Edited: 10/16/2019
The question of storing the bike is quite relevant for all bikers. Now it is becoming more and more brazers, for which the Skania season never ends, especially in the southern parts of the country, but they also have a bike parking issue between pokatushkami.
The issue of storage of the bike can be viewed on both sides:
- Where and how to put a bike between cruising?
- Where and how to still keep your "iron horse" in the offseason: from late autumn to spring?
Let's look at both options.
First of all, I want to dwell on the question of folding bikes.
The main plus of folding bikes
If you know in advance that there is little place for storing a bicycle in an apartment or a garage, then you can look like yourself or. One of his main features is just the ability to occupy much less space during storage and transportation. Such a bike will safely fit into the storage room, to the mezzanine, even if you put it or hang on the wall in the garage or in the basement he will not take much space.
Moreover, modern models fold and returned to the assembled view literally in a couple of minutes, such as, for example, ore Folding Bike for Men and Women (Formula Hammer).
The bike storage place must respond to the following conditions:
- Provide simple and quick access to the bike if necessary.
- The bike should not take too much living space in humans, do not interfere with the passage and not to dump the place of storage.
- The bike should not be under the right sunlight, as it does not affect the paint and varnish, which are covered with bicycle parts, on its plastic and rubber parts (for example, anthers, glades).
- It is desirable that the room temperature where the bike is stored was at least above +5 degrees.
- No temperature drops. From it, rubber and plastic parts lose elasticity and mechanical properties. This leads to the appearance of humidity.
- It is not located near the heating devices - the elevated temperature will illustrate on the tires, rubber seals, etc.
- Lack of high humidity and water impact. This is especially true of basements and balconies.
What bicycle storage exist.
- To start the easiest and perfect option: there is my house With a heated garage, a basement floor or a large apartment with a good hallway, in which "at least a horse is walking." Here everything is clear and cool - the bike is always warm and at hand. We need to ride - took it and drove it.
When long storage In the offseason, the bike can simply hang on the wall or under the ceiling on special hooks or rack. He can even become part of the design.
- Standing separately heble garage Also a great place for long-term storage. Here is a big role plays his position relative to the place of residence. If he is not far from home, then for storage between travels, too.
- Unheated garage - An option is of course a little worse, but after competent preparation for long-term storage, the bike will greatly survive the winter.
- Balcony. The most common parking space bicycle. If he heated or at least glazed, then the bike can be stored there. If not, it is equivalent to storing on the street with all the bad consequences for the technical condition. And sometimes it will have even very bad consequences.
When stored on the balcony, you need to protect the bike from direct sunlight, covering it with a cover, oilcloth, dark film.
Another minus of balcony storage is the need to wash the wheels after each pokatushki, carefully carry it around the apartment, do not scratch the furniture, do not hurt the curtains at the access to the balcony, and on our balcony, they will not be much unfolded on our balcony. Although if anyone has wide and long balconies or loggias, then it is much more convenient. I personally met the "Kulibins", which, living on 2-3 floors, lifted their bikes on the outdoor side of the balcony on the block system and cling them there, closing the glued and precipitation with the glue. I can not say that it provides perfect preservation - but life is life and the place in the apartment does not always have enough people, not to mention bicycles.
For summer storage, this is a possible and life option, but for autumn and winter it is definitely not suitable.
Storage on the balcony or in the basement carries the danger to obtain high humidity from stored items next door. Vegetables, such as cabbage when stored in winter "Breathe", highlighting moisture. The moisture also stands out in the rotting of vegetables. Again, when dried in linen on the balcony, the humidity rises.
- Flat. If the metra is allowed, then the most convenient option. The bike is always at hand, always in a dry and warm room. The question with the washing between the trips is still worth it, but it will always be pure great.
Often it is washed on the staircase, and after it dries, enter the apartment.
Bicycle storage options in the apartment are several:
- In the hallway on the wheels
- On the wall or rack in the hallway or rooms
- On the ceiling in the corridor or rooms
- In a storage room or a special cabinet in a vertical position
The storage option on wheels in the corridor is convenient for the riding season, and for long or winter storage it is not bad to cling to the wall under the ceiling, pressing the wheel to the wall.
With the storage of the bicycle in the apartment there is one interesting and unpleasant moment.
If the linoleum is set on the floor, then it can remain black spots from the tires. They arise if the bike costs long in one place. The concept of "long" may be different: from several days to month. Some types of linoleums are well and quickly absorbing some chemicals from the tires. What is the most unpleasant in this is that these stains are very difficult to remove. In some cases, they remain forever.
So between linoleum and tires are better to pave something: Faneru, cardboard, rag, etc.
- Entrance or staircase. From the point of view of dryness and temperature regime, the place is not bad, but in terms of place is not the best. It is unlikely to help. There is also a question of neighbors. According to the law, it is impossible to clutter the staircases and spans by various objects that interfere with the passage of citizens. If you solve issues with protection and restless neighbors, the place is good for any bike storage.
- Tambura in corridors. In my opinion, one of the most successful places. Now in many high-rise buildings, planning is such that several apartments are located in the same Tambour and, uniting, put one common door to the entrance. If adequate neighbors live next to you and the place in it allows you to store a bike there - a great idea. It can also be mounted high to the wall or put in a vertical position to not interfere with others.
- There is another option separate winter storage Bicycle on special warm parkings that organize some entrepreneurs (usually make workshops to repair bicycles) or initiative inhabitants among the owners of apartment buildings in warm basements or in the attic of their high-rise buildings. For example, in Nikolaev in our have such premises in which you can.
- If there is extra money and place in the household plot, then for the summer use you can put a special bicycle garage. True, I personally have never seen such a thing - most likely it is relevant only for Western bikers. In winter, it is impossible to store in this iron drawer.
A few more nuances, when storing bicycles, we want to recall:
- Before making a bike for a long, most often winter storage, it is necessary to prepare it accordingly. How to do this, you can read in the appropriate on our site.
- After any dirt trips when the bike is dirty and wet it is necessary. No need to postpone it on "then". The fact is that it is the wet dirt very much contributes to the appearance of rust, and the dirt on the transmission sharply increases stars.
- Often, to save space, it is recommended to deploy the steering wheel along the frame and twist the pedals (they can be screwed from the back, then not to look for). This recommendation is well suited for long-term storage, but for everyday it is not very convenient. Each time before and after the trip, unscrew the nuts will not deliver pleasure. And this is not very helpful. If there is little storage space, then you can do differently: remove front wheel And the wing, expand the steering wheel along the frame, and put the wheel with the wing on the frame or in general separately.
- Easy to hang on the wall and ceiling and models - they are light. Also not very heavy, but it will not always be simple. Still, 15-20 kg raise and hang on the hooks if they are not always easily higher than the shoulder level.
- If communications are held next to the storage location, for example, in basements often pass pipes of heating systems, sewage and water supply systems, do not put bikes under them. Condensate accumulates on them, which drips onto the bike nearby - and by the spring you will get rust.
- With long-term storage, it is better to be great to stand on wheels, and hung on the hooks - the tires will feel better. It is a way of winter storage in suspended state for the upper tube recommend many manufacturer for their products.
- Visit, from time to time, your iron friend and check - whether everything is in order. If he stands on the wheels, scroll them a little to stand in different parts of rubber. If the bike is hanging attached for one or both wheels, then during long-term storage, it is desirable to scroll from time to time at least 90 degrees so as not to deform the rim.
- In the continuation of the previous paragraph, I want to say the following - if there is an opportunity, then with long-term storage better so that the bike hung, and not standing on the wheels.
- Interesting ideas and design solutions for storing a bicycle in the apartment can be found on the Internet or see this link, although, it seems to me, for many of our apartments in 5 and 9-storey, most of them are hardly suitable.
Original bicycle storage ideas in small-sized apartment Able not only solve the problem of its placement, but also contribute to home interior decoration.
In a small apartment to keep the bike problematic.
However, if it is not standard to approach the task of its placement, then you can get a double effect:
Equip the bike so that it does not interfere with households;
Create an original apartment interior.
Bicycle owners who have more roomy apartments can also diversify their home interior with a favorite vehicle. For this spatial features, they have a little more than the owners of small-sized.
However, it is not so much the size of the room for comfortable and nontrivial accretion in the apartment of a favorite bicycle, how much is the fantasy of its owner.
Bicycle + shelf for trifles and not only.
Here you can store not only a bike, but also things, umbrellas, bags, and also put shoes.
Another design to which you can hang things and put shoes.
Everything that is needed is to attach this small shelf to the wall.
For the lower bend, the shelf clings the front wheel of the bicycle.
And on the shelf itself you can hang a helmet and put the keys.
Is that the reproduction of Malevich? Not really. This is a bike shelf.
A bicycle hangs on a special recess, and from above can be put something small.
It looks great both in the folded and uncovered state.
Another pretty shelf, this time not folding.
The shelf clings not a wheel, but a seat. Downstairs a few more hooks for bags.
Not only keys and cellular, but something more significant can be put on a wide shelf.
On such a shelf you hang a bike, and it does not touch the floor with the wheels.
She will normally look even in a residential room, not to mention the hallway.
It doesn't hang clothes here, but here's a complete set of shoes fit well.
The wheel is clamped with a special retainer, so the bike will not fall randomly from the closet.
The bulk cabinet in which you can put a lot of useful things. And bike.
The wheel is hanging on a special handle in the closet.
On the shelves you can store equipment for riding or just necessary things.
Holder for a bike from a light tree.
The bike is at a distance from the floor.
An interesting solution that can be done with your own hands.
Excellent solution for the modern castle.
Reminds the steering wheel, and a hunting trophy.
So you can remove bicycles for the winter.
The system helps to conveniently store a bike and quickly get it.
A simple option for a wooden ceiling.
This option with metal slats is suitable for home.
All you need for such a holding is the old steering wheel and fastening.
The bike is conveniently suspended and does not interfere.
Three bike are placed on such a rack.
It can be done with your own hands, and put accessories and spare parts into the locker.
Rack for four bicycles.
Such a rack will be much more compact than just four bikes at the wall.
On this rack, two bikes will fit without problems.
How to store a bike?
Over the past few years, bicycles have gained popularity and steel, practically, family sport. It is not surprising: he replaces the gym, adds an adventure element to life, allows the whole family fun and with benefit to spend time. In addition, the fashion for this type of transport adds the element of prestige to our life.
However, there is another side: their fairly dimensional and its storage is associated with a decrease in residential space.
How and where to store a bike in a small apartment? Specific decisions on saving space and convenient placement of two-wheeled vehicles in their apartment - the first thing that takes the lucky owner of this means of movement. Especially if this transport is bought for the whole family.
Of course, when there is a demand, a proposal appears, both cycles, parking, and various bike storage fasteners. Now it remains only to decide: which suitable for you?
Bicycle storage in the apartment
Almost everyone starts with the fact that the "Park" bike (s) in their hallway or the fenced accessible drive space, as a last resort - on the balcony. However, sooner or later, the thought of a lost space comes, which can be used more rationally, besides, not "behind the mountain" ending the season of cycling.
Let's look at how to arrange them so that they occupy the smallest useful area.
Fasteners for a bike on the wall
Bicycles are flat enough to organize in the wall space at some distance from the floor. It is worth only to organize fasteners and your favorite transport will always be in place, which is convenient, aesthetic.
Fasteners for a bike in the form of a hook on the wall
I note that they are two types: for horizontal and vertical storage.
Fasteners for horizontal storage bike It has 2 hooks, individual or dual, at least 15 centimeter plants. Aggregate is suspended for the frame.
Such hooks are usually lifting, if they are not used, then pressed against the wall, ensuring the safety of households.
Fasteners for vertical storage bike It can also look like a hook that clings not behind the frame, but for the wheel. At the same time, there are also 2 options for fastening the bike along the wall: parallel with the wall and perpendicularly.
Please note that the hook-fastener located in parallel wall - attitudes a two-wheeled friend perpendicularly, and those that the edge looks up - creparate parallel.
Bicycle fasteners with shelf
It is increasingly important for us, the design becomes together with the multifunctionality of furniture items. A fastener for a bicycle with a shelf creates comfort at home not only due to a more profitable placement of transport, but also gives an additional shelf for keys, perfume, the handbags - the little things that need to be put somewhere at the entrance.
Unfortunately, this is foreign development that has not yet found the manufacturer in Russia, but the idea itself deserves attention. I hope she will find her artist.
Holder - Suspension for fastening bike to ceiling
This design is designed to attach a bike to the ceiling. It consists of a set of fasteners for the ceiling, a rope system of descent and lifting of transport. The execution of this system may be different.
Less convenient, but still effectively, you can build a ceiling storage system with your own hands.
Bicycle rack
This is something like a bicycle hanger. It is relevant if you have two or more pieces of two-wheeled transport.
They are attached to each other, due to which they free the necessary space. This can be fixed both 3 and 4-re transport.
Where to store a bike in a small apartment
Where to store a bike - in the hallway, room or balcony? First you need to understand the pros and cons of each location, as well as know the necessary rules that will ensure the safety of your two-wheeled friend.
Bicycle storage on the balcony
Therefore, the requirements for storing the bicycle on the balcony will be mandatory glazing it, and, or a case on or cape, or stored in a disassembled form. The exception is not a sunny side of the balcony.
Bicycle storage outside the apartment
There is no limit of human ingenuity, however, the option on the wall of the house may not be the best choice for the same reason as the open balcony. But the option in the entrance is more wealthy, provided a closed entrance, a working elevator, as well as normal neighbors.
Bicycle storage in the hallway
The first thing comes to mind is to hang on the wall. This is a good idea, often coming to the head of the owners of healthy transport, but you can use this option more useful: frame bikes have a comfortable crossbar, resembling a barbell for hangers with clothes.
If the hallway is small and even suspended on the wall, this transport is prevented - define its place under the most ceiling.
Bicycle storage in the corridor
Corridors are different, but the area of \u200b\u200bnon-busy walls is usually extensive there. This is a beautiful field for fantasy: there you can arrange a bike, or even two.
You can use different niches, openings, ceiling, walls
Bicycle storage cabinet
Any crazy thought that can slip into our head about comfortable accommodation is already essential and represented in the designer thought in the West.
Although the option is not deep (approximately cm 20) of the closed cabinet in the corridor, made to order, will be able to serve you a good service: compactly, closed from outsiders to place a bike, protect it from external storage time, collect all things related to it with in One place.
Bicycle storage in the room
At the end, we came to sharing with a bicycle in the room. It is worth noting that the bike is not just a principle of life, but ideology, yours, as a person. And in this concept, he can become one of the manifestations of your "I". So why hide him? On the contrary! You can demonstrate to friends, guests of your home our "pride", which even winter will remind you that the best times will come.
Of course, for a joint stay, your transport should fit into the style of the room. See how foreign designers enjoy this technique.
Where to keep a bike in the apartment
Bicycle storage in the apartment may seem simple task. In fact, you will have to spend a lot of time to prepare. How to do it, you will learn in our article.
The True Cyclist has the season never ends. This saying is distributed in the cycle community. Indeed, there are mandrels that are not afraid of a thirty-degree frost, leaving the next cruising. Nevertheless, such riders are very very few. The rest prefer to wait a bit and only in the spring to go outside. It arises quite logical question About where to store a bike during winter? In this article, we will tell about how the correct storage of the bicycle looks like and how to prepare for a long donkey.
Alternative storage locations
One of the main problems faced by cyclists is the complexity of determining the optimal storage location. This is especially true for those who live in a small apartment. Here are some options you can use if none of the rooms of your housing allows you to put a bike:
- Garage. If you have it, you can put bikes there. It is important to make sure that the temperature inside is +5 degrees and above. If the temperature is below, seasonal storage Two-wheeled transport will lead to the need for bulkhead. Rubber components (seals, anthers, tires, cameras, etc.), can crack inside. The result is quite obvious: on the legs of the fork and the shock absorber stock, if you have suspensions, traces of oil will appear, and the tires will have to change quickly.
- Balcony. Store your bike on the balcony is best in the event that you first detail the tires. Very good when there is a system of individual heating on the balcony. Otherwise, you will have to take care of the additional protection of rubber products from frost.
- Basement. A good optionIf there is no high humidity in the basement. On any wall you can equip special fasteners. These are most often hooks that are born into the wall. Such a system for storing your cycasting will be useful if you do not have a garage and balcony. But do not forget from time to time to check the basement to make sure there are no traces of hacking.
Even on the balcony you can conveniently store bike
Note! In no case do not keep your transport in the entrance! According to statistics, the most often theft occurs in the general corridor at night. In the absence of appropriate protection, either the intercom you risk saying goodbye to your bike. But even if your entrance is well guarded, the storage of the bicycle in this place can interfere with the neighbors. Small size of the room do not allow compactly place two-wheeled transport, clutching the useful space.
Ceiling - non-standard bike storage location in the apartment
Features of preparation for storage in the apartment
Even if you choose an apartment as a storage location, you should always prepare for conservation. Initially, it is necessary to wipe all the details with a damp cloth. Most vulnerable places It is worth lubricating. This is especially true of the chain. You can additionally acquire special devices for training - Teflon lubricant, the chain, wet wipes, and so on. All this will allow you to qualitatively prepare your transport to "hibernation".
If you do not plan to remove the wheels, the rear and front transmission must be put on the smallest stars. The reason is simple: you can prevent the chain stretching and the rear switch springs in winter. In addition, the cable will not be pulled front switcherif there is such available.
Check and lubrication of the bicycle chain before conservation
Before keeping a bike at home, you may encounter a question about whether to remove the wheels? Conservation is allowed both with installed wheels and without them. In the first case, you need to pump the tires half, but only if a special stand is used or a professional rack. Grind tires half also needed in the presence of a special mounting to the wall. Store bike not in a limful condition, you have to pump the tire to the maximum allowable pressure.
Punify the tires stands in the warm room. Why? Under the influence of low temperature, the air has a compressive property. Pumping the wheel to two bar, you will come across that heat out pressure will increase by several tenth bar. As a result, or eggs will appear, or the wheel will burst from the rebupping of pressure. In the presence of an identical temperature at the place of inflation and storage, the pressure will remain the same.
Very carefully treated cycling chain. With incorrect preparation for conservation, it will not be suitable for use next season. Under the influence of moisture, it is characteristic of rusting, which leads to a decrease in the level of strength of the part. To prevent such an outcome, you need to do the following:
- using the chain, clean the chain from dirt, dust, old lubricant, and so on;
- process the chain with a special gear-based care agent;
- take the clingbook again, and with it, remove the surplus of the lubricant. Remember: Lubrication should penetrate the chain pins, but no absent on facial side. Otherwise, you risk regularly to get the legs and hands (if the chain can fly from time to time);
- since the chain is prepared for wintering, it is necessary to additionally treat its surface with a special silicone spray. After processing by this means, a film is formed, which will ensure even greater protection against the effects of condensate. This is especially true if you plan to keep your bike not in the apartment's room, but on the balcony, where there can often be drops of temperature and humidity.
Clemented bicycle
A complete set of accessories for chain care and preparation for conservation
Regardless which methods of storage are you will apply, it will not be superfluous to use a special case for two-wheeled vehicles. Its main advantage is to prevent deposit of dust on the surface. In addition, it makes it possible to protect the components of the bike from the possible appearance of scratches, scuffs, chips and other cosmetic flaws. Such covers sew from high strength tissue. Accordingly, you can store a bike weighing up to 30 kg.
Case standard sizes for bike
The saddle is another important component that needs to be properly prepared for wintering. If the skin was used in the process of production, the ointment of the oil-wax basis will help. Additional protection will provide a special case on the saddle. If there is a plastic saddle, it is enough to wipe its surface with a special cloth.
The result of the storage of the leather saddle without treatment with polyrolla
Remember! To protect paint and varnish frame or other components, it is necessary to use a special wax polyrolol. Are you going to keep your bike in a one-room apartment? Then there will be a thin layer. In the case of a garage or basement, you will have to apply several layers of polyroli. But you can not worry about the preservation of the paintwork.
After appropriate bicycle preparation, you can hang it on the wall. This method of storage is popular in Europe, where residents have long used to move on two-wheeled transport. Making fasteners can be independently. For those who do not have such an opportunity, desire and essential materialsThe market sells ready-made mounts at affordable prices.
Bicycle storage on a special stand
The option shown above is suitable for those who use the city bike, a highway or a cheap Auchan-Bait. Please note that such a fastening will not suit cyclists who ride models with a wide wheel. The reason is that the steering wheel with a large width will not allow properly to fix the vehicles on the wall. As a result, time from time to time the bike can fall.
Two hooks
The essence lies in the fact that two-wheeled vehicles hanging on the wall with two hooks. The first hook is mounted to hold the front wheel, the second - for fixing the bike for the pedal. The advantage is that such a storage technique allows you to keep your bike in sight. But you need to first remove the measurements and make sure that the possibility of organizing such an attachment exists.
Mounting on the wall in one hook, position - vertical
Such a storage of the bike in the apartment will be suitable if there is a sufficient space on the wall in the room. The room must be quite big to not create any discomfort in the process of conservation. If you have no such room, the way the way is not suitable for you.
Fastening the top of the bike
If you have a highway or Fix, this option will have to do you like. Benefits are somewhat. First, when you do not use this mount, it will not catch the eye. Secondly, it can additionally be used as a shelf or stand. And most importantly, the bike will be stored very compact, remove and put it back, you will be able to be able without any particular difficulties. Nevertheless, there is a serious drawback - this is his narrow specialization. If the frame of your bike is not straight and thin, you can not store your transport in this way.
There are several bike storage options during the off-season. The most popular places of wintering are such as apartment, balcony, garage and basement. It is not recommended to store your transport in the stairwell or dryer, because there is a big risk of damage or theft of property. Any bike must be prepared. Compliance with all the above rules will ensure trouble-free storage not only in winter, but at any other time.
How to store a bike in the apartment
The question of storing a bicycle in an urban apartment is very worried about many people. Some even refuse themselves the pleasure of skiing, so as not to clutter the already small living space.
I have already mentioned the article about theft of bicycles, which in no case cannot leave the bike in the basement, on the staircase or in general tambour. Sooner or later you will definitely lose it, so - only the apartment, whatever it was.
I have great stored on a glazed balcony, and in winter, and in summer. During the greatest lesion of brain centers, bicycleism, there was six bikes (4 of my, one Murzik and one guest). When it was necessary to get the farthest, it was an even spectacle. ?
Therefore, the first advice is if there is a balcony, consider that the question is resolved. Deliver from there all the trash and glass - it turns out a great stable for a bike and accessories. If for some reason it is impossible to glazing, then still in the summer bike can and should stand. Rain drops that will fly to him - nothing terrible if you use appliances regularly.
If there is no balcony, then look for such a thing:
This hanger can be placed right behind the entrance door, and the bike will be quietly hanging there, without interfering with anyone. Only one thing - if you have hydraulic brakes, then you do not need to press the knob when the bike is in a vertical position. Aerial cork can move to Caliper, and brakes then maybe you have to pump.
In general, there is a lot of creative ideas, where to store a bike, and approaching the question with a fantasy, you can always think about something.
If there are no places at all, you will have to do partial disassembly. Remove the front wheel and turn the steering wheel parallel to the frame is a business of three minutes, but the possibilities for accommodation are greatly increasing. In this form, it can be shoved under the bed or for the sofa, for the closet or simply put in the corner.
The question of flowing mud can decide the cover in which the bike is packaged after the pokatushki. The main thing is to at least somehow consider the main dirt on the street, you can read about it in my article about the sink of the bike.
At the very end, you can buy a folding bike - for him there is definitely enough space in any apartment.
Someone can say - as a lot of coming. In my opinion - hunting will be in the forest. If you really need it, you will look for opportunities, and if not, the reasons why it is difficult to do.
I assure everything is not as bad as soon as he is heard in your home, you will stop noticing him, wherever he stood. More difficult with the second half, if it does not share hobbies. What can you say - you need to conduct explanatory work. If you fail to attract to skating, then at least to develop attitude towards a bike as to the necessary evil. ?
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Bicycle storage in the apartment - 17 placement ideas
All members of my family regularly use a bike - this is not only a means of movement, but also leisure. Unfortunately, due to bulky, it is difficult to find a suitable place for it for it. There are no hopeless situations, so I will offer you a few ideas how to keep a bike in the apartment so that he does not occupy a lot of space.
Where to store a bike? Just put in the corridor or leave on a community site? No way out. You need to look for alternative options.
In the closet: 5 ideas
It is not always possible to highlight a separate place for the bike in the apartment, so it is possible to compact it to the closet to save space.
Instructions, how to do it:
In a small apartment, you can put a bike in the folded form in the storeroom.
More convenient to use this way in winter when transport does not use.
Select two separate deep shelves in the dresser and place vehicle inside horizontally.
Consign the bike at home can be on the wall of a narrow cabinet in the hallway or bedroom.
For fastening, special durable brackets are used.
Two bicycles can be put next to each other in the closet.
Bike bicycles will fit perfectly in the compartment for outerwear.
There are original ways to solve the problem. You can order the design of a special cabinet, in which the "iron horses" will be a separate place.
In the room: 6 ideas
The bike can become an excellent element of the decor of the room. To do this, it needs to be secured on a special shelf or on the wall.
How to hang a bike on the wall with your own hands:
Special storage systems are on sale:
- Attach the brackets to the wall with bolts.
- If necessary, strengthen the design.
- Secure the "Iron Horses" for the rear wheels.
The price of such systems depends on the number of components of the largest and their maximum allowable weight.
Small stands that accommodate maximum two vehicles.
- Screw at an altitude of 1 meter from each other two mounts.
- Hang the first is great above, and the second is immediately under it (an example in the photo).
A small mechanism is screwed into the wall, which firmly holds the "iron horse" for the front wheel.
- Take several wooden boards of different heights and widths.
- Build the design by type of hangers.
- Secure all bolts.
- Hang bikes on top of the frame.
The simplest solution to put the vehicle behind the sofa or bed, so it will not interfere.
So that the "two-wheeled friend" does not pack the surrounding items, you can use the wheels cover.
Covers come in various sizes and colors.
Under the ceiling: 3 ideas
We found out how to hang a bike on the wall. Now we'll figure it out how to attach it to the ceiling:
In fact, the same mount, as well as for the wall. A distinctive feature - you can place more than three instances.
The ceiling is screwed into the durable bolts of the bracket, which is suspended large behind the frame.
Now quite often the fasteners functioning on the principle of "winch" are found. Such a winch can be attached in any convenient place.
On the balcony: 3 ideas
Bicycle storage on the balcony can be organized by several methods. The most popular are presented in the table:
In the assembled form "Iron horse" takes a very little space. It can be compact to compact in balcony niches or boxes.
With frequent use, you can simply take it on the balcony. So he will definitely not interfere.
Excellent idea for storing a "two-wheeled friend":
- Make a metal hook behind the balcony or window.
- Strengthen it with large bolts.
- Secure the vehicle on this bolt for the frame.
- Additionally, lock the belts or rope.
The mount should be as strong as possible so that the bike does not fall on the people passing by.
After buying a bicycle, many people have a question: where and how to store it? Well, if there is a lot of free space in the house or apartment, and the bike can be safely put so that it does not interfere with anyone, but most of us have no place in the apartments. The problem becomes even more serious if there is no insulated loggia or balcony where your bike could be overwhelmed. We will look at different storage options for home bike and options for devices that are called to "optimize" this process.
1. Storage folded
The easiest option if your bike has a folding frame - the storage problem immediately decreases in half - like your bike. Even easier if your bike is not just folding, and the superworks - for example, like Forward Enigma.
In contrast to the usual folding bike, the superstar still turns and the steering wheel is folded. You can also fold the pedals without removing them from the bike. And in addition to this, such superclad bikes, as a rule, have a small diameter wheels - 20-24 inches, which makes their storage even simpler.
2. Storage disassembled
You can save a lot of space if you disassemble the bike - in whole or in part. It is clear that both options are suitable for those who are confident in their knowledge of disassembling and assembling a bicycle and only when it comes to storing a bike in this form for a long time, for example, in winter.
So, if you decide to save your bike to save place, you can do the following:
Loosen the mounting of the steering column and expand the steering wheel parallel to the frame, or to completely remove it;
- remove the saddle;
- unscrew the pedals (if you wish, you can be spinning back only from the inside);
- remove the front wheel, weakening nuts or eccentrics on the sleeve;
- If in this form, the bike is still not compact enough, you can remove the rear wheel.
3. Storage assembled
Disassemble and collect a bike between skiing during a cyclezon, to put it mildly, not very convenient. Therefore, and so relevant the topic - how to keep an awkward bike in the apartment, without disassembling it.
The bike can just stand in the far corner if you have a lot of space in the apartment. However, most often the place is missing and you have to use the walls and even the ceiling of the apartment, resorting to various special devices. Some of which, by the way, in addition to their functionality, also look very aesthetic.
This is a fairly fastening that saves a place on the floor. Such a hook is easy to attach to the ceiling. True, this decision is not very suitable for women and children, since each time you have to raise the entire weight of the bike upstairs.
The brackets are somewhat more complex in attachment to the ceiling, but the process of hanging the bicycle is significantly facilitated, since it does not need to be lifted above. The bike is attached behind the wheel and the saddle on the hooks of the suspension device, pulls up to the desired height, after which the cord is fixed in the stretched position.
Devices for attaching a bicycle vertically to the wall outwardly very similar to the hanger. Bike is placed in vertical position On the rear wheel, the hook is starting for the rim of the front wheel. In order for the bike does not pack wallpaper, you can at touch the wall by the bottom wheel to attach a protective bar from any girlfriend.
A bicycle suspension on the wall is perhaps the most popular way to store a bicycle in the apartment. And the list of fixtures is also very diverse. It can be quite simple hooks - stationary and folding. Stationary hooks usually have a small removal. On the one hand, it is compact, on the other - the bike on such a mount concerns the wall, it can interfere with the steering wheel and / or pedals, which he will rest in the wall. For this reason, stationary hooks with a small takeaway are more suitable for long-term storage of the bike without movement, when you can expand the steering wheel and unscrew the pedals.
Folded fastenings are also very compact, and in unfolded - very convenient for daily storage of the bicycle houses during the cycle season. Thanks to the large removal of such fixtures, the bike is easily suspended without any manipulations with the wheel and pedals.
Separately, it is worth talking about the various variations of the wall mounting bike. These can be various shelves, lockers and other adaptations from wood or plastic, which in addition to the functions of hanging on them bike and role, actually, shelves, etc. If you wish, you can make the regiment you need the configuration you need. The rest of the above-described bicycle fastening options should be sought in specialized cymagazines.
Bicycle in Belarus has become a lot. According to the traffic police, only in the capital now. Correspondent Tut.BY asked cyclists and walked along the forums to find out where and how people keep bikes in apartments.
1. In the corridor
Eugene stores a bike in the corridor:- in the summer, when I use it, I have a bike in the hallway (in winter too, but elsewhere and more compact video - without pedals and with a rotated steering wheel). It is not very convenient, especially if you go at night, not including the light - the pedals suddenly turn out where they are not waiting for them - but leave in the general corridor with eternally open door I do not risk it. From the idea of \u200b\u200bhanging a bike on the wall, I refused - with pedals and steering in the normal position it is too "thick" and requires a very cumbersome suspension.
- When I bought a bike, it was more or less morally to the fact that it would stand in the corridor. I understood that this is a little shy in movements that at first night without light I will cling and stumble, but I really wanted a bicycle. Everything turned out easier. The bike on the rear wheel fit into the storage room (the front wheel stands on the slide of the boxes and stools). This storage method even helped me somehow. When the bike rolled out in the rear wheel, I felt that I put more effort than usual. It turned out that the rear eccentric was strongly unwound.
If we had a glazed balcony, I would have kept the bike there. From the storage room when the bike is there it is difficult to get something. In general, the garage, basement or cottage is optimal for winter.
3. In the residential room
Alexander removes the room in a five-story building.- For my iron friend, not the most comfortable place is selected. This is a living room. The places in it quite a bit, and put the bike almost nowhere, so it is stored near the window, in step from my bed, in a meter from my desk. In a joke, we can say that I practically sleep with him. But such conditions are dictated by lifestyle: I live in a small removable room. The owners of the apartment are not against if I bet the bike in the corridor or on the balcony, but there is even less space, and the long base of the bicycle (under my height in 188 cm) overlaps the entire passage.
Actually dirt from him quite a bit: the linoleum saves me, which I closed the entire floor. Of course, it is once again vacuuming and washed, but it takes quite a bit of time. After the rain remains only to wipe the place of storage from dirt. And in the winter I leave a bike for a couple of hours in the entrance. During this time, water flows from it, salt and road reagents. Then he canfully raise his dry floor and rush into the room. Another bike performs hanger features. It is very convenient when I don't use it, dried up linen or leave clothes. Not quite aesthetically, but more than convenient. The only drawback in such storage is a wide steering wheel on a narrow passage. Almost always hurt him, passing by, because of what the bike bell is noise and the cat shall be fed. And it is impossible to expand the bike in this position. Although quite recently, right on this place in the room completely moved all the chassis: I cleared and smeared all the bearings, replaced the pedals to metal, changed the chain, cassette, tires. I thought that I smell everything around into lubricant and dirt, but everything turned out neatly.4. On the balcony
For Olga and Eugene, a balcony became the best option for storing bikes.
- First, because it is large enough, and secondly, because two bicycles. Not in the example of the current tradition, the balcony is used for its intended purpose - in one part of the dryer for linen, in the other - a small sofa, a table, a wardrobe and, actually, bicycles. We try not to bring old and unnecessary things to the balcony, but immediately throw out or give good hands. Therefore, the places are enough.
The balcony can be easily turned into a bicycle screen. It is enough to remove one bike, and the second to flip over, and you can engage in cleaning, tuning and repair, without fearing to blur carpets. Of course, after that you always need to be removed on the balcony. Yes, and go there bikes strictly in your arms - alternately and gently rush across the hall.
Winter bicycles are also on the balcony - clean, tired and lowered a bit of wheels so that they do not damage the frost.
The only drawback of this storage I see that it is a little inconvenient to get a bike that stands closer to the window if only he needs one.
6. On the cycling under the ceiling
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7. In the garage
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8. On a wooden pole
Forumchanin with Nickname CHD shared a design that thought for three bikes and built into a single hole in the wall and ceiling. Used Pine Bar 30x50x3000cm. The price of the question is $ 4. All loads were calculated, as indicated in the book.
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9. On the suspension on the wall
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10. On the ceiling
MADLEXX manages to keep the bike on the ceiling in the hallway. The design consists of five blocks, two carbines, a handful of anchors and twelve meters of the Kapron rope. All this cost about 15 dollars, mounted the design for an hour. Enjoy the suspension for 8 months. With a height of 184 cm, the bike does not cling. As for the reliability of the design, it is written that at first was going to protect against the possible fall of the bike crossbar, but suspended the bike for each hook separately and it turned out that they all withstand bike weighing 13 kg. Even if one hook crashes, the bike will hold on the others, says Madlexx.
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11. Where only do not store
The forums also found people who store their bicycles in the kitchen, in common corridors and on the landing. The last two ways are considered less secure.About minus storage in the kitchen Forumchanin Promwad writes the following:
1) Bicycles are covered in the winter with kitchen with fat, which is then laundering.
2) I do not have even washup shells in the kitchen, because it just has nowhere to put it, but it's not a minus, minus that many women are very shocking !!!
One of the most unsafe storage methods (for the surrounding, bicycles and owner) is considered to be forgetic storage. The authors of these designs could not be found.
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And where do you keep your bikes? We are waiting for your photos and comments on the forum.
Despite its small sizes, the bike also takes some place. Cyclists living predominantly in small city apartments often arises where to store a bike.
The bicycle storage place in the apartment or on the landing is not a smaller headache than the parking site for the car. However, there are quite a few solution options for this problem. Many of them will not even affect the free space in your home.
Lucky owner of folding bikes. It doesn't just take up little space in the assembled state, it also folds. Thereby storage seats are required even less. But, it should be noted, and folding bikes are full-sized. There are even folding. Yes, and the functionality of the folding bike when using it as a sports projectile is very doubtful.
To optimize the storage of its transport in a limited space, you need to use various tricks and technological methods. It is important to understand that the bike is not just removed for storage, but also to have access to it for riding. After all, theoretically, any bike can be disassembled and thereby significantly simplifying the storage of the bike in the apartment or in any other room. But to collect every time the bike is anesthest and consistent occupation. Structurally, some compounds are better not to torment constant assembly-disassembly. Accordingly, let's analyze some standard techniques that will prompt where to store a bike in the apartment.
Storage of bicycles with the involvement of third-party organizations
Seasonal storage of bicycles- This is a fairly common phenomenon that we borrowed from Western countries. On the one hand, it seems to be convenient. But on the other, the use of such services requires additional financial investments. But for a relatively small amount you get a convenient storage cell.
Advantages:
- No need to think where to store a bike in winter. You get a comfortable warm place for storage
- For one price, you can usually arrange several bicycles at once.
Disadvantages:
- Excessive cash wretched
- Pronounced seasonality. In winter, the bike is no longer used. And the closure of the cycling season is the weak yield) ride you need to rods.
- Departure from your place of residence. Those. Even if such services are also in the summer, then go every time somewhere behind their bike will be very uncomfortable.
Bicycle storage on the wall- This is one of the most common bicycle accommodation options in a small apartment. The bike is hanging on the wall with a special fastening. Most often it is a sort of bracket type of deer horns. The mount is rigidly fixed on the wall and is a hanger. The bike is hanging on this hanger for the frame. Standard mounting for a bike on the wall You can buy in any store.
It is worth this product at all inexpensive. The range of such brackets on the wall is simply giant, so there is only a matter of taste and convenience in a particular case. With its installation, any user can cope with the drill and hammer in their hands.
If there is no desire to spend extra money, then the product can be made independently.
Fastening for a bike on the wall with your own hands It is done in about 2 hours and does not require any special tools. You just need to get the material for the fastening itself. It will take a metal corner or a square of a square section. You can use a round profile tube, but it is more difficult to work with it and most often you need to use welding. The welding machine is an unprecedented luxury. The tool is very useful, but rarely meets in ordinary apartments. Wooden bars of large sections are suitable - 50 - 70 mm.
If you make a fastening for a bike without a welding machine, you will need to use bolts with nuts. Manufacturer Logic Very Simple - Failure Pipes desired size Hacking for metal and connect them into a single bolt design. Design Type Plan on your own to come out with a hanger. Attach the resulting bracket to the wall is very simple. Severate the base and fix with a dowel on the wall. I wrap the finished design to make the scratches on the frame.
The method of storage has advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages:
- Bike does not occupy space in the room and hanging on the wall
- Make or purchase fasteners for a bike on the wall is not difficult and will not cost expensive
- You can hang several bikes at once, using free space, for example, above the bed
- Bike is always at hand and it is not necessary to disassemble
Disadvantages:
- The bike is usually dirty even after the cleanest pokatushek and, accordingly, if the bike hangs the bed on the wall, then all the dirt falls at you during sleep
- While you drag a bike through the room, even clean wheels there is a risk of damaging the equipment or leave a trace on the wallpaper
- Bike is not always easy - if you are owner highway bike, I will not make much difficulty hanging on the wall. But if you have a monster for downhill, then the situation is more complicated
- Frames of two suspensions are not always convenient to cling to the bracket. But there is an option of a hook for the front wheel. Such devices are also sold and the bike is hanging vertically. Vertical storage of the bicycle, though less convenient, but perhaps.
Bicycle storage in the apartment
Options where to store a bike in a small apartment not so much. To begin with, this is the storage of a bike on the wall, which is described slightly above. But there are more non-standard options. Of course, it is very convenient, when the workshop can be under bicycles and similarity select a whole roomBut this is the lot of secured residents.
Can locate the bike right in your room On the floor. However, this option is limited to the size of the room and is difficult when there are several bikes. In addition, if you bring bikes to the room, all the dirt will be with them in the room itself. Households do not always share this approach and swear greatly. Therefore, at a minimum, under the bike you will need to raise the film or often clean.
Nobody canceled store bikes on the balcony. If the balcony is glazed, then it is perfect for storing the bike. If the balcony is open, then it is not always correct to store a bike on such a balcony. At the same time, the negative effect of external factors also takes place in both of these options. On any balcony there will be cold and plastic parts of a bicycle or elastomeric parts will suffer greatly from the cold. Of course, and adversely affects these parts, but the intensity of the impact is not so long.
If there were no accommodation options, but there is no balcony, then you can hang a bike outside the window on chains or rope. This is a very extravagant way and is suitable for long-term storage of the bike. It is clear that each time reveal the window and throw a bicycle on the rope is very and very uncomfortable. Yes, and this method is suitable for residents of the upper floors. After all, if you do it on the first floor, it will be a free gift for any thief. Slight more comfortable situation with hanging a bike on the balcony. Then he and the place does not occupy, and pull it out for the window every time you do not need. Remember how sledges were stored before.
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Very comfortably use a landing or storage room For storage of bike. If there is no separate dark room, then the bike can be placed in an improvised dark room. It is not difficult to make it, if you make the total area of \u200b\u200bthe room. It is enough to burn a small part of the room with a solid cabinet and do a door there. It turns out a small dark room where you can easily store bicycles and every volatile trash.
When it comes to long-term storage, options becomes more. For example, a bicycle can be disassembled and put it element on the closet. The disassembled bike will fit in a niche for bed in the sofa. It can be shoved under a large bed, etc.
Anyway, for an urban resident of a bicycle storage in the apartment it remains one of the most convenient options.placement of equipment. You always have a quick and easy access to the technique, which means you can ride at any time of the year and any minute.
Bicycle storage in winter
It is worth noting that for winter storage bikeAll described methods are suitable. The main thing is to remember a little about common sense and take care of your horse. The situation is simplified by the fact that some cyclists close the season and they are not particularly often needed to have access to the bike.
How not to store a bike
Now a few words about how not to keep your bike.
Bike is better not to post in the entrance. Store bike on the landing wrong. Most often, such bicycles are easy prey for thieves. And if the thematic forums are stolen from the section "stolen", then 90% of stolen bicycles were placed in the entrance. Of course, there are different entrances with different levels Access. But most often, this is a multi-storey house, where you have not seen all of our neighbors in my face. Please note that even if the bike is tied, it will not save from theft.
No need to store a bike on the street. This is not only bad in terms of exposure to an external aggressive environment, but also in the first case, dangerous for the safety of the bike. Any cable is cut in 3 minutes. Think about it next time, when you fasten the bike to the pillar based on its long-lasting parking lot in this place.
Under the same definition and holles fall. If you store a bike in the lobby, Most often, no one will be followed by him. This is a much more correct option than just to put a bicycle in an open stairwell, but still, cases of stealing from halls are sufficiently common.
There is a bicycle storage option in the garage. In general, this is a good option. But the garages are different and you also need to remember their safety.
In some cases, you can agree with a concierge or parking fence and place a bike under their supervision. Most often, this option requires some payment, but quite suitable.
Conclusion
Despite all the problems that the owner of the bicycle faces, looking for a place to accommodate its iron friend, the location of the bicycle was and will remain a fairly simple task, which is not so difficult to solve.