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Bike storage ideas needed.
My garage is being rebuilt over the next 6 months, so need some ideas on storing and working on my bikes.
Need to sell a few bikes and keep 3 or 4…
So far I’m thinking a new bigger shed but I could be moving in 6 months. Guess I’ll have to dig and level the area.
A tent? Or gazebo?
Plastic work house?
Or rent a room in one of those storage companies and keep my bikes and tools in there for a few months. Waste of cash? Nothing to show and they don’t even have power points but I might a room with a light if I’m lucky £100 for 3 months.
Family has all their stuff in the house from bringing everything that’s theirs from the garage so bike storage in the house is no go.
Probably need a 10x8 shed right? Need to be able to stand upright and I’m 6ft 2.
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I can't quite follow the timelines (you're rebuilding a garage but might be moving at about the same time it's done?) but that aside when we knocked down and replaced our garage we stuck the majority of our stuff in a self store unit for a few weeks.
Once the replacement building was in place we drip fed the contents back so we could sort out things like storage arrangements without falling over everything and that was the big upside for me.
You couldn't work on a bike in a storage unit.
For an easy shed option we bought a modular shed that came with a frame that could be mounted on uneven ground using stakes. Ours is 12*6ft. You'd struggle for headroom if 6'2 but other than that it's sound.
From the kit we basically made up a grid of c. 3ft timber squares that could be laid on bricks or screwed to pressure treated stakes whammed into the ground with a sledgehammer.
It's still there and no signs of trouble after 5+ years.
I often work on my bikes outside once the miserable filth of winter has gone.
Natural light, fume dissipation etc.
A big rubber mat with raised edges helps, like a car boot liner, so you don't lose stuff in the grass.
If you have parking space, a box trailer or horse trailer? Ifor horse trailer will have rubber floor, plenty of head room and a human entry door so would make a pretty good mini workshop. Hold their value too.
A proper frame tent. Something like a cabanon chambord.
Rigid, designed to up semi permanently for a season and survive french and dutch type campsites.
Square so all usable space. Proper waterproof roof.
I have one and it ace for such tasks. Its a pain in the hoop to put up but for 100quiid or so on ebay or gumtree you'll find it hardto beat compared to a lightweight gazebo of similar footprint.
Not ifyou plan to put it up and down though. **** that.
The other option is a container if you have drive space. Hot as an oven on a warm day though.