House Bike Storage

jester1980

Hey All

Moving into a new house in a few weeks, wont really have the chance to keep my 2 bikes in the house so have been looking around for ideas for the garden.

Could buy a shed but see so many bikes robbed from sheds, are the steel sheds better.

I've looked at ideas of closing in the side passage with doors and like a little room but again suppose door could be smashed in.

Any recommendations' please? two lads in work have had their bikes robbed from different parts of Dublin in the last 2 weeks out of the garden shed

07Lapierre

The Attic?


I'd recommend a steel shed and some kind of alarm fitted. Id also make sure you have something secure to lock your bike to while its in the shed.

jester1980

07Lapierre wrote: »

The Attic?


I'd recommend a steel shed and some kind of alarm fitted. Id also make sure you have something secure to lock your bike to while its in the shed.

cool thanks, I was thinking maybe along these lines and getting some sort of bar put into the shed and then maybe locking twice to this.

alarm fitted is a great idea though.

G-Man

Side passage is a great idea, put a solid roof, wood and felt or galvanize. Make the roof as high as possible, with due regard to neigbours wall and your own windows. Extra height in a narrow passage means you can hang some bikes off the roof.

Add a solid wooden door (old back door style) from a builders providers with a proper frame and yale lock. Extra security might be anchors inside the shed as well.

You want a strong deterrent, you are not looking for fort knox.

jester1980

Yeah we actually liked this idea as well and have no neighbours on that side of the house, that way we could ditch the shed idea completly

cdaly_

Be wary of blocking boiler exhaust flues. Mine is halfway along the side passage and would limit how much I could build...

jester1980

hey, well ive narrowed the whole thing down to two options.

Option 1 is a company in UK but don't deliver here, so would need to courier

https://www.mcldirect.com/en/all-storage-garden-products/3923-trimetals-sesame-bikestore-unit-with-full-opening-gas-mech-includes-metal-floor.html

Option 2 is a company in Newbridge, only thin turning me off these is they just used padlocks, is that really any difference to a shed so?

http://www.asgardsss.co.uk/bike-storage-x3-police-approved

Greentree_uk

https://www.dlbcycles.ie/accessories-components/secure-bicycle-storage-shed

Hurrache

There was a steal shed I was going to buy earlier this year from a place in Finglas, Dublin. Just had a check there and it appears to be no longer listed, but they're bringing this one in instead
https://www.shedsdirectireland.com/product/the-extreme-shed-copy/

What had me hesitant was that there's no base and where I had planned on putting it wouldn't have worked out too well. The older model they had was a slimmer on, i.e. the bikes went in sideways.

edit: I think this was there previous version
https://www.facebook.com/shedsdirectireland/photos/a.1693630350870920.1073741827.1693610920872863/2111703622396922/?type=3&theater

jester1980

Greentree_uk wrote: »

https://www.dlbcycles.ie/accessories-components/secure-bicycle-storage-shed

great stuff im out that way tomorrow actually

jester1980

Hurrache wrote: »

There was a steal shed I was going to buy earlier this year from a place in Finglas, Dublin. Just had a check there and it appears to be no longer listed, but they're bringing this one in instead
https://www.shedsdirectireland.com/product/the-extreme-shed-copy/

What had me hesitant was that there's no base and where I had planned on putting it wouldn't have worked out too well. The older model they had was a slimmer on, i.e. the bikes went in sideways.

edit: I think this was there previous version
https://www.facebook.com/shedsdirectireland/photos/a.1693630350870920.1073741827.1693610920872863/2111703622396922/?type=3&theater

Yeah had a look at them, didn't seem as secure as other ones, also no base as well as you said, thanks though

benneca1

jester1980 wrote: »

Hurrache wrote: »

There was a steal shed I was going to buy earlier this year from a place in Finglas, Dublin. Just had a check there and it appears to be no longer listed, but they're bringing this one in instead
https://www.shedsdirectireland.com/product/the-extreme-shed-copy/

What had me hesitant was that there's no base and where I had planned on putting it wouldn't have worked out too well. The older model they had was a slimmer on, i.e. the bikes went in sideways.

edit: I think this was there previous version
https://www.facebook.com/shedsdirectireland/photos/a.1693630350870920.1073741827.1693610920872863/2111703622396922/?type=3&theater

Yeah had a look at them, didn't seem as secure as other ones, also no base as well as you said, thanks though

Have a look at shanette in kilbeggan they do sturdy steel sheds with decent lockable doors. Pricey but if you are in the house for the long haul worth it. Insulated and floored so if you have the room set up your turbo there

2 Wheels Good

Saw this on Instagram

nice and tidy if you'd room in the house

Roddy23

You see these flat bike storage holders, was looking at them myself if you've a decent clearing from floor to ceiling https://flat-bike-lift.com

cdaly_

Hurrache wrote: »

There was a steal shed I was going to buy earlier this year from a place in Finglas, Dublin. Just had a check there and it appears to be no longer listed, but they're bringing this one in instead
https://www.shedsdirectireland.com/product/the-extreme-shed-copy/

What had me hesitant was that there's no base and where I had planned on putting it wouldn't have worked out too well. The older model they had was a slimmer on, i.e. the bikes went in sideways.

edit: I think this was there previous version
https://www.facebook.com/shedsdirectireland/photos/a.1693630350870920.1073741827.1693610920872863/2111703622396922/?type=3&theater

I don't like the bike in sideways store because it means you have to move one bike to get at another. If you're talking about storage for the kids' bikes that are used occasionally, that's fine but for more than one commuter, you have to be able to get your bike in and out without having to move another. Otherwise it becomes too inconvenient and you either 1) take the car 'cos too much effort to get the bike out or 2) park the bike in the house ("I'll put it in the shed later") and the shed doesn't get used at all.

The other thing a bike shed needs is to be able to walk in. That way you can do all your fiddling about out of the rain.

I'd be more inclined to get a decent sized wooden shed and add a couple of sheffield stands.

Hurrache

Yeah, I get what you're saying. In our house it's the kids bikes that are in and out daily, not so much mine anymore, so I can live with mine shoved in the back, and the length ways suited out garden layout better dimension wise.

At this rate anyway I'll probably continue to use the garden shed with the step ladder/garden shears/roof box trap for storing my ones, and the house for the kid's. It will get messy come winter so it'll probably be reevaluated again and I'll be back to square one.

Just had a look at that length ways one again, you'd probably get away without a solid concrete base based on the inbuilt stands, but as to how solidly fastened they are to the shed itself is a different question, i.e. it may be possible just to stamp or pull them away from their fixing points and carry the bikes away.

downtheroad

I have a garage on the side of my house that I leave my bikes in, but wouldn't mind putting something extra in for security, such as a Sheffield Stand, but are they hassle to install? Or does anyone have any recommendations for a fixed unit to lock a bike to that is easy to install?

cdaly_

You could do something as simple as put an eyebolt into the wall and lock bike to that with a D-lock. You can get bolt-down sheffield stands but you'd need to weld the bolt heads (or use studs, nuts and rivet over the studs) so they cannot be unbolted. Alternatively, the standard sheffield stand requires concreting in.

In any case, if you have power and tools in your garage, they'll all only be delaying devices.