff had a 26" frame.
Should be doable if you dont mind having the bikes 2 high, ie 2 at ground level and 2 hanging from the ceiling or walls.
NT
Maybe, I think it depends on how easy it is for them to put it away properly, and how well you can train them :-)
At the moment our bikes are stored hanging from the wall in the garage. It does mean that the kids can't put them away or get them out themselves. but i don't find hanging theirs up an issue and it means that all are easily accessible.
Currently using one of these.
<Yup, rear derailleur esp are prone to getting damages in that situation, also general scratching and damage to the paintwork. also everything gents tangled up, cables round the handlebars and saddles etc.
8x4? it depends on how you arrange things and how high you want to go.If for example you a full height structure and had it entirely opening down the long side for full access (maybe one central support along the it). Store the bikes on end hanging from the roof or the wall you should fit 4 bikes in a 4ft deep x 5ft wide structure, going on the space ours take up. (obviously exact space depends on the size and style of the bikes)
Made big enough to manoeuvre bikes and you would just need a wide enough door for bikes.
If you want a low level structure, then something about 6x5x4 foot high could potentially work ,if it could be arranged to wheel the bikes in from one end, with a lift up roof of some sort for access. with wheel support racks on the floor or the wall to support the front or back wheel.
something like this maybe (saw off one end for 4 bikes?)
With a structure round it?
Are you looking to use a ready made building/store or are you happy to DIY it?
aesthetic grounds. Looks as though it would be easier to shunt into a corner once assembled. Those wooden sheds are awkward buggers IIRC
Thanks, Chris. That site seems a lot cheaper than others I've looked at.
I don't think d-i-y is a realistic option. The kids will have grown up and left home by then :-)
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