The "what does your shop look like" thread.

[jabberwocky]

I definitely like seeing other peoples bike room setups. My shop is the rec room in my basement. When I bought my townhouse several years ago, the realtor thought I was crazy because I almost always looked at the basement first. Needed room for bikes!

Bike storage:

Bench and tools:

Everything in its place!

Flat drawers with storage for small parts:

Have future plans (replace the floor with either tile or rubber, redo the trim and build more storage space) but its working well at the moment.

Lets see how everyone else sets theirs up!

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[ShawnoftheDread]

Forget the bikes. Is that a ’67?

[sam_aye_am]

@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.

[cyclingfool]

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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[DaveK]

More of a cave than a shop, really…

[PeteD]

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.

[Steve O]

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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[Sunyata]

@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?!

[Steve O]

@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.

[Boomer Cycles]

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

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[mstone]

@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.

[bentbike33]

@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.

[DismalScientist]

@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.

[Starduster]

@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.

[Starduster]

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

[mstone]

@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, upright vs recumbent is a different thing (though still a good example of the UCI being putzes ). I was thinking more of what might be possible with different materials, which companies started playing with back in the lotus 108 and y-foil days until the doors got slammed shut. They’ve started playing around again on tri bikes, which don’t have to listen to UCI, and we’re seeing things like the P5X. It’s just a shame that we lost all those years of R&D and trickle-down…I think it would cool if we had light & affordable utility bikes with integrated storage, etc, but that won’t happen without a lot of money spent on the high end working out how to make that happen.

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