Stashing a bike in the loft. Advice needed.

[keithmac]

Apart from camping gear, nearly everything I've put in the loft over the last 10 years hasn't seen the light of day again..

 

[Salad Dodger]

Used to keep one at a relatives, in a homemade bag,

I genuinely read this as "used to keep one of the relatives in a homemade bag...."

I must pay closer attention to all the words, and not just skim read.........

 

[Salty seadog]

I have to agree that the loft is a bit of a black hole and it will probably never come down again. Make an effort to ride it a bit, I have to do this to justify to myself why I have 4 in the back room.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

I keep a few of mine in the loft. It is because I have no room in the house and I can't think of getting rid. Up there at the moment we have:

1. Gazelle TT bike with twin discs (diff sizes) and back killing frame, (1980s) with full Mavic group.
2. Mike Kowall fixed.
3. Alan with classic Campagnolo and Suntour Superbe Pro.
4. Dawes Edge frame set.
5. Steve Potts Cross Country Racer frame that has ever been built up.

They don't seem to come to any harm. I need to take the wheels off and remove saddle and post. I also have a tall, strong and forgiving wife!

 

[rich p]

Never put anything in the loft. It will still be gathering dust up there when you're gathering worms, Slomo.

 

[ColinJ]

Lofts are for building spare rooms in. After my parents died, my sisters and I were getting the old family house ready to sell. We found 50+ years worth of accumulated stuff in the loft that had been put up there for 'temporary' storage!

Have you got an expanse of wall that could be used to store the bike above the other one?

I have a big cellar that I would love to use to store my bikes but the stairs are steep and it a bit tight getting them round the corner to the door at the top of those stairs. I think I could get the bikes safely up and down the stairs if I rigged up something like a ski chair lift though!

 

[biggs682]

I store framesets up in the loft , so far in the 4 years i have done this only 1 frameset has come back down and been for rebuild all the others are stashed in separate boxes to avoid damage

 

[EltonFrog]

If you need to put it in the loft, you don't need it. Get rid.

 

[Globalti]

Attics can get quite humid thanks to clothes drying, showers and cooking downstairs. I wouldn't put a bike up there.

 

[Beebo]

Once you take it apart you will never rebuild it, fact.

 

[Milkfloat]

If you are really worried about corrosion - you could use something like http://www.uttings.co.uk/p103933-napier-super-vp90-sachet-vp90/

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Just ride the thing Slomo

 

[slowmotion]

Never put anything in the loft. It will still be gathering dust up there when you're gathering worms, Slomo.

Thanks for the momento mori.

The bike in the loft will get used. It's got a triple on the front and is the only way I can get up steep hills.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It's got a triple on the front and is the only way I can get up steep hills.

You have hills in your loft how big is it, or how small are you?

 

[Ciar]

If it's a nice look bike i would strip it, put everything in the loft apart from the frame, then hang it on the wall like a lovely piece or art ;-)