Her Ladyship "suggested" that I fettle the commuter bike in the kitchen, tonight, as "it'll be really cold in the garage"! 😮
I think the words "brake", "no" and "rear" might have had something to do with it.
Anyone else been allowed this luxury? 🙂
i just do it anyway whilst she hoovers, washes the dishes and irons the clothes. Then i slip on my mankini, relax on my lazyboy and watch some porn!!
Kitchen? Pffft, lounge is where it's at.
Where else would you do it?
I like to build new bikes up on the best carpet! 😀
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Fettling in the conservatory as I type
i only use the kitchen if its really messy, no TV in there 😉
lounge is where it's at tho....
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The kitchen?, nah.... i prefer my living room as it's perfect for the job, got my stove, music, table for my tool box and i'm not fussed if oil or owt gets spilled as it's just the bare floorboards since i had to remove the carpet a few yrs ago ( i dropped an entire sump full of oil on it from an old bike engine) and i've not got round to doing anything about the floor it as i haven't got spare cash. You need home comforts to do a proper job.
lounge or the bike room generally!
Regreased bottom bracket and hub bearings in the lounge the other day, as I needed to 'dry the bearings out' after degreasing them in front of the open fire. 😉
And she didnt mumble as was in the kitchen doing the ironing while cooking dinner !!
Result !!
I thought I was on my own fettling in the lounge. Washed the bike today, and put it in the lounge to dry before fettling this evening!
Hoorah to the missus!
Kitchen always wins over living room - quicker access to essentials (snacks and beers) 😀
Mine are kept in the cellar and get worked on in there. I can even give them a "dry wash" if I've not had time to get the hosepipe on them. There are no distractions and time passes at a different rate, "yes that really is the time".
30sqm garage but all bikes in the house 🙂
No chance! Garage / man cave only for bike fettling here.
Looks horribly like you've been reading the instructions thererobhenry85 - Member
i only use the kitchen if its really messy, no TV in there
lounge is where it's at tho...
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Yep living room for me (house of students though in rented digs)
Yep, especially at this time of year.
Only matrimonial conflict I've faced was when I shot a syringe full of grease through air and out onto the dining room carpet.
That was a dark day 😯
When I lived in that London I had a flat on the third floor of a building, so used to wash my bike in the bath.
Inside is where it's at
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Heated garage here.
Peasants 😉
Bikes in lounge....bikes in kitchens!.. c'mon ladys......bikes are for sheds!.... long live the carpeted shed!
Kitchen.
I'm allowed in the kitchen if I clean up after me. I go to the lounge when she's out
Bleeding brakes strictly in the kitchen. Other fettling duties in the kid's playroom. So I can watch TV.
Kitchen/diningroom is my entire downstairs. PC lives there too, which is handy for hitting refresh on STW/sH and checking Park Tools webby.
Basically it's a bike workshop 🙂
Although I did start building one in living room once.
Remember seeing pics of a bike in the bath on the German forum. Yup. It was a girl washing the bike in the shower 🙂
Cleaned a few components in the dishwasher last weekend. Only request was that none of the normal stuff was in the same wash!! 🙂
Currently have 1 complete bike, 1 donor bike and one build living in the spare room, that's where they live and they're normally filthy! Currently got the rear hub in pieces on the carpet and bled the brakes the other day without getting out of my pj's.
The joys of living on your own... 😉
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I don't have a garage and love the taste of GT85 in my dinner, so kitchen it is. 😀
Built half of my new trance in the 'posh' lounge, which only gets used on special occasions (building a new bike being one of them). Also managed to take apart both hardtails in the kitchen, prior to a US bike holiday. Wife remained relatively relaxed about it, but I am usually too under the thumb to bring the bikes inside.
Thats why they tile kitchen floors! Is there any where else to do bike maintenance? A quick wipe round with Muc Off afterwards does the trick!
Dining room (carpeted) for me until recently 🙂 And that included last minute brake bleeding. I dropped a litre of varnish over it about 2 weeks before we were due to sell so I learnt to fit carpets 🙂
P.S Chain degreaser bleaches lino, so do not spray on chain and then freewheel the cranks back and therefore flicking it across the floor.
Of course.
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I do all my 'usual' maintenance in the Workshop @ work. That way I'm nice and warm, getting paid and have all the tools (including de-greaser/wipes) etc that I could ever need. Also means that when shiny new parts arrive I get them delivered to work and they can go on without the other half even knowing they exist 😆
Kitchens are good workshops., the dishwasher is great for cleaning mechs etc, beer in the fridge, munchie cupboard to and.
I used to use the kitchen, but have now taken over the conservatory as my bike room. Got an electric heater in there, plus that's where the beer is!
Spare bedroom is where it's at folks, filled with rockin stereo, kettle, bikes and other assorted boys toys. 😆
have now taken over the conservatory as my bike room
I cant do that as the road bike on the turbo trainer is permanately in there so although I have a double garage to tinker, its warmer in the house. 😆
Annoyingly, my kitchen isn't really big enough:
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My workstand and toolchest (metal roller drawers, 4ft tall) are permanent bits of furniture in my living room. As are my 3 bikes. It's my only option as I'm in a 1 bed flat. Not as awesome as it sounds.
My crosslight was also build in the kitchen, bike before that in the lounge.
The carpet in lounge was defenetly nicer than kitchen, but new house have not got any carpets and most space in kitchen.
My last 3 bikes have been built in either the kitchen or the conservatory.
It's just too cold in the shed at the moment to do anything mind
Listen, you haven't lived until you've put your bike in it's stand and cantilevered it over the marital bed.... naked maintenance 😯 !
....let the tool and lube jokes commence !
I have a picture of my new Kona being ridden over the marital bed. Not sure if I can post it from a photo. 😯
lol at Thrustyjust. I only know one word in Portuguese...
Never mind anything about working on the bikes indoors....... this is the winning post:
And she didnt mumble as was in the kitchen doing the ironing while cooking dinner
Legend.
Bikes kept in the living room.. Currently most of the tools, oils, grease have worked their way into the living room too, and it wasn't me either! But it's two mtb'ers sharing a house.
The good thing is, the living room always smells nice... GT85 nice 😉
My normal line is that the bike workshop is in kitchen mode 🙂
Annoyingly, my kitchen isn't really big enough:
Haha good effort.
Yeah sometimes in the kitchen. Sometimes in the bathroom.
I like using the kitchen, it's close to the fridge where the beer is 😀
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Are you sure you havent put your kitchen outside for that shot, what with the crazy paving and all!
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wow, I'm impressed that's pretty neat (I'm not talking about the kitchen)!
Ha, I love these threads....kitchen is SO the place to fettle!
I'm also loving the Damien Hirst-esque shots of bikes in varying stages of 'life' - perhaps we could start a separate thread dedicated to this niche genre??
Garage for me - it has everything I need - sound system,big fat double radiator & beer fridge.........
Mee old Zestys okay ain't it 😉
Just rear shocker to change, and i'm sorted!
Stuck though, between a CCDBa and some sort of Fox flavoured boinger?
Any excuse for another pic, this time being, erm, "unfettled" at Chicksands:
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The problem with my house seems to be that someone thought "ooh, wouldn't it be good to have a massive living room" and it is, but unfortunately, that only left about 6sqrFeet for the Kitchen.......
Yep, kitchen everytime.
Wooden floor, plenty of space, good light.
When I was at uni my housemates initially complained about me cleaning the MTB in the kitchen. However they soon realised that the only time the floor got swept was after I'd done the bike cleaning so I'd sweep up all the mud - and all their spilled food, fag ends etc.
When I was at uni my housemates initially complained about me cleaning the MTB in the kitchen. However they soon realised that the only time the floor got swept was after I'd done the bike cleaning so I'd sweep up all the mud - and all their spilled food, fag ends etc.
Hah, that rings a bell. I'd forgotten about that 🙂
Bedroom is where it's at.
Bearings and fork oil changes etc done in Kitchen, Bike is washed down after riding in bath/shower ( Living in London flat with no garden )
Drinking beer whilst working on bike is not recommended imo as eyes tend to lose focus making looking for dropped screws etc a pain in the butt.
Swavis - nice floor tiles
I actually miss working on my bikes in the kitchen now I have a garage.
Nice and warm and a kettle nearby.
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Err on occasion!!
Toxicsoxs, you should be ashamed working in the kitchen on a bike it may pollute the flapjack
We live in a tiny house with 6 bikes in the spare bedroom, and the kitchen and living room used for fettling, and for storage of muddy camelbaks and MTB shoes!
Dales_rider - Member
Toxicsoxs, you should be ashamed working in the kitchen on a bike it may pollute the flapjack
"No flapjack was harmed in the fettling of this bike " 8)
Brilliant thread, no pics but new road bike been taking pride of place in living room, and just built munqe chicks winter road bike up in living room at her suggestion.
When I lived in a flat the full sus lived in the lounge and the HT in the bedroom.
Kitchen! I have my own bike room!
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swavis - is that instant coffee near the kettle?
I like to service my brakes in the kitchen with the toaster and kettle at hand!
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Got to be the kitchen, that way I know any missing bits and tools will be under the fridge.
Back in the days of Mrs oldnick she came back from work once to find the FZR600R filling the kitchen. All she said was "oh, you doing the valve clearances then?" 😀
Hello Mrs. C, my name is Mr.C.
Like me? Like bikes?
Good thing she does because we are not getting our deposit back on this flat cause... Well I've ruined the aesthetics with Bloke Dynamics.