The "what does your shop look like" thread.

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  • #1018439
    sam_aye_am
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    As I tend to move around the country quite a bit, investing time and cash like Jabs and Matt have done doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. However, given the opportunity to put roots down I’d love to emulate stuff from both. However, like some on the forum, I have competing interests with the bike. But, the bike has been winning over the last 7 years or so. I’m just unwilling to give up on the other toys just quite yet.

    First picture shows bike storage and work area for first two years living here:
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    Following pictures show the new place. Much nicer in that I can fit two cars, the motorcycle, all of my tools, and still work on bikes. It is tight, and not all bikes fit in the garage as two more are in the basement. Previous place here the VW had to sit out side full time. One day I’ll be geographically stable long enough to feel comfortable buying a place once again and making it really my own….
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    #1018442
    ShawnoftheDread
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    Forget the bikes. Is that a ’67?

    #1018557
    sam_aye_am
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    @ShawnoftheDread 103536 wrote:

    Forget the bikes. Is that a ’67?

    Almost…but because you can’t see the side marker lights in the pictures – it is a ’68. Coupe though.

    #1018560
    cyclingfool
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    My “shop” is a bit more modest, though it was improved greatly by the gifting this Xmas of a folding repair stand – pictured. It’s the laundry/utility/storage room in the basement of my apartment building. It does the trick, though. :)

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    #1018610
    DaveK
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    More of a cave than a shop, really…

    #1018620
    PeteD
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    Speaking of caves, I’m considering replacing the 30+ year old metal shed in the back yard with a bike shed (which is a baaaaaaad term to search for on the internet), and was wondering if anyone has dealt with any local custom shed builders? I have not the handiness nor the time to build my own, and would be interested in any input other folks might have. I am at S-1 until said shed gets replaced.

    #1099659
    Steve O
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    Moved a few months ago and have also added some n+1. It’s a condo without a yard, just a small outdoor patio.
    So here’s how it looks right now in the main living area:
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    There’s also a small closet outside off the patio, where I keep the accessories and tools and stuff. It’s neither long enough nor wide enough for a bike, they only fit diagonally.
    I was storing the blue bike there, but have now moved it inside with the others. Of course, that means there is room for another if necessary.
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    #1099671
    Sunyata
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    @Steve O 192025 wrote:

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    Hmm. There seems to be a mountain bike hanging on that wall… Does that mean we will see you tonight at W@W?!

    #1099683
    Steve O
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    @Sunyata 192038 wrote:

    Hmm. There seems to be a mountain bike hanging on that wall… Does that mean we will see you tonight at W@W?!

    Almost!!!
    I was going to get a ride with drevil, but then was reminded that tonight is the BAC meeting. Dang.

    #1099884
    Boomer Cycles
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    A recreation of Orville and Wilber Wright’s workbench from their bike shop (circa late 1890s) found in the Air and Space Museum on the National Mall. Note the cross cut saws for making wooden wheel hoops. Amazing how not a whole lot has changed in the basic design of the bicycle other than materials used to build it!:-0 de66048e76729f6f376c71ce1d27bd8c.jpg3a0be12762a30104a1abc199c4fdbd9f.jpgd67cfd9824563505d9ffd1850da0fbd1.jpg

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    #1099792
    mstone
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    @Boomer2U 192295 wrote:

    Amazing how not a whole lot has changed in the basic design of the bicycle other than materials used to build it!:-0

    It doesn’t seem possible to improve on the diamond frame if you’re building a bike out of tubes. That said, it also seems to be the case that UCI slammed the brakes on advancing the state of the art by using carbon fiber to build non-diamond-frame bikes so it’s hard to say how things would look without 30 years of purely political promotion of the diamond frame.

    #1099740
    bentbike33
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    @mstone 192297 wrote:

    It doesn’t seem possible to improve on the diamond frame if you’re building a bike out of tubes. That said, it also seems to be the case that UCI slammed the brakes on advancing the state of the art by using carbon fiber to build non-diamond-frame bikes so it’s hard to say how things would look without 30 years of purely political promotion of the diamond frame.

    Try more like 80 years of purely political promotion of the diamond frame. UCI banned recumbents from competition in the 1930s after some Cat-2 French racer broke the hour record on one.

    #1099896
    DismalScientist
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    @bentbike33 192299 wrote:

    Try more like 80 years of purely political promotion of the diamond frame. UCI banned recumbents from competition in the 1930s after some Cat-2 French racer broke the hour record on one.

    Well, it’s pretty easy to hide a motor in a fully-faired recumbent.:rolleyes:

    BTW, why is there a freewheel hanging in an 1890’s bicycle shop? The first derailleurs didn’t come around until the 1930s.

    #1099900
    Starduster
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    @DismalScientist 192311 wrote:

    Well, it’s pretty easy to hide a motor in a fully-faired recumbent.:rolleyes:

    BTW, why is there a freewheel hanging in an 1890’s bicycle shop? The first derailleurs didn’t come around until the 1930s.

    OMG, you’re right! We all missed that.

    The story of those pictures: While out to launch, we went to see Neil Armstrong’s restored space suit. Found a Wright Bros. bicycle instead.

    #1099901
    Starduster
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    BTW, John Michael from Papillon Cycles is looking for honest-to-goodness wooden rims. Contact him at the shop.

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