Timeline for Enclosed external bicycle storage for house with up to 10 bicycles
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| Jun 15, 2023 at 10:18 | comment | added | arne | @quarague Anchor points with bike locks attached inside an enclosed shed provide NO theft safety whatsoever. The evil neighbour buys a 50$ battery-powered angle grinder from any hardware store, closes the shed door behind himself and happily grinds away. The enclosure would even allow for a (more quiet) hand saw to be employed. Imagine the discussion that starts if you find your bike stolen: Who left the shed open (for external thieves)? Who stole the bikes? | |
| Jun 15, 2023 at 3:31 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @ChrisH good point - I can imagine a smelly petrol lawnmower going in something like this because its convenient | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 12:07 | comment | added | Chris H | A nice thing about lockers is that assigning one (2-bike) locker per flat helps pre-empt potential conflicts over shared space. I'm thinking of something like a couple with a utility bike each and a fun bike each. So long as other flats don't use their share of the space, there's no problem.. Then occupancy changes... Also lockers allow a bit of flexibility for things like scooters and kids' outdoor stuff that don't work so well in a shared bike shed. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 10:41 | comment | added | Chris H | I wonder if the lockers are small enough to not count as buildings in the same way that one big shed would | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 9:25 | comment | added | quarague | One can have some suitable anchor points inside a shed to lock the bikes there which mostly eliminates the trust issues between the residents. However a shed is not really moveable whereas I think the bike lockers can be moved around. How if at all are they fixed to the ground? | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 8:22 | comment | added | airace3 | One thing about the bike lockers: They are pretty small. Modern MTBs wont fit in many of them. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 8:20 | comment | added | mattnz | @elevendollar Very easy, wide use over the world at public transport stops, so not only easy to use, protects the bike from theft as well as accidental and malicious damage. IMHO, for your use, bike lockers (for 1 or 2 bikes) are probably the best solution. Other solutions require a fairly high degree of trust and cooperation with all owners, which may not always exist. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 6:56 | comment | added | elevendollar | Thanks for mentioning a range of solutions. I do not have any experience with bike lockers (first picture). Is it easy to get bikes in and out? | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 0:52 | comment | added | mattnz | You can get stacking lockers - you will need five x two rows of lockers. At around 2m2/locker, that is under the 15m2 limit. With individual (or double) lockers, no need for locking of bikes. Loading bikes in and out of a second row of lockers requires a degree of dexterity and strength some riders might not have. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 13:12 | history | answered | David D | CC BY-SA 4.0 |