Outside bike storage

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John_S4x4

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1,350 posts

263 months

Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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I am looking to store a bike or two outside. There's not much space to store the bikes and it's looking like I might have to store the bikes vertically, hanging from a wall of the house, as the available space is about the size of a dinning table. I am looking to protect the (cheap) bikes from the elements/rust and am open to suggestions.

Currently thinking of some DIY shed arrangement with tarpaulin/felt roof and maybe some small blower fans to keep an airflow through it.

13aines

2,156 posts

155 months

Friday 6th July 2018
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John_S4x4 said:
I am looking to store a bike or two outside. There's not much space to store the bikes and it's looking like I might have to store the bikes vertically, hanging from a wall of the house, as the available space is about the size of a dinning table. I am looking to protect the (cheap) bikes from the elements/rust and am open to suggestions.

Currently thinking of some DIY shed arrangement with tarpaulin/felt roof and maybe some small blower fans to keep an airflow through it.
Will you need to secure them or are you somewhere rural?

The jiffle king

7,031 posts

264 months

Friday 6th July 2018
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https://us.bikedocksolutions.com/product/the-wall-...

We had something like this high up on our front wall (our version was about £30)


With this where the rear tyre went to protect the wall (Our version was about £10)

https://us.bikedocksolutions.com/product/fixed-but...


And we covered the bike wtih something like this (Our version was about £20 - Don't buy a £4 version)
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/3335174?CMPID=BPLA0...tongue outla-1100700478027|crid:11753321090|nw:search|dvc:c|st:bike%20covers%20waterproof|mt:be|loc:&cmpid=BPLA01&msclkid=857066ff9bce1acf29b63dc00233dbc0&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Sports%20%26%20Outdoors%7C%7CMed&utm_term=1100700478027&utm_content=Sports%20%26%20Outdoors%7C%7CBike%20Accessories

Mounted on the front of a house in Windsor, no-one ever even noticed it and whilst not an expensive bike, it felt secure and you could lock to teh top bracket and the bottom one