Show me your Bike Garage/Repair place

[legacysti888]

Here is my very pathetic, very disorganized, simply awful work place. It looks like this when I'm in the process of building or working on multiple bikes at once.

I am going to do some renovation and upgrades to this area this year and would LOVE to see what you folks have set up for your place.

Need ideas and suggestions from my fellow forumites, please.

[duke]

Wow! That is something...
duke

[BobbyJones]

fire hazard is what it is. :)

Just curious, how do you get anything done? Or do you insist "you know exactly where everything is"

[Steve in SLO]

At first I was going to say "Hell no, you can't see my messy workplace!" but yours looks about like mine.
Now I'll just say "No, thanks." I don't want to have the fire department called on me.

[legacysti888]

Yeah.. It is a fire hazard. Among other things.. but there are no electrical outlets in these areas.. except the farthest left wall.

I kinda know where things are.. that's the problem.. tried to put them in boxes but it doesn't work. I may have to resort to that again.. the place I shot these pics is where my repair stand is and my tools... and Cable TV..

This is my play room. Obviously a very untidy one. :cool:

It's only after the builds do I clean this place up neat and tidy... or when the next project arises... :rolleyes:

Gotta clean up and get organized!

[phcollard]

I'd love to have a garage as pathetic as yours. You have more in stock than my LBS.

[Frankwurst]

Thanks for posting this. I have showed it to my wife and she agrees that I'm not the only one with this disease buts wants to know why your stuff is in one room whereas mine is in several. I explained to her my stuff is organized compared to just strewn about. :beer:

[Fixed]

bike crack house
cheers imho

[that guy]

I just wish this thing fit them all. There are two more stuffed in the kitchen of my apartment.

http://i53.tinypic.com/21khyk5.jpg

P.S. I'd be happy to share build sheet and tips for anyone wanting to build one. Came out to about $100.

[spiderman]

now i have several rooms that have been subjected to the same level
of organization...when we remodeled our kitchen the old cupboards came
down...if you open them...they look much like what you see in your own
garage...so much so
that when my bikeshop owner/friend came over for a new year's party
several years ago, he dubbed the place expedition company north!
there is a place in our utility room right off the garage
that is a mud/winter/riding gear staging area.
the helmet cupboard was built for me when the espresso bar
went into the kitchen
with my own sink, etc.
finally, the garage holds a few more bikes.
i don't work out there much in winter
although it used to be heated, it holds the cars, the tandem
a few serottas and bike racks, etc.
all kayaks, paddles and jackets moved to our cabin's garage
in order to allow the cars to fit more easily in the garage at home.
my wife uses the term 'metastasis' to describe my antics
but she seems pretty happy with me finding my place...

[BobbyJones]

I was just throwing some friendly sarcasm your way.

It seems a bunch of us are all cut from the same cloth - a collector never stops collecting!

After reading "The Good Life" by Helen and Scott Nearing this past year for the second time in my adult life along with the effect of the new "minimalist" movement I started trimming down the amount of crap i kept lying around and adopted some new work habits. You may find some of this useful:

1) Let Go!
If you haven't used it in a year, you probably won't. "But it's worth X amount, I can't get rid of it" you say. Well, I've found that with ebay and online classifieds I've sold my "collectables" for close to if not fair market value. If I find I do ever need it again, i can just re purchase down the road. With all of the crap I sold this past year I have a hefty fund in reserve- chances are I won't buy it all back

2) A place for everything, and everything in its place.
With what you've got left over, if it's still a substantial amount, find a place for everything. For storage in a private area, I'm a big fan of the clear plastic storage boxes. If you have 5 saddles, buy a container big enough for 8 saddles and label it appropriately (but you may just want to get rid of 3 saddles instead). The last thing you're gonna wanna do is play Tetris every time you need to grab something or put something away, so give yourself extra room. Combine where you can and label, label, label!

3) Keep your area tidy.
After working on a project or grabbing a part, etc put away your stuff. If you grab one of those saddles, put the lid on the box and the box back on the shelf. If you're using tools, clean them and put them away in one place when you're done. In the past, i've spent more time looking for a tool (under magazines, carried into a different room, etc) than doing the project. Now all of bike tools are in one box and get put away at the end of the job.

4) One step at a time to form good habits
Don't try and tackle everything at once. In my case i picked two or three items at a time to unload / sell. Helps from the process being overwhelming. After I got most of the extras out, I then figured out how much space / storage I needed. (I still have some things to get rid of). After that, it was on to the good habits part - knowing where everything is and keeping everything clean and tidy. Having less to keep track of and convenient, easy to use organized storage makes it much easier.

I'd shoot you over a pic, but there's not much to see. We're down to four bikes in the apartment (two on a wall rack), one large plastic bin of parts in a closet (and some loose stuff slated for the classifieds) plus a fluid trainer and its accessories. I use the trainer and riser block as a workstand when necessary.

Forming new habits and resisting temptation a bit has helped me keep this going as opposed to a "one-shot-cleanup-four-months-to-a-new-mess" situation.

Again, this has been my experience and just sharing what I've done. I wish you luck with your project.

[mike p]

Legacysti888,
you've got a nice well lit space and it looks like you've got plenty of room. You've just got to ORGANIZE!! By the way I want that old Raleigh! What sz and md is that thing.

Mike

[legacysti888]

Legacysti888,
you've got a nice well lit space and it looks like you've got plenty of room. You've just got to ORGANIZE!! By the way I want that old Raleigh! What sz and md is that thing.

Mike

You mean this one?

No excuses... I am messy when I work. But at least everything is in ONE PLACE. :D

[legacysti888]

THAT GUY: DANG! Why didn't I think of that! I'm going to use that idea to build me my own bike hanger! Thanks!

Spiderman: At least you gots lotsa space... everywhere.. I am only allowed this room. My other bikes are in another storage area... all 30 of em... :crap:

BobbyJones: You are ABSOLUTELY AND POSITIVELY CORRECT. I have many vintage components, framesets, etc.. that have been relegated to their respective 'areas' but I need to define them better. Most of the 'stuff' that I do not use, I will need to store away and record it so I may find it at a later stage in time. Thanks for sharing. :beer:

[Steve in SLO]

Spiderman,
I DREAM of seeing that much floor in my garage. Thanks for giving me a goal.

[thwart]

Simon, I owe you big-time for making me feel so much better about my bike work space and its less than meticulous (ha!) organization.

Thank you, thank you, thank you... from the bottom of my slob heart. ;) :D

And... beauty is in the eye...

[jvp]

I bought one of these:
http://s7.sears.com/is/image/Sears/00959902000
I almost miss the extra time I spent looking for the right tool at the bottom of my old toolbox. Almost.

[Iceman]

DEJA VU!!!!

SNAP out of it!

Just watch the greasy rag build up (seal top metal trash can) and revel in knowing all your riding friends are jealous. YES they are! (here come the denials)

If you know where everything is, this in NOT a problem. Walked right to 4 - 1979 Campy brake blocks this summer to prove my point. My better half and I argu... have conversations about what the garage looks like all the time. She doesn't know what to say when I comeback at her with "You'll just park the car in there!". I win!!

Bikes in multiple rooms? Not a problem.
Not having that new cable/chain/bar tape etc.. when building next new one? Problem.

If you have bikes you don't ride...not a problem, ya just got too many bikes.

[spiderman]

Spiderman,
I DREAM of seeing that much floor in my garage. Thanks for giving me a goal.

i keep my vehicle in the driveway
because it's parked outside in a drift most of the time.
with the cars in the garage that my wife and youngest daughter
drive to school...
...that means less ice scraping for me to get them out the door
each morning...

[bicycletricycle]

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae236/bicycletricycle/room.jpg

my bicycles live with me in my room.

[mike p]

That's it! I love that thing! What's the story on it?

Mike

You mean this one?

No excuses... I am messy when I work. But at least everything is in ONE PLACE. :D

[krhea]

A few pics of my "space". For years it was the corner of the garage...a very small, messy corner which meant I had bikes and parts all over not only the garage floor but the inside of the house as well. Then a few years ago we moved and my wife made me promise I'd build a man-cave/bike room. I did...and it's to small and my wife ask numerous times while the build was in process, "are you sure it will be big enough" and I said, "oh honey, I don't have that many bikes and or parts/stuff, it'll be plenty big". As usual I should of listened to her!!! So the winter project is busting out a wall and expanding. Thank goodness my wife has always been more than supportive even when things were a total mess in the garage.

It's not always this clean but I certainly try hard to keep things somewhat organized.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1938.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1930.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1946.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/P1011617.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/PV%20and%20family%20cycling%20pics/E02A4907.jpg


This last shot of my big head wrenching was a surprise shot by one of my kids but it also makes the post "official" as I'm wrenching on my 50th b-day present from the family a couple years back, a Serotta CDA display bike from Interbike.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/PV%20and%20family%20cycling%20pics/E02A4926.jpg

[130R]

http://files.sharenator.com/fuuuuuu_RE_Comics_Gifs_Verticals_Etc-s498x387-93636.jpg

[thegunner]

rageguy is the last thing i expected to see on the forums...

[veloduffer]

A few pics of my "space". For years it was the corner of the garage...a very small, messy corner which meant I had bikes and parts all over not only the garage floor but the inside of the house as well. Then a few years ago we moved and my wife made me promise I'd build a man-cave/bike room. I did...and it's to small and my wife ask numerous times while the build was in process, "are you sure it will be big enough" and I said, "oh honey, I don't have that many bikes and or parts/stuff, it'll be plenty big". As usual I should of listened to her!!! So the winter project is busting out a wall and expanding. Thank goodness my wife has always been more than supportive even when things were a total mess in the garage.

It's not always this clean but I certainly try hard to keep things somewhat organized.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1938.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1930.jpg


You are the man! I can only dream of a space like that. And now, I can show my wife that my mere 7 bikes ain't nothing. :hello: :beer:

[thwart]

Wow.

I mean... just... wow.

That is one helluva bike room. I hope it's not always that neat and tidy. :D

[130R]

rageguy is the last thing i expected to see on the forums...

i'm glad you and i are on the same page :beer:

[avalonracing]

KRHEA.... Nice set up. Please tell me that you ride a 57TT for when you have a garage sale.


BTW- 130R, nice use of the ffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuu meme :D

[swithouski]

Great Idea for Thread. Hopefully my garage man space will look as good in 10+ years

[WickedWheels]

Nice space!!!

I have to call dibs on your LeMond "Z" when you're ready to let it go... especially since we're the same size.

I'm loving the Merlin, by the way. That bike is in good, loved hands! It's well dressed (with Chorus/Record 10spd) and well maintained... and about to get a set of 303's.


A few pics of my "space". For years it was the corner of the garage...a very small, messy corner which meant I had bikes and parts all over not only the garage floor but the inside of the house as well. Then a few years ago we moved and my wife made me promise I'd build a man-cave/bike room. I did...and it's to small and my wife ask numerous times while the build was in process, "are you sure it will be big enough" and I said, "oh honey, I don't have that many bikes and or parts/stuff, it'll be plenty big". As usual I should of listened to her!!! So the winter project is busting out a wall and expanding. Thank goodness my wife has always been more than supportive even when things were a total mess in the garage.

It's not always this clean but I certainly try hard to keep things somewhat organized.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1938.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1930.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1946.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/P1011617.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/PV%20and%20family%20cycling%20pics/E02A4907.jpg


This last shot of my big head wrenching was a surprise shot by one of my kids but it also makes the post "official" as I'm wrenching on my 50th b-day present from the family a couple years back, a Serotta CDA display bike from Interbike.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/PV%20and%20family%20cycling%20pics/E02A4926.jpg

[dancinkozmo]

A few pics of my "space". For years it was the corner of the garage...a very small, messy corner which meant I had bikes and parts all over not only the garage floor but the inside of the house as well. Then a few years ago we moved and my wife made me promise I'd build a man-cave/bike room. I did...and it's to small and my wife ask numerous times while the build was in process, "are you sure it will be big enough" and I said, "oh honey, I don't have that many bikes and or parts/stuff, it'll be plenty big". As usual I should of listened to her!!! So the winter project is busting out a wall and expanding. Thank goodness my wife has always been more than supportive even when things were a total mess in the garage.

It's not always this clean but I certainly try hard to keep things somewhat organized.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1938.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1930.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1946.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/P1011617.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/PV%20and%20family%20cycling%20pics/E02A4907.jpg


This last shot of my big head wrenching was a surprise shot by one of my kids but it also makes the post "official" as I'm wrenching on my 50th b-day present from the family a couple years back, a Serotta CDA display bike from Interbike.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/PV%20and%20family%20cycling%20pics/E02A4926.jpg








....i hate you

[godfrey1112000]

A few pics of my "space". For years it was the corner of the garage...a very small, messy corner which meant I had bikes and parts all over not only the garage floor but the inside of the house as well. Then a few years ago we moved and my wife made me promise I'd build a man-cave/bike room. I did...and it's to small and my wife ask numerous times while the build was in process, "are you sure it will be big enough" and I said, "oh honey, I don't have that many bikes and or parts/stuff, it'll be plenty big". As usual I should of listened to her!!! So the winter project is busting out a wall and expanding. Thank goodness my wife has always been more than supportive even when things were a total mess in the garage.

It's not always this clean but I certainly try hard to keep things somewhat organized.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1938.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1930.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/E02A1946.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Bikes/P1011617.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/PV%20and%20family%20cycling%20pics/E02A4907.jpg


This last shot of my big head wrenching was a surprise shot by one of my kids but it also makes the post "official" as I'm wrenching on my 50th b-day present from the family a couple years back, a Serotta CDA display bike from Interbike.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/PV%20and%20family%20cycling%20pics/E02A4926.jpg

Great, did you buy a bike shop and then ad a home to it

You need a resident gear head to maintain that level of inventory

[BumbleBeeDave]

A few pics of my "space". For years it was the corner of the garage...a very small, messy corner which meant I had bikes and parts all over not only the garage floor but the inside of the house as well. Then a few years ago we moved and my wife made me promise I'd build a man-cave/bike room. I did...and it's to small and my wife ask numerous times while the build was in process, "are you sure it will be big enough" and I said, "oh honey, I don't have that many bikes and or parts/stuff, it'll be plenty big". As usual I should of listened to her!!! So the winter project is busting out a wall and expanding. Thank goodness my wife has always been more than supportive even when things were a total mess in the garage.

It's not always this clean but I certainly try hard to keep things somewhat organized.

This last shot of my big head wrenching was a surprise shot by one of my kids but it also makes the post "official" as I'm wrenching on my 50th b-day present from the family a couple years back, a Serotta CDA display bike from Interbike.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/PV%20and%20family%20cycling%20pics/E02A4926.jpg

I'm jealous! What a GREAT Man Cave!

I'm not sure when exactly you ride all those bikes--or if all of them were ever in ride-able condition--but I'm STILL jealous! :rolleyes: :hello:

[skreaminquadz]

Wow - krhea, that's one of the most impressive rooms I've seen in a house in a long time. Well done! I need to show these to my girlfriend so she can see that I really am normal :)

[ckamp]

Awesome.

I want to have spare bikes to just hang on the wall.. Throw a few Merckx on there, perhaps a de rosa, just to class the place up a bit.

Nice collection! :)

[ultraman6970]

One question

How many times you guys have bought the same tool because it cant be found nowhere and then suddenly looked at one of the shelves and was just sitting there? :D

[phcollard]

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae236/bicycletricycle/room.jpg

my bicycles live with me in my room.

This is very cool. Love it!

[PoppaWheelie]

I need to look at this post and the one like it across the hall at least once a year to make myself feel better. I struggle daily (ok, monthly) with my ownership of 4 road bikes....always the urge to have just one (but which one?). Owning as much gear as some of these shots suggest would spin me out big time! I feel so, well, enabled...!

[veloduffer]

And I just noticed, his shop is heated too! Hot dang!

Do you have a separate cellar to age your tubulars too?

[nahtnoj]

How many square feet is that? I'm legitimately suspicious that your bike room is larger than my house.

[henrypretz]

krhea - I am so not worthy.
However, showing your sweet setup to my wife definitely makes my garage seem "not so bad afterall" :beer:

Henry

[beer_meister]

@ krhea,

You da Mannnnnn !!

Holy Crap that is a classic steel lovers heaven !!

When can I come over and help you ride some of those? (You realize they must be ridden, and I'm offerin' my he'p fer yah.)

Schweet

[1happygirl]

Dear Krhea:


WILL YOU MARRY ME?

We could live in Utah and I could stay in the garage.



Sincerely,



1HappyGirl (if you say yes--hahaha)

PS Great Thread and filed under great thread as motivator

[drewski]

Here is my very pathetic, very disorganized, simply awful work place. It looks like this when I'm in the process of building or working on multiple bikes at once.

I am going to do some renovation and upgrades to this area this year and would LOVE to see what you folks have set up for your place.

Need ideas and suggestions from my fellow forumites, please.


I have one of those old team raleighs too. I am a slob and my wife
is an artist. We accumulate a great deal of crap. Pllus we have 2
hoarding female children aspiring artists.

We bring in professional help from time to time to help
us. Usually 1 every 2 years.

Its really money well spent.

[drewski]

That is not a bike room that is a museum.

[rice rocket]

20 bucks to the next person who quotes krhea's whole post again... :crap:


I use my living room right now. Really should clean up my basement and do it there. In fact, that's what I'll do tonight.

[leooooo]

krhea's photos on these post your workshop threads ALWAYS hijacks the entire thread (rightly so).

same thing happened on the weight weenie or bike forums. i forget which one

[avalonracing]

20 bucks to the next person who quotes krhea's whole post again... :crap:


It will probably take down the forum from using all of the bandwidth.

I think that his pics are a topic killer because no one wants to post their modest shop pics after seeing his. Come on people, who's next?

[fiamme red]

Basement shops of some CR list members compiled some years ago:

http://www.biketoss.com/

I love the room full of rusty Vittoria Margherita gears! :)

[fourflys]

I'll play...

not very fancy for a couple of reasons... one is the I have to actually use my garage for a car... the second is since I'm military and have to move every few years, it's kind of hard to have something permanent...

Here it is anyway...

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Sports/Cycling/IMG1084/1154754660_3WtZZ-L.jpg

http://threeflys.smugmug.com/Sports/Cycling/IMG1085/1154755132_gEUQq-L.jpg

[krhea]

Hey guys, I apologize for my post. It wasn't my intention to "hijack" the thread anymore then it would be J.Brunks intention when he posts one of his amazing builds or anyone posts something a bit "out of the ordinary".

I happen to be the President/Director of Portland Velo Cycling Club. We have about 500 members of which I know probably 450 of them by name. I ride and hang out with them 2 or 3 days per week. I can count the number of club members on one hand who have ever been in my shop. I don't talk about it, brag about it or anything else. Probably 450 of them don't even know I have the shop. If I can help a member or anyone else with something I have in the shop or can do in the shop I'm happy to.

My point is this, I love to see anything and everything cycling on this forum. I love the posts of cool bikes, expensive bikes, garage project bikes, any bikes. I love seeing pics of where guys work on their machines, big, little, dirty, clean, cramped, roomy it doesn't matter to me and shouldn't to you. It is what it is and whoever it belong's to probably loves it and it serves their purpose just fine.

I started riding and did my first century, the Hancock Hundred, in 1972. I love cycling, it's always been a huge part of my life. From the time I picked up a tiny brown "Mafac" tool kit way back when, I always wanted a place I could escape to and work on my bikes. Like I said, until a few years ago that place was a corner of the garage. Thanks to the incredible support of my wife and at her suggestion I now have a stable for my horses.

Honestly I'm prouder and more boastful about my wife and how she supports my cycling passion then I am of either my bikes or my shop. A shop and bikes are just "stuff". It can all be gone in a flash and can be replaced. My stuff is always evolving, being traded, sold, new stuff bought, stuff given away etc. My wife and her love and support can never be replaced.

When I'm in the shop with my dog Pepper at my feet and grease under my nails I'm in my own little bike nirvana.

Posts your shops, your rooms, your corners, your closets etc guys and again, I wasn't trying to rain on anyone's parade with my post.

Have a good day everyone.

KRhea

PS The room is 12.5'x15.5' and a tad over 9' high

[rice rocket]

krhea, sorry my post wasn't directed at you. It was simply pointing out to the others that you can add your 2 cents without having to quote a whole post of pictures again and again and again...

[avalonracing]

krhea,

No one thinks that you are boasting, in fact I can pretty much assure you that everyone loved checking out your bike space.

That's cool that you are pres of a bike club of that size, it often takes a lot of work to run those things and although people my not say it I'm sure that they appreciate your efforts.

[xjoex]

Krhea, I love your shop!

-Joe

[veloduffer]

khrea,
No need to apologize. We just need something to aspire to. I'm surprised no one asked, but does your wife has a sister with similar disposition toward bikes? :rolleyes: :beer:

[dave thompson]

Our family room is really our 'bike room'. Messy but hey, it's winter.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/4334/bikeroom.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/bikeroom.jpg/)

[fourflys]

khrea,
same as everyone else has said... that's just an amazing shop! BTW- I'm going to be up in Portland this summer (Oregon right?) and would love to see that shop in person and talk "shop"... as well as do some riding maybe... ;)

Please share your knowledge, because obviously have some stored up somewhere in that awesome space! :D

Chris

[fourflys]

Our family room is really our 'bike room'. Messy but hey, it's winter.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/4334/bikeroom.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/bikeroom.jpg/)

Man, I love that Co-Motion!

[oliver1850]

Hey Kevin, you've given all us slobs some inspiration, don't feel bad about it.
Thanks for sharing.

I don't have a pic that's anything like an overview, as I've got bike stuff in every room of the house, but this should give you the general idea: my space has paths through the clutter.

[legacysti888]

Love the response here and KRhea, you ARE da MAN!

Somehow, I knew there are people like me in this world... and I want to know where I stand in terms of my messiness... pretty down low compared to KRhea's shop.

I need to think on how I want my bike cave to look.. maybe add some lava lamps strategically to add mood? :p

Please keep them pictures and stories coming!

For those peeps who thank me profusely for showing my uber messy place so you can feel better about yourself, I aim to please. I hope it helps with your everlasting battle to buy more bike stuff and justify them with your better half! :beer:

It's no big deal to me. It is afterall, my mess in my kingdom. No one cleans up after me. I do that myself - whenever I want to. But i should do that everytime. ;)

[dave thompson]

I'm lucky, half the mess/stuff/bikes in the pic belongs to my wife. As long as I keep her bikes running well, she's happy.

[snah]

Nice space!!!

I have to call dibs on your LeMond "Z" when you're ready to let it go... especially since we're the same size.

I'm loving the Merlin, by the way. That bike is in good, loved hands! It's well dressed (with Chorus/Record 10spd) and well maintained... and about to get a set of 303's.

I call seconds on the "Z"!!!

[skreaminquadz]

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae236/bicycletricycle/room.jpg

my bicycles live with me in my room.

Very, very cool!

[Bob Loblaw]

Here's my basement shop. Since hanging out my shingle, I've gotten marginally tidier, but I really need to get this place looking better. It's a winter project (one of many). I'll never be Khrea though!

BL

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5049/5350948542_9f2d283417_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5082/5350948548_505b89f073_z.jpg

[pbjbike]

Very, very cool!

Bicycletricycle gets crazy style and priority points. :beer:

[thwart]

I call seconds on the "Z"!!!
Kevin had that up for sale on the Forum a year or two ago. I was way over-supplied at the time, so couldn't pull the trigger. It went unsold even though the asking price was very fair.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/KRhea/Lemond/P1010270.jpg

It's one of those things that still haunts me to this day... :crap:

[dookie]

i now have a large knaack jobsite box w/doors & drawers where the table/file cabinet are.

still have the bear.

http://middlepath.gotdns.com/bikes/shop.jpg

on the other side of the wall...

http://middlepath.gotdns.com/bikes/stable.jpg

[junkfood]

Mine, also my studio for artwork.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bsonpics/DSCN3817.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bsonpics/DSCN3819.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b21/bsonpics/DSCN3820.jpg



Jake

[avalonracing]

I'm surprised how many unbuilt frames you dudes have hanging around.

[dave thompson]

I'm surprised how many unbuilt frames you dudes have hanging around.
There's no such thing as too much money, a diamond that's too big or too many frames.

[Louis]

I'm surprised how many unbuilt frames you dudes have hanging around.

I'm not.

So many frames, so little time... :bike:

[beer_meister]

@ dookie,

I am lovin' yer man cave!

Cuplah important additions, and I'll be knockin' on yer door to move in.

1.) Beer tap

2.) Sound system

Please let me know when you've upgraded, so I can schedule my road trip.

[97CSI]

Looking forward. Once I'm through with the Ottrott build I put all the tools and bits back into the 'bicycle specific' tool box and shelves.

Looking backwards is a bit of disaster as things piled up while I had the new hip put in. The white bags in the lower-front are the wrapping from the new Zonda wheelset. Other bags are recycling to be dropped off at the Goodwill store. Not that am fully ambulatory am starting to get caught-up on so many things, getting things well organized being chief amongst them.

[scooter01]

these are great pictures, has anyone here ever seen this bike collection before?
http://www.smart-move.at/en/collection.html

[97CSI]

Need ideas and suggestions from my fellow forumites, please.The large, plastic coated hooks sold by HD/Lowes/Hdwr stores work great for hanging multiple tires/tubes and wheelsets, amongst other items. Screw them into the wall or ceiling studes. Performance bike sells a 'wall-hook' that allows you to mount you bikes on the wall (off the floor) using the front wheel. One on every stud spaces your bikes on 16" centers, which is about perfect. Alternate the height by about 12" and you will get good bar clearance.

Guess which tires have reflective sideswalls. :)

[snah]

these are great pictures, has anyone here ever seen this bike collection before?
http://www.smart-move.at/en/collection.html

Anyone see the Subaru mtb? What the heck's up with that? 2wd?

[97CSI]

Hey Kevin, you've given all us slobs some inspiration, don't feel bad about it.
Thanks for sharing.

I don't have a pic that's anything like an overview, as I've got bike stuff in every room of the house, but this should give you the general idea: my space has paths through the clutter.Love the welder. Do you do frame repairs? Nothing like a drag-rod on thin-walled tubing. :)

[dookie]

1.) Beer tap
upstairs. bell's two hearted on at the moment.

2.) Sound system
2.1 craigslist piecemeal system already in place...bose outdoor speakers & old polk 10" powered sub w/60w adcom amp. see that mac a few posts back? dang!

[gdw]

Great pictures guys and very helpful for any burglar looking for potential targets. 97CSI's house is probably safe since he has a reloading press and lots of ammo boxes visible in one of the photos. :banana:

[legacysti888]

Great pictures guys and very helpful for any burglar looking for potential targets. 97CSI's house is probably safe since he has a reloading press and lots of ammo boxes visible in one of the photos. :banana:


You just killed this thread.

:hello: :hello: :hello:

[oliver1850]

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[krhea]

Nice space!!!

I have to call dibs on your LeMond "Z" when you're ready to let it go... especially since we're the same size.

I'm loving the Merlin, by the way. That bike is in good, loved hands! It's well dressed (with Chorus/Record 10spd) and well maintained... and about to get a set of 303's.

Glad you're enjoying the Merlin, it's a sweet ride and I really enjoyed having it in my rotation. Glad you made it happy by continuing the use of Campy, thanks!!!

[krhea]

khrea,
same as everyone else has said... that's just an amazing shop! BTW- I'm going to be up in Portland this summer (Oregon right?) and would love to see that shop in person and talk "shop"... as well as do some riding maybe... ;)

Please share your knowledge, because obviously have some stored up somewhere in that awesome space! :D

Chris


Chris, please get in touch before arriving Portland, and yes, it's Portland, OR. Would love for you to stop by the house. If you ride a 56 or something close I'm sure we can find something for you to swing a leg over and we'll go for a ride.

KRhea

[fourflys]

Chris, please get in touch before arriving Portland, and yes, it's Portland, OR. Would love for you to stop by the house. If you ride a 56 or something close I'm sure we can find something for you to swing a leg over and we'll go for a ride.

KRhea

thanks, I'm bringing my bike with me... I will contact you for sure before we get there... we'll be there a few days as we have friends that live over in Oregon City...

Chris

[Wilkinson4]

I had to take this picture quick with the garage open to make sure the HOA cops didn't come arrest me:)

mIKE

[dave thompson]

I had to take this picture quick with the garage open to make sure the HOA cops didn't come arrest me:)

mIKE
I've already called them. Your door was open more than a 1/4".

[BumbleBeeDave]

I've already called them. Your door was open more than a 1/4".

I'm pretty sure one of the tools on your workbench is also more than 1/4" out of place . . . :banana:

BBD

[bike22]

my bike junk is in piles in the basement, boxes in my bedroom, and the super junky stuff is under the deck outside my house.

[Steve in SLO]

I had to take this picture quick with the garage open to make sure the HOA cops didn't come arrest me:)

mIKE
What hangers are you using on your studs?

[54ny77]

krhea, that is a stunning setup. it's damned near tranquil, an oasis.

bravo to you sir! and lucky you to have a supportive spouse. :beer:

[Wilkinson4]

What hangers are you using on your studs?

I got them at the Container Store. I use old inner tubes wrapped around the hook for extra protection.

Bike Hook (http://www.containerstore.com/shop/garage/sportsEquipment?productId=10000532)


mIKE

[Dekonick]

Neat looking setup. Mine is a mess - but I have 2 kids under 6 so I have an excuse. :hello:

[Steve in SLO]

I got them at the Container Store. I use old inner tubes wrapped around the hook for extra protection.

Bike Hook (http://www.sammlung-embacher.at/index_e.html)


mIKE

Me thinky your linky is stinky.

[Wilkinson4]

fixed link... But, those bike hooks were something!

mIKE

[bigmatt]

Basement bike workshop:

First sight after turning left from the stairs:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/4078600553_27b334f2dd_o.jpg

This is across from the refrigerator:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2757/4078600571_41ca553fce_o.jpg

other side of the unused very large TV:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3529/4079358212_6d103d0673_o.jpg

Some parts storage:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/4079358290_e7169f0ced_o.jpg

some more parts storage and some tools:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2582/4079358104_47f675ea77_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/4079358132_6be4055759_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/4078600733_7698404bd8_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/4078600763_cd6619bf18_o.jpg

[Dekonick]

BigMat - Looking at your frames I gather you are BIG :)

Just how tall are you? Some of those head tubes are taller than my seat tubes!

I also gather you have been riding a LooooOOOooOoOoOOOoooong time! Nice collection!

Just what I noticed... also thought the saddle collection is... unique. :banana:

[Szazbo]

Here are some pics of my garage in another thread.
http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=23460&page=2&pp=15&highlight=szazbo

[weisan]

These are impressive and enviable pictures. The only time and place I have seen MORE bike candies than anywhere else is DBRK's basement. :D :hello:
These pictures were taken back in 06' when we gathered at his house for the Finger Lakes Rambler.

http://alicehui.com/serotta/FLRambler06/11.jpg
http://alicehui.com/serotta/FLRambler06/10.jpg http://alicehui.com/serotta/FLRambler06/15.jpg http://alicehui.com/serotta/FLRambler06/16.jpg http://alicehui.com/serotta/FLRambler06/17.jpg http://alicehui.com/serotta/FLRambler06/18.jpg

Keith, Pete, Tom-pal...
http://alicehui.com/serotta/FLRambler06/9.jpg
BBDave and DBRK. Real men wear/ride pink jersey/bike.
http://alicehui.com/serotta/FLRambler06/3.jpg

I missed our most kind host.
http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=20494

[old_fat_and_slow]

@ bigmatt

Very nice cave.

I believe you have the most organized parts bins I've ever seen!

Dayum, you're quite the wheel whore, aren't you? ;)

[bigmatt]

BigMatt - Looking at your frames I gather you are BIG :)

Just how tall are you? Some of those head tubes are taller than my seat tubes!

I also gather you have been riding a LooooOOOooOoOoOOOoooong time! Nice collection!

Just what I noticed... also thought the saddle collection is... unique. :banana:

I am 6'6" so yes I ride jumbo sized bikes. A number of bikes in the pictures I don't own anymore because they were replaced with something that fit me better.

Only if you consider 7-8 years riding a long time. I rode in college for transportation and some fun rides, but stopped for a number of years. I got back into mountain biking 7-8 years ago and have added a lot of stuff since. The shop started out simple enough as wanting to learn to do repairs to work on my bikes instead of paying someone else to do it. That led to buying some tools and then some more tools and some more, and then figuring out to use my new skill to support my own bike habit by flipping older vintage steel road/mtn bikes on the side. That also led to a mechanics job at a local LBS and I was there 2.5 years until the shop closed. Every bike and tool I own was bought by the profits of flipping.

@ bigmatt

Very nice cave.

I believe you have the most organized parts bins I've ever seen!

Dayum, you're quite the wheel whore, aren't you? ;)

Thanks, the organization has been a very long process and will never be finished. I have a shop remodel in mind to make better use of the repair/work area, more bench/counter space, and better organization of the tools as well.

A lot of the wheels come from bikes I parted out for parts donors to use when flipping road bikes. I did a major cleaning house a few weeks ago and went through some of my wheels. Some where in such bad shape and unusable so I cut out the hubs for spares just in case and recycle the steel/aluminum rims. I cut up 20+ wheels to reduce the wheel clutter, and I am still not finished yet. With that said the majority of wheels in front of the GT banner are spare wheels(ets) of mine, and yes that is too many since most are actually track wheelsets.

[zray67]

I thought I was "crazy" to have four bikes. Thanks to one and all for your showing by example that I am merely a dilettante.

[skreaminquadz]

Thanks to the post and pic from That_Guy, he provided the specs for his rack so I built it this past weekend. Easy to build and I really like how it turned out.

[DRietz]

Matt, any chance you're a teacher? Lots of organizational methods that look like things I've seen during my education - cubbies, desks, hangers, etc.

[erolorhun]

Looking forward. Once I'm through with the Ottrott build I put all the tools and bits back into the 'bicycle specific' tool box and shelves.

Looking backwards is a bit of disaster as things piled up while I had the new hip put in. The white bags in the lower-front are the wrapping from the new Zonda wheelset. Other bags are recycling to be dropped off at the Goodwill store. Not that am fully ambulatory am starting to get caught-up on so many things, getting things well organized being chief amongst them.

Is that an McIntosh amp?

[97CSI]

Yes.

[vqdriver]

Thanks to the post and pic from That_Guy, he provided the specs for his rack so I built it this past weekend. Easy to build and I really like how it turned out.

i'm sure there's a trick to it that i'm missing, but that looks kinda tipsy to me.
how steady is that?

[davidlee]

BIGMATT..
Bro, now that's a Bike SHOP.. :beer:
Sweet..

[RFC]

Behold --

There is reason to keeping the Mancave in a state of semi filth -- it discourages visits from those who might question the benefit of the activity.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/RCopple/IMG00058-20100508-1633.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/RCopple/IMG_0004.jpg

[skreaminquadz]

i'm sure there's a trick to it that i'm missing, but that looks kinda tipsy to me.
how steady is that?
It does sway a bit and that was my initial concern as well. While it does have a bit of sway, it is sturdier than it appears. I'm not having any issues using it so far and don't get a lot of sway when I remove or add a bike.

[that guy]

It's not rock solid, but I can't imagine anything short of a 9.0 earthquake bringing it down.