Don't leave me outside: creative ways to store a bike(s)

Weekly, I am sending notes to the city's website regarding abandoned bikes: old, old cruisers, road bikes missing chains, bikes missing everything. Are these bikes being left behind because the ulocks froze/rusted? Because someone didn't care? Or that someone just didn't have a decent place to store their bike? How about a photo competition or sketches of ceative or useful ways to store bikes (especially in the winter).

When I was helping a friend rehab an apartment in her building, my first thought was how big and wide was the entry way to the apartment - a door with a buzzer, then a hallway about 15ft by 6-8ft. Then then apartment door. Boy, how many bikes could one store there?

Nancy

Chicago

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Permalink Reply by Samantha on January 23, 2011 at 3:58am

I have this bike rack for my bike. Allows me to keep my bikes in my room and it really doesn't take up much space! I don't want to leave mine outside or where my roommates friends can touch them!

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Permalink Reply by Michael A on January 23, 2011 at 6:10am

I keep a couple bikes on this rack in my kitchen, and the rest in a hall closet. It is easier to eat healthy when they are hanging 5 feet from your kitchen table.

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