4 ways to store your bike if there is no space at home

1. Bicycle workshop

• Who will suit: people with an expensive bike who are looking for a comfortable place for him for the winter.
• Price: storage - about 600 rubles per month, delivery from and to the workshop - about 1,400 rubles.

A great option when you don’t want to think about storage and care at all: at the end of autumn you give away a battered bike, and at the beginning of spring you take away a clean and ready-to-ride vehicle. The workshop will carry out an inspection, wash the bike and leave it to be stored in suitable conditions. And if you want, they will deliver it back to your home.

Usually places are rented for November-March, so leave in the summer a bike in the workshop will not work.

How to prepare for storage

Not all workshops offer winter storage, so you will have to research the market in advance: study the websites of large stores and rental shops, call local workshops.

2. Boxing

• Who will suit: people who are looking for a place to store other things and are not going to drive in winter.
• Price: 600–3,000 rubles per month.

Boxing is more expensive than a workshop, so it is unprofitable to take it only for a bicycle. But if there is snowboard or, for example, old furniture - this option immediately becomes more attractive. After preparation, the bike can be safely left for long-term storage.

However, in many small towns there are no such services, and it is inconvenient to keep the bike in the box all the time - for the sake of each trip you have to return to the warehouse.

A garage looks like a box, even the preparation for storage is the same. This option is more expensive, but the place is easy to find in almost any city. And to save money, you can rent a garage with friends.

How to prepare for storage

It is better to inspect the bike, and wrap delicate parts like derailleurs, stars and brakes in packaging film with air balls. The latter can be bought at a hardware store. If the box is unheated, it is also worth removing, replacing or lubricating individual parts, and leaving some at all at home. A mechanic will help with the preparation - some points depend on the bike and the time of year.

3. The street

• Who will suit: people who constantly cycle and live in a yard with good social control.
• Price: free, but you have to buy a lock.

Favorite storage place for cycling activists: you can sit down and ride, and not waste time on the elevator, stairs, narrow doors or the way to the garage, and no one has to pay. True, you will have to buy a good lock - this is about 10% of the price of a bicycle.

The street seems like an unsafe option, but in front of passers-by, it is inconvenient for thieves to tinker in the castle. criminals prefer quiet, sparsely populated rooms, rather than a street or courtyard in which someone is constantly walking.

How to prepare for storage

On the street, the bike becomes unusable faster, so it is worth lubricating and wiping it more often, and if you wish, visit the mechanic a couple of times a month. Especially in winter. However, you can not spend money - the bike will not stop riding.

And to leave the bike on the street and not worry, it does not hurt to do the following:

• Buy a castle. And better two - on the frame and on the wheel. A one-piece U-lock (in the shape of an English U or a horseshoe) is more difficult to figure out than a composite one (chain or briquette). You can also focus on the score on the scale of security. Such rankings areHow to choose a bike lock / #velonation lock manufacturers and label their products. According to popular wisdom, lock should cost about 10% of the bike. Allegedly, with this ratio, it will be too expensive for thieves to mess with the lock and they will go looking for something less secure.
• Choose a secure parking spot. These can be bike racks, poles or road fences. But fences and handrails will not work - the more difficult it is to “dismantle” a parking space, the safer it is.

4. Entrance

• Who will suit: people who did not like other options.
• Price: free, but you have to buy a lock and spend your nerves.

The cycling community considers the entrance not a very safe place: thieves can pick the locks for at least hours, especially at night. Not even the cameras will save. But if there are no other options, then you can try this one.

Problems can be not only with thieves, but also with law. It is impossible to store things in the vestibule and on the stairwellDecree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 25, 2012 "About the fire regime" is a fire safety hazard. In reality, many do this, because with a sufficient width of the corridors, bicycles do not interfere with the evacuation. However, for such a violation, they can still be fined a couple of thousand rubles, and not all neighbors will be happy with other people's bicycles in the stairwell.

How to prepare for storage

A few tips that might come in handy.

• Use locks. Suitable models cost about 10% of the price of the bike. They need to be hung on the frame and wheel.
• Do not forget about technical inspection. Due to the temperature difference when leaving the entrance, it is better to give the bike to mechanics at the end of winter or autumn.
• Buy machine mat. It can be put in the entrance - it will be convenient to wash the bike.
• Ask the management company or the HOA for the key to the pantry, stroller or bicycle box, if they are in the house. Such places are often crowded, and it is not very convenient to bring in and take out a bicycle, but there it will not be stolen and it will not interfere in case state of emergency.
• Hang brackets for storage in a closed vestibule. But only in an agreed upon, when the installation of the doors was approvedHousing Code of the Russian Federation, article 36 "The right of ownership to the common property of the owners of premises in an apartment building" all residents of the house. It also happens that there is a vestibule, but there was no agreement. Then, in order for everything to be official, you also need to obtain permission from all residents at a general meeting or by absentee voting.