Hello Its Raquel from bike collective TigreBici in Monterrey Mexico. We are about to launch a bike system on campus but we have and issue in storage. The initial amount of bikes is 50 and we have around 15 meters to storage at least half of them. Any ideas on how to make it easy to the persons that are going to mount/dismount bicycles and use the space in the best way possible?
Regards
R.
Hello Raquel,
This is Eric from Pedal Mettle and Bike Erie in Erie, Pa. We solved this storage issue with mobile bike storage racks http://www.harborfreight.com/mobile-bike-storage-61231.html from Harbor Freight Tools, They hold about 4-6 bikes and the racks have casters so you can move them around. It is amazing once you start hanging bikes on this rack how it can open up floor space. I have thought about making a second set of arms about two feet below and parallel to the top bars for hanging tires and tubes. The other option would be to build your own with steel pipe.
Eric Brozell
On Apr 30, 2016, at 11:12 AM, Tigre Bici bici.uanl@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Its Raquel from bike collective TigreBici in Monterrey Mexico. We are about to launch a bike system on campus but we have and issue in storage. The initial amount of bikes is 50 and we have around 15 meters to storage at least half of them. Any ideas on how to make it easy to the persons that are going to mount/dismount bicycles and use the space in the best way possible?
Regards
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Get a truck company to donate an old semi truck or 40 foot container. Btw we are in San Antonio and we have a lot of bikes let's talk about collaborating.
Cristian
Tel. 210 441 9980
On Apr 30, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Tigre Bici bici.uanl@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Its Raquel from bike collective TigreBici in Monterrey Mexico. We are about to launch a bike system on campus but we have and issue in storage. The initial amount of bikes is 50 and we have around 15 meters to storage at least half of them. Any ideas on how to make it easy to the persons that are going to mount/dismount bicycles and use the space in the best way possible?
Regards
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Hi Raquel!
Maybe start by looking at how bike shops in your area address this. Bikes are unweildy and I've seen several shops address the "bikes take up space" problem by ending up with an unsafe pile.
I think the best solution is to build a bike rack that will allow you to park as many bikes as you safely can. Maybe try doing image searches for long-term bike parking, bike racks, bike shops, etc., to get an idea of what's out there.
There's a little more information on the wiki page at https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Shop_Layout#Bike_Storag...
Angel York
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 6:44 AM, Cristian Sandoval (Earn-A-Bike Coop) < cristian@earnabikecoop.org> wrote:
Get a truck company to donate an old semi truck or 40 foot container. Btw we are in San Antonio and we have a lot of bikes let's talk about collaborating.
Cristian
Tel. 210 441 9980
On Apr 30, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Tigre Bici bici.uanl@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Its Raquel from bike collective TigreBici in Monterrey Mexico. We are about to launch a bike system on campus but we have and issue in
storage.
The initial amount of bikes is 50 and we have around 15 meters to
storage at least half of them.
Any ideas on how to make it easy to the persons that are going to
mount/dismount bicycles and use the space in the best way possible?
Regards
R. ____________________________________
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Just a few thoughts to add:
You state that you will have access to "around 15 meters to storage at least half of them". You don't share how many "all of them" might be? Also, you don't share if the 15 meters is square, rectangle or perhaps (I hope not) "L" shaped. So our assumption is that it is square....ish. Also, you don't share is this a room, a shed, a garage or what, the question being is it 8 feet, 10 feet or perhaps even taller?
The reasons these things are important is because if the 15 meters are tall enough, you could build a double layer rack so as to have two layers of bikes. If the room is rectangular, you could actually build racks on rollers (wheels) allowing you to bring one "rack" of bikes out of the storage area for easy access. There are lots of simple solutions, if you would share with us more detail about the space you will have for storage, we might be better able to assist you.
Of course your best ideas will come of being there, and necessity.
Excellent luck to you.
Matt
-----Original Message----- From: Angel York aniola@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Sun, May 1, 2016 1:06 pm Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike storage
Hi Raquel!
Maybe start by looking at how bike shops in your area address this. Bikes are unweildy and I've seen several shops address the "bikes take up space" problem by ending up with an unsafe pile.
I think the best solution is to build a bike rack that will allow you to park as many bikes as you safely can. Maybe try doing image searches for long-term bike parking, bike racks, bike shops, etc., to get an idea of what's out there.
There's a little more information on the wiki page at https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Shop_Layout#Bike_Storag...
Angel York
On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 6:44 AM, Cristian Sandoval (Earn-A-Bike Coop) cristian@earnabikecoop.org wrote:
Get a truck company to donate an old semi truck or 40 foot container. Btw we are in San Antonio and we have a lot of bikes let's talk about collaborating.
Cristian
Tel. 210 441 9980
On Apr 30, 2016, at 10:12 AM, Tigre Bici bici.uanl@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Its Raquel from bike collective TigreBici in Monterrey Mexico. We are about to launch a bike system on campus but we have and issue in storage. The initial amount of bikes is 50 and we have around 15 meters to storage at least half of them. Any ideas on how to make it easy to the persons that are going to mount/dismount bicycles and use the space in the best way possible?
Regards
R.
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