I buy 2 metal oil drip pans from the autoparts store and join them together with duct tape. They work well and are very durable and have a low profile. I
don't scrape them out but once a year and park my messy bikes on them all year long. It is amazing how much salt crystalizes on the bottom over one winter season.
josh
ogden, ut
From: thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org [mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org]
On Behalf Of Jason Achilich
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:49 AM
To: The Think Tank
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Wet Winter Bikes
In a shop I worked at, we used plastic sleds under the bike while you are working on it. Collects the water, ice and sand, allowing you to throw it outside again.
j
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Robert Rowe <rorowe@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm looking for ideas as well, here. My boss is generous enough to allow our bicycles in the shop, but I feel guilty letting a snow/ice bike drip all over the place.
I was thinking something like the mats bartenders have on the ground?
-Rob
On Thursday, December 15, 2011, Matthew Rehkoph <circularvibes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> We use rubber backed floor mats found in garbage.
> Matthew Rehkoph,
> Recyclore, Ottawa
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:27:57 -0500
> From: tegan@communitybikeshop.org
> To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org
> Subject: [TheThinkTank] Wet Winter Bikes
>
> Hi All,
> The Peterborough Community Bike Shop recently moved out of a church basement and into a beautiful space in a historic downtown building. For the first time we find ourselves concerned about the floors! In the summer we have carpet down, but as the wet winter
bikes roll in, I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions for dealing with the ice and snow melt...
>
> Boot mats?
> Cardboard?
> Layers of carpet?
> Custom built trays?
> What do you use to catch the water with as fenders and frames de-ice in your shop?
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
> Tegan
> B!KE
>
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