Garage-less?

[Keith Oates]

In the UK I keep three bikes inside the house and one in an outside shed. My wife is not too happy but they have to be safe.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

We have 5 bikes in the spare room, but they are not that easily accessible. The other 3 are all outside in an area that is enclosed and gated (and just big enough to get about 5 bikes into a push (including a towbar mounted bike rack, or 3 bikes on said rack and 1 recumbent trike)) but we are in a very quiet area.
Your only other option would be to rent a garage locally to the house, and hope!

 

[potsy]

Could you not get rid of a couple instead of buying more?

Maybe trade them all in for a Brompton for easy storage

Our spare bedroom has 4 bikes in, 2 more in the understairs cupboard, not thought of hanging any on the walls yet though.

 

[summerdays]

I was in someone's house recently and they had about 12 or more bikes hanging from hooks in the ceiling seeming to take up very little room.

 

[Origamist]

When we were in a small flat in Tooting, we had four bikes in the hallway. Luckily it was quite long and wide. I put down a runner to protect the floorboards (and newspaper when it was wet) and I put cloth over the handle-bars to stop the bartape marking the walls. It was not ideal, but it worked for three years. The only mistake I made was once being in too much of rush to get the bike out and I clattered the door frame with a pedal. Left a nasty gouge...

Best of luck with the move.

 

[JMAG]

I keep two MTB and two road/ hybrids in the second living room.

AKA a drawing room

I have a few in the library myself and the rest at the end of my indoor pool . . .




I wish! lol

 

[Bodhbh]

Where I'm renting I've got 3 bikes, plus all the tools and other bike clutter. The bikes go in a shed. Spare tyres, wheels, panniers, etc., under the bed. When not being used toolboxes get a blanket thrown over them so they look like something vaguely furniture-ish. Any mechanics get done in the back yard in the summer - always nice with a cold brew - in the winter, a sheet has to go down in the room and it gets done there.

The shed isn't particularly secure, but then I don't think any of the bikes are *that* nickable. I used to D-lock them all together, but with the coming and going I just can't be bothered anymore.

 

[Julia9054]

This could be me writing this!
I am about to put my house on the market and downsize. My eldest has gone to uni and my youngest will be following in 18 months. I need 1 less reception room, 1 less bedroom, a yard instead of a huge garden and a smaller mortgage! I also need a garage as we have 7 bikes between us plus all the associated bits for fettling.
The "need a garage but don't want a garden" bit seems to be causing the difficulty.

 

[summerdays]

Where are you going to put your kids when they aren't at Uni? Mine still reappear and bring lots of stuff in boxes with them!

 

[Julia9054]

They can still have a bedroom each!