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 😀

Are you sure you havent put your kitchen outside for that shot, what with the crazy paving and all!

@ maxtorque

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:

😉

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.

PCB

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!

swavis – is that instant coffee near the kettle?

I like to service my brakes in the kitchen with the toaster and kettle at hand!

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.