I'm in the process of getting a new shed having just laid a concrete base to fit a 6'x10'.
Having seen the photos in the post ( http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-size-shed) I was wondering what clever and organised systems other people have for storing their bikes and bits?
Well I'm just thinking of building something new. I think I will go with 10x10 if I can. or maybe 10x9. I have a 8x6 which is not bad but not great to work on a bike. I have a brick built outhouse workshop around 9x5 which is joined onto the house for mending the bikes and storing expensive things as its belled up and as ground anchor and chain to strap the bike up. This as plenty of shelves and a good vice and work bench. The vice and work bench are worth there weight in gold! I just tend to stick garden stuff in the shed and use the brick built one for bikes. It works ok for me.
The price of wooden sheds are very expensive these days. I looked into a concrete panel shed, store around the above sizes and it's going to be around a grand fitted and I will have to lay a base my self. I think thats too expensive to be honest. I would rather do that though than pay 600 quid for a wooden one.
I think I will end up buying an old garage that someone wants rid of cheaply and making one from the concrete panels to around 10x10. Or building one out of concrete blocks and making it how I want it. It will still come in a lot cheaper. I'm not sure on planning regs for block though as is it not classed as a proper buidling then? not a shed? Something I need to look into!
I have a small garden, so 6x10 is pushing it and it needs to authorised by the financial controller, but I can't believe how much T&G wooden sheds cost these days either.
I'm thinking about the best orientation for storage or 4 or 5 bikes
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or the traditional Apex shed with door at the end, e.g.
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I was most impressed with the simple vertical storage solution using bungie ropes (especially in his 6'x4' shed) which makes me think I could stick a work bench in there and mount the bikes at the end of the shed as this chap did. I always you had to buy expensive
vertical wall bike mounts.
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That shed in the above pic jazid is the exact one I have with the apex roof! I have swapped the windows for inch thick ply wood though. Mainly due to me paying ten quid for the shed and the windows were broken! But makes it a bit more secure. Its good actually as I can't stand up in any shed I ever go in at 6.3- 6.4 in shoes. In that shed though I can easily stand without banging my head! even at the side where it is a little lower.
Better of paying more if you can afford it and getting the best quality you can, There is a big difference in shed quality these days.
Fark keeping your bike in a shed!
wouldnt even keep my bikes in a shed if the shed was erected in the spare room
Most garages are not much more secure than a shed anyway. Anyone determined will get your bikes, all you can hope to do is deter those who're just passing and fancy a go.
It's the storage solutions I'm interested in, as my garage is a mess!
outside the house?
ground anchor,
lot of locks,
45 gallon oil drum full of concrete with a ground anchor in the middle
lock a step ladder to it
alternate front to back so they cannot be pushed along
fashion some sort of crude cage within shed to lock them in
http://www.amazon.com/Lehigh-Group-SS18-6-Screw-Bicycle/dp/B0002C69MO
I use these on a beam across the roof (seem to be as good as anything else I have seen)
Coffeeking
Fark keeping your bike in the garage, mine is in the bedroom.
+1 for bikes being in the house. Drives the wife crazy but like I said to her, would you leave 2 grand in cash lying around in the back garden?
Exactly, no wonder so many bikes get stolen 🙄
interesting views. I aleeady have the racer in the bedroom on the turbo, which is the only space available and went down like a lead balloon.
I have no garage, so a shed is my only option. Access to the garden is from the front only, and if some scrote wants my bike bad enough they'll get it anyway.
Ill be conreting in a scafolding eyelet and rigging some sort of lock (through a hole ill have to cut in the side of the nice new shed:( )
Yes, a shed is insecure. As is a garage. But you can do two things to look after your bikes: (1) apply decent security measures and (2) make sure they are properly insured.
Having done that, it's then a case of how to store them. I'll take some pics soon of how my bikes are stored in my garage - can't hang from ceiling (asbestos tiles), so they're hung from one wall 2.5ft(d) x 10ft(w) x 8ft(h). Comfortably fit 8 bikes into that space.
Do a search for Stoner's shed - not his (famous) current one, but his previous one - shows how to store bikes neatly in a shed and retain work and other storage space.
Anyone use one of these 19mm motorbike chains?
http://www.elitesecuritysupplies.com/locks_and_chains.htm
Horatio, yes I use and recommend Almax chains (series 4 in my case):
http://www.almax-security-chains.co.uk/
though Pragmasis are a similar porduct:
http://www.torc-anchors.com/products.php?cat=16
Do a search for Stoner's shed - not his (famous) current one, but his previous one - shows how to store bikes neatly in a shed and retain work and other storage space.
Unfortunately behind a firewall ATM so cant access my picasa account to post pics. My old shed used front wheel hangers in a 45degree herringbone arrangement along one wall. The new shed has them at 90degrees, but fewer bikes (5 now). But the new shed has more "other" stuff in it.
Will have a go at posting on another pc in a bit.
Wall hangers with the bikes vertical is probably the most space-efficient. If I was laying mine out again I would have the bikes vertical and then a lot of shelves down the other sides. Hangers for tyres and wheels are also very handy as they are an awkward shape and get in the way on the floor but they're not likely to fit in the shelves.
old shed:
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no pics of the layout in the new one yet. Will try and remember to do it this weekend for future shed-bragging threads 😉
That 6x4 shed above is giving me ideas - ive 3 bikes in my 6x4 at the mo - the FS is vertical, the roady in for easy access and the mrs Halfords jobby is packed away in the corner never to be used.
Could do with getting them all vertical like that one above.
I like the rail/bungee arrangement shown above.
I've got to get 5 adult and 2 kids bikes in a 6x4 shed. Hanging the adult bikes by the front wheel on the 6' wall looks like it will be the best option.
mrsconsequence insists we keep the bikes in the house, i'm not going to argue with that one 8)
**** buying a shed - 1200 quid for something 6x10 that you could blow over with a strong fart !
bought 3/4s tonne of wood from the sawmill for 300 quid .... and built a shed with 16mm shiplap in a day and a half
propper job ! - does help i have access to a chop saw and a nail guns !
door nearly in one corner rather than the middle helps too
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If you're going to wave your willy trail-rat, at least have some bricks and a wine rack in there... 😉
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dont drink wine and i need to be able to move my shed if i move house , although my landlord seems keen for me to build him one - even at 600 quid ! ..... two birds - 1 stone there .... as due to mrs t-rs job we will likely be moving again end of summer
@ Stoner, what size was your old shed?
I think I had a custom 11'x12' made. Or it might have been 10'x12'...dont remember.
Anyway, that photo was taken dform the door end (double door), bikes down LHS until 3 feet from the door wall where a set of shelves took the corner.
ment to pic a bike up from a guy in manchester that had a storage container in his garden,
was full off motorbikes and cycles,
looked very secure
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interesting views. I aleeady have the racer in the bedroom on the turbo, which is the only space available and went down like a lead balloon.
I have no garage, so a shed is my only option. Access to the garden is from the front only, and if some scrote wants my bike bad enough they'll get it anyway.
Ill be conreting in a scafolding eyelet and rigging some sort of lock (through a hole ill have to cut in the side of the nice new shed:( )
Stoner:
I would propose that what you have there is a garage, not a shed, in that it is partly brick-built, has a tiled roof, is large enough to accommodate a car, and looks like you probably needed planning permission for it.
For those reasons you are disqualified from the willy-waving contest.
only 12'x12' with a 850mm door!
Maybe I could squeeze a clown car in? 😉
I agree with headfirst - if you can't see underneath it then it's not a shed.
Perhaps foolishly I decided to stop insuring my bikes about 4 years ago(mainly because I didn't meet the ground anchor requirements).
The hooks that you screw into the beam overhead aee also available from Tescos.
Regarding the beam and bungie solution. I prefer the thought of bungie through the front wheel with the rear resting on the ground myself.
Logically it seems less stressful the front wheel.
I've also seen people lay vinyl floor covering down which also seems to make sense.
Not a shed but my 'home from home'
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Not a shed but this is how I store mine in the garage
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You could use a similar solution on the end wall in the shed.
The brackets were about £15 for 5 on eBay.
Stoner's 'shed' is definitly not a shed.
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Do you find the temperature fluctuations in the shed affect the wine?
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Less stressful on the front wheel - i presume your bike are for show .......
Doh !!!!
I've got this.....
http://www.descent-world.co.uk/2010/08/07/safe-as-part-1-asgard-secure-bike-storage/
With these locking them inside.....
http://www.descent-world.co.uk/2011/01/16/safe-as-part-2-pragmasis-security-products/
Would recommend both. I actually feel safer with the bikes in there with a couple of ground anchors and 19mm chains than I would in the flat.
I have a Elliot building 🙂 also has a resale value.
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Do you find the temperature fluctuations in the shed affect the wine?
I have a USB datalogger in there at the moment which I shall have out in a month to analyse. But the idea is that the insulated store inside the insulated shed should minimise fluctuation. The Store sits open on the concrete (uninsulated) slab which ought to act as a heat sink too.
Will post results when I have them.
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"Less stressful on the front wheel - i presume your bike are for show ......."
No, I've a pair of Easton XC Ones I'm treating with kid gloves cause I've heard bad things about them (but yet to experience..)!
There are some great photos and inventive storage solutions folks. Vertical is the way to go to maximize space by the looks of things.
Keep the shed storage pictures/ideas coming please!
I have a USB datalogger in there
Middle class geek mode. 🙂
Will get pics tomorrow, but having an old stable with 2 foot thick stone walls improves security slightly over a shed 😀 Shame the door isn't the same though.
Anyone had problems with storing bikes upright or upside down? I'm thinking oil in damping cartridges, or brake fluid?
Anyone had problems with storing bikes upright or upside down? I'm thinking oil in damping cartridges, or brake fluid?
Mine have been hung from both the front and back wheels without any problems.
I hang mine vertically (by the front wheel) and I have heard that it helps lubricate the fox forks.
From a previous place, 6'x4' shed with some racking.
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Current place has an old wash house for the mainshed, bit of wasted space in the corner where the tub is filled in, but still plenty of space.
My stumpy brakes (elixir) objected to being hung front wheel up. They are fine if the back wheel is up. They went spongy. My SLX brakes are fine either way. Front wheel is better for forks as IIRC you are better off storing them upside down to lubricate the seals.
I know the avids that used to be on wor lasses bikes didn't even like being laid flat in the car to get to the start of the ride.
Exactly, no wonder so many bikes get stolen
My wooden floors and carpet cost more than my bike to replace, by an awful long way - storing bikes inside would pretty quickly trash those.
finally got some photos of the new shed internals up
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/finished-pics-of-the-shed
Looks a bit incongurous Stoner - the poshest of sheds filled with er On-ones.... 😉
Im want to see the look of disappointment on a burglar's face 😉
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ive got a set of dual air rebas which piss the rebound oil out of the floodgate/compression knob if they are stored by the front wheel
seems they need an O ring
the easy fix was to fit a set of rigids, its only the commuter after all.
No shed here, but use garage for bike storage, as well as eveything else-coal/log store, tools etc
It would appear that the sheds shown here are for single purpose, ie bike storage. does this mean that you have a seperate shed for all activities!!!
Other activities? There's only bikes round here chap!
That's my 6x4 shed that you showed in the first couple of posts. Whilst the bikes in the picture have changed then general layout hasn't. Still working really well although it is getting tighter in there due to a recent purchase of tyres! 🙂
other sheds? oh yes
as well as the bike/camping gear shed, there is;
oil tank/lawnmower/bins shed
log shed
log seasoning shed
shed for a car
and a lean to so I can walk from house to bike shed without getting wet