Apartment dweller here, I can't store it outside and I don't have a garage, I was getting tired of just having it in the living room so I came up with this slightly better idea.

Anyone have any nice setups for keeping your bikes in your living spaces?

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[–] 12 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Leaning against my living room wall where I can see and admire her whenever I like.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 7 months ago (8 children)
  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Ignore the mud. She had a rough day at the jump track yesterday.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago (6 children)
  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    She's the best. Goes down and up any trail I can find. She'll jump 8 meters (more if she had a better rider than me) without complaining a bit.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    Making me put the gravel tires back on mine XD

    I wish I had some nice mountain trails around me but unfortunately I live in one of the flattest places on earth

    How do you clean her? any recommendations for the gear train?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I just spray her down with water and then scrub with dish soap and water. Just make sure you scrub the drive train after the discs so you don't fuck your brake pads with grease residue. But most of the time I just leave her dirty because I ride most days and it gets old cleaning mud off her. I call it structural mud with my friends. If she sounds rough or the mud starts falling off in chunks I'll give her a quick wash.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    In the covered bicycle parking that my apartment building provides.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The downhill bike i don't ride anymore hangs on my living room wall, the enduro i still ride is in my basement on the bike repair stand or whatever you call it. Ebike hangs on another wall and my bmx just does whatever

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Mounted on the wall

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Folded up in my car, I always have it with me.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago*

    It goes in the bike pile in the basement with all the other bikes, obviously.

    Or my car, but it can only fit one bike

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    One in my cold shed, my main one in my heated tool shed and the third one in the attic space of that same shed waiting for frame repair.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    Pupper mentioned, now we require the photographic tax!

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I pulled a peice of furniture out from the wall and tucked it behind when I lived in an apartment.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Not a small space back then, but mine used to sit in the living room, until winter came and the melting snow would drip on the hardwood and the carbide studs would scatch the floor. So then my wife asked if I would mind bringing it down to the basement, which was reasonable. Now we are in a small condo, with no space for the bike, so it is chained to your parking stall pillar, and then extra llocks and chains through the wheels and frame.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    On a trainer for the rainy days

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    In the shipping container outside. I think the tyres perished. Got a dog that needs to be with me all the time and can't run fast, so I'm stuck walking instead. I did buy a child trailer thing but couldn't seem to mount it on the rear wheel quick release hoohaa.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Awhile back I saw a system where you would hang your bike on the wall using 2 hooks under the top bar. But the hooks have to be long enough so that the wheels don't touch the wall, or you'll get black stains from the tyres.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (6 children)

    Yeah, that sounds nice, I'm rented so I can't make permanent modifications. We're on a town home (4 unit building with separate flats top and bottom) and this area isn't great so I can't keep it outside.

    Already had my last bike stolen that way (2018 Fuji)

    Before when I lived in the bottom flat I used the staircase to store it and that protected it from the elements, and passerby couldn't see it.

    https://files.catbox.moe/mu4qgj.jpg

    Do you have any pics of your storage nook?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    I get the picture, yeah that looks very tight

    ... hey, as long as it don't bother your neighbor, that's a good spot.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Smart! Easy access but not in the way

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I have 2 bikes and I live in an apartment. They come inside the apartment and live right by the front door against the wall.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    I have fairly deep wall-mounted shelves on a wall starting a little over waist high. I can fit a bike or two in the space under those shelves without really taking up extra floor space

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Nice that sounds kind of like what I wanted to do, can we see?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    I just put it on the ground floor of my apartment building, next to the entrance to the basement

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago

    I had one of those in my balcony once ... unfortunately on a standard 8 feet apartment, even when you lift it all the way up, the bike still gets in the way

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    All over the garage where my car is supposed to be parked.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Folded up (it's a Brompton) in the entrance's dresser

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    In the laundry room inside the unit.

    That's a pretty good way to save the usability of the footprint btw. Might use it if I have to free up the laundry.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    In my outside closet because I haven't used it in 10 years. Maybe I will use it soon. When I get any sorta income

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    I just store mine behind the front door. It really doesn't get in the way!

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