storing bikes outside

[jabberwocky]

Outdoor environments aren’t the best for bikes. Even aluminum or carbon ones have a lot of steel in them. Moisture isn’t good for steel. Rain washes away oils and greases that protect metals and lubricate moving parts.

Cover them up to keep direct moisture off them. Recognize that a bike kept outdoors will not do as well as a bike kept inside, and your work will be to minimize the difference.

[NicDiesel]

Terrible idea, just like community bike racks in high rises. It’s going to get rusted and need a lot of unneeded maintenance hanging out in the elements. If said bike has anything worth selling on CL or eBay it’s going to get stolen and parted out.

[dasgeh]

Is a shed an option? What about some sort of furniture on the porch to mask/cover/protect it? Personally, I think it’ll be fine, especially if it means n+1

[lordofthemark]

@dasgeh 62081 wrote:

Is a shed an option? What about some sort of furniture on the porch to mask/cover/protect it? Personally, I think it’ll be fine, especially if it means n+1

to clarify

A. any new bike (or good used bike) will get the inside space. The outside space will go to the old bike – Roadmaster MTB – IE an old department store MTB that I estimate is worth maybe $50 on CL, if that.

B. some of my neighbors have been keeping similar bikes outside, and they are still there. This is the suburbs (though OTOH, its Annandale)

C. Thinking about it, I would probably keep the bike in the back, where it won’t be that visiable. No one has stolen my rusty manual lawn mower.

D. We will not be putting a shed back there. There is no porch. Could put some kind of tarp over it, I guess.

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