apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Unfortunately the basement is the only place where there's room to keep my bike and yeah, there is a big "out of site, out of mind" issue. It's also really awkward to carry it up the narrow staircase.

My hope is to build a greenhouse/shed combo in the yard with a strong, locking door where we could keep the bikes at ground level, making it quick to ride them.

Before I started renting my garage, I kept my bike in the furnace room of my triplex's shared laundry room. And when I was riding it a lot last summer, before renting the garage, I sometimes was parking it in my living room. That's one change that I made when I was doing the Apartment Therapy challenge.

i usually keep it by the door. my boyfriend and i ride at least 15 miles/day to and from work so they're really only home in the evenings.

much to my chagrin, in the utility room within our unit. i literally have to climb past it in order to get to the washer/dryer or laundry baskets even, not to mention hauling it up those 22 steep steps into my apt and making all the tight turns to get in and then into the utility room. i wish there was a better storage solution for our building or within our apartment, but there just isn't!

I have no choice but to keep mine in my entryway/corner of living room. I am hoping to get a new bike soon...and then I may have to invest in one of those racks that holds two bike vertically.

My husband keeps his bike in the office. He does ride his bike to and from work at least three days a week so it's not always in the way, but most of the time? It's in the way.

I certainly wouldn't put it in the garage if i lived in a cold climate city like Toronto. But if I was in Sanfran or Cali then either the basement or garage will do. Currently I live in a condo so it's stored in a locker.

mine is proudly on display in the the entryway!

I leave mine on the balcony of my apartment.

i sto min on wall mounts in the living room behind my couch, makes the room look great

We use our garage and it's easier for us since we live on the third floor. I think I would be much less likely to use the bike if I had to haul it up and down the stairs everyday.

At work I leave it in the common area and it has inspired others to give bike commuting a second thought which is cool.

The new apartments next door have parking under the complex at ground level, behind 3 retail shops, and they have a huge bike parking area that is fenced it and covered, totally protected from the elements but with easy access to the street. I am so jealous because my husband and I stow ours in the livingroom/entry area. On the architectural plans for the my complex I saw a "bike room" (which no doubt got them points with the city planning department) but it is locked up for the manager equipment.

Bike room! We recently redid the bike room in my condo building, so I don't have to keep my bike on my 4th-floor balcony anymore.

i have a closet in my entryway that magically fits my bike, when i pop off the front tire [in addition to a bunch of what is typically off-season storage]. unfortunately, yes...this sometimes does mean out of site out of mind as it does require me to assemble the bike [admittedly easy and tool-free] and then lug it down from my third floor apartment to the first flor [also not really that big of a deal]. however, since i dont have a car and rely on nyc public transportation only, i dont always feel so bad about it...

Mine hangs in my bedroom, vertically from the ceiling between my flat files and the chimney... UP was the only direction I had left in my 400 sq ft.

I bike to and from work and its a pain to roll it through the living room en route to the glass-enclosed balcony, where it hides behind a folding screen (condo rules :P). So it ends up standing by the door, in the way. I would love to have some sort of wall-hanging rack I can hoist it onto but I don't really have the space.

I answered "kitchen" but really our two bikes are hanging from wall hooks in our large pantry. We have no basement or garage. A garage would be totally ideal.

outside.
fortunately, there's a fence in the backyard that my u-lock can fit around.
my bike is pretty much my car, and the way i see it is you wouldn't park your car in your house.

I have no place to keep a bike. My ceilings are high so ceiling mounted hooks would put it out of reach. I dont have enough wall space to hang it. Putting it out on the balcony would mean a huge hassle around big furniture and I know I would give up on that quickly. Sadly, no garage or bike parking in my building.

In the winter, we store them in the basement. During biking season, we lock them to the fence in our carport. One of our condo board members does not approve of this practice. He leaves his bike in front of his unit. He is trying to get a bike rack installed and if he is successful, I might use it. I ride to work about 3 days a week between April and October and I wouldn't do it if I had to bring the bike in every night.

I store mine in the hallway/wide doorway between my kitchen and living room. Mine and my boyfriend's are leaned against the wall (two deep, not end-to-end). The area is wide enough that they are not in the way. And there are *very* shallow art rails above the bikes that make their placement seem intentional instead of a last resort.

i just bought one of those racks that hang down from the ceiling. i'm going to put it in my entryway. it's vintage so when i'm not riding it'll work w/ the place. i'm painting the wall behind it in a complimenting color. the problem i see coming is where i have to go down an insane amount of stairs to get outside.

I rent, so I have a gravity bike rack which doesn't require me to screw anything into the wall. I have two bikes, so in summer I have them both hanging up (one is a road bike and one is my sturdier "rainy day" bike), and in winter I take my road bike to the basement and use the top hooks as a coat rack. The featureless black metal means it's unobtrusive, and the whole thing including bikes sticks out less than two feet from the wall. It is in my living room, but I think bikes are really elegant machines, so by positioning it against a plain chartreuse wall it takes on the look of sculpture.

Right now my bike is chained to the banister of the pathway leading up to my apartment steps. I live on the ground floor though, so I guess during winter it will be under the stairs with a beach towel and a plastic tablecloth draped over it.

That gravity bike rack looks great! But we go barefoot in the house, so I don't think my roommates would agree with it. :/