Stashing a bike in the loft. Advice needed.

[slowmotion]

I have two road bikes, one used less frequently than the other. I need somewhere to store one of them, in such a way that it isn't massively inconvenient to bring it out of hibernation. How about my loft? The bike has a 58cm frame but I reckon I can wriggle it through the 610mm square loft hatch on the diagonal if I take off the seat post, wheels, and (possibly) stem/bars.

The thing is.......it gets blooming hot up there in summer, and pretty chilly in winter. What do you reckon?

I might get a cheap electric hoist on Ebay to get it up there.

 

[classic33]

Used to keep one at a relatives, in a homemade bag, with the pedals and wheels removed. Chain protected with plastic.

No electric hoist though.

 

[steve50]

Bikes are pretty resilient to most weather conditions and i would imagine your loft will be water tight so the worst thing that could happen is wasps could take up residence on the frame.

 

[slowmotion]

Bikes are pretty resilient to most weather conditions and i would imagine your loft will be water tight so the worst thing that could happen is wasps could take up residence on the frame.

I am imagining a scene straight out of The Beano when I use it the next time.

 

[classic33]

Bikes are pretty resilient to most weather conditions and i would imagine your loft will be water tight so the worst thing that could happen is wasps could take up residence on the frame.

Not so much a sting in the tail as a sting in the butt!

 

[slowmotion]

Not so much a sting in the tail as a sting in the butt!

I'm having second thoughts about this whole loft daftness already.

I still want that electric hoist.

 

[classic33]

I'm having second thoughts about this whole loft daftness already.

I still want that electric hoist.

Nowt daft about it, if you don't use them too often. Hoist or not.

 

[Pale Rider]

I'm having second thoughts about this whole loft daftness already.

I still want that electric hoist.

While not daft as a storage idea, my thinking is you wouldn't use the bike from one year to the next, particularly if it's dismantled.

I reckon there's lots of people who put stuff in the loft when they move into a house, then don't touch it until they move out again years later.

In other words, the stuff may as well have been put in a skip, or sold in the case of a bicycle.

 

[slowmotion]

While not daft as a storage idea, my thinking is you wouldn't use the bike from one year to the next, particularly if it's dismantled.

I reckon there's lots of people who put stuff in the loft when they move into a house, then don't touch it until they move out again years later.

In other words, the stuff may as well have been put in a skip, or sold in the case of a bicycle.

I have become an expert at getting rid of stuff. I'm clearing out my workplace that I have worked in for 28 years. There's a big industrial trash compactor about fifty yards from my door. I surprised myself by how ruthless I have become. You ask yourself the question....

"Am I ever going to use this again?" "No"
"Do you have space to store it" "No"
"Do I have the time to stick it on Ebay or Gumtree?" "No"
" Do you have time to sort it into convenient batches for re-cycling?" "No"

The trash compactor must have gobbled many tens of thousands of pounds worth of stuff in the last few days. I just wanted to save a bike.

 

[raleighnut]

Take the wheels off and it'll go through the hatch easy, as for storage the loft should be dry so I don't see a problem.

 

[screenman]

I have become an expert at getting rid of stuff. I'm clearing out my workplace that I have worked in for 28 years. There's a big industrial trash compactor about fifty yards from my door. I surprised myself by how ruthless I have become. You ask yourself the question....

"Am I ever going to use this again?" "No"
"Do you have space to store it" "No"
"Do I have the time to stick it on Ebay or Gumtree?" "No"
" Do you have time to sort it into convenient batches for re-cycling?" "No"

The trash compactor must have gobbled many tens of thousands of pounds worth of stuff in the last few days. I just wanted to save a bike.

You have time to come on here but not recycle or stick stuff on eBay, are you sure it is really not another reason.

 

[snorri]

Rather than part dismantling the bike in order to get it through the hatch, can you not fit ceiling hooks and sling the bike so that when hoisted aloft it lies flat against the ceiling?
Buying an electric hoist to lift a bike is sheer extravagance, but if you really want one then just buy it but don't use the bike as an excuse for your purchase

 

[Drago]

I had this predicament when I suddenly found myself single again and went from a spacious 6 bedroom identikit Barrett home to a 2 bedroom stone cottage.

Pedals off, wheels off, turn the handlebars and under the bed it went. In that mode it also spend time behind the sofa and in the bottom of the wardrobe.

 

[nickyboy]

Temperature variation will be fine. I keep mine in the conservatory. It's colder than the loft in winter and hotter than the loft in summer

The only thing that's suffered in there is the pool table; the cloth has ripped a bit, presumably due to the expanding and contracting of the frame

 

[Deleted member 26715]

While not daft as a storage idea, my thinking is you wouldn't use the bike from one year to the next, particularly if it's dismantled.

My thoughts exactly, I reckon unless it's only going up there for a specific period & reason, whilst the garage got painted, new shed built etc. then once it's up there it'll not get used & you would probably be better selling it. Unless of course it's some form of classic/antique but I suppose that is covered by the above caveat of being for a specific period & reason.