I'm lucky guys, as randy knows. I keep my 30 plus bikes, and more parts than a flea market, in my basement. she gave me the whole thing....
beautiful is she not..
now, you would not know I lived in the house, she has the rest of the place.
she has made a few comments like, you should get ride of some of that stuff, or build a garage?
hum I said. the next day I went and priced a 3 stall
with apartment trusses. new home for meor the bikes????
I so love her.....

randy I never noticed the 4130 on your shed, that is so cool.
so much to see, so little time.
thanks again. let me know on that mongoose????

My mountain bike stays in my garage, but my 3 BMX bikes, my tools, and parts stay in the basement.

I have some bikes and parts in my garage and a few of the nicer display bikes in a small spare bedroom. My wife is pretty tolerant of them especially considering all the other toys/hobbies I have.

Mine are up in the attic, I have about 20 complete bikes, but am putting the 2004 Mirra 540 up for sale next week. Cause I had to move back home, with mom, and she just shakes her head. Not sure what she really thinks, not sure I should ask either..

Does my wife give me a hard time? Surprisingly yes, well sort of. I basically dove into this hobby because I have no room to keep an old car nor do I really have the know-how to restore an old car. I thought I'd build a garage, but my property just isn't big enough.

I don't know what made me think about bikes again (It'd been 10 years since I last thought about restoring BMX bikes), but once I found this site, I went in headstrong. Still, I don't have much to work with right now (3 complete bikes that are almost completely stripped down, and 1 other frame).

I'm waiting on delivery of a 10'x16' vinyl shed/workshop to go in the back yard. I got the biggest that my township would allow me to have within code. In the meantime, I work up in my attic when it's not too cold. However, I brought a set of bars downstairs to the kitchen to steam the decals to peel them off without damaging them. I used my wife's portable steam cleaning tool. The bars sat on the kitchen counter for a week and I heard about it every day.

I heard, half-jokingly, "I can't wait til we get our shed! You've got bike parts everywhere!!!" It actually makes me giggle.

Lee

I'd love to see some photos of all this chaos


Ted, those bikes look great up there!


Loving the 4130 shed too, btw!!!

I keep mine tucked away in the corner of my rec. room and my wife absolutely hates it. Too bad!

My wife is great about it. Lets me pack out the garage and one room of our 4 bedroom house.

I love my wife.

Her father was the same way w/ airplanes and VW stuff. I guess she's used to it.

My wife cant really say much about but she still does. She forced me to this too. At one point I had a couple of Model A's a Ranchero, A few Model T bodys and all sort of motors. She was fed up and said I could have all the motorcycles I wanted if I got out of cars. SO.... I had 2 Harleys, 3 Triumphs, 1-1/2 Bsa's and 2 YSRS. I got tired of all the motorcycles and didnt have time for them all so I got back in to bicycles, she was happy, till more and more started coming home. Now we are moving and she said I can have the garage all to myself. She got a new house, and I got more space, Everyone is happy......

My wife is an angel and I am lucky to have her. I have carefully and slowly introduced her to my second love of BMX. She has understood my sickness and accepted it nicely. I keep my built bikes in our mud room and my incompletes downstairs in the basement.

I keep the PK20 and the Supergoose in the garage, along with a few unbuilt frames.
The Robinson, Cook Bros, and GJS are kept in what we call "my room," along with my vintage diecast car collection. We don't have a lot of room - if we did, all the bikes would be inside.
My wife is great about it all. She's not into tripping over kids bikes, so we agreed that 5 BMX bikes is the limit. I'm cool with that.

[ April 19, 2007, 08:16 PM: Message edited by: 66alfa_gtv ]

In our previous house we had a garage and she thought the whole vBMX infatuation was charming. Now that we do not have a garage it's far far less charming.

GT3540, that Kuwie cruiser is sweet!


And to stay on-topic, I think I'm more annoyed about my bikes being in the way than my "wife" is. But I hate to put them in the dusty ol' shed, and there's no more room in the basement. Do attic temperatures ruin tires?

I only have 5. One is at work and I ride it at lunch. The rest are in the garage, hanging from ceiling racks. I'm still trying to figure out how to get one or two in the house where she wouldn't mind, but I gotta get rid of some clutter first.

mines are in the attic(crawl space) At one apoint all 3 were in the living room. But i got considerate, and now the only bike in their is the race bike. And that one get's ridden on a daily basis.

One of my wife's all time favorite sayings is "bikes don't belong in the living room".

Now that all the young un's have flown from the nest, I converted one of the bedrooms to an office.
My collectibles hang on the wall there now, the race bikes and choppers live in the garage

I've got 15 complete bikes and about 25 or so frames. Most are in the garage, although my 3 current race bikes along with a couple of frames and some memorabilia. Garage and house are both alarmed with ADT system with glass break sensors, motion sensors, and door sensors. I also have one bike here at work in my office that I ride at lunch time (my titanium road bike).

I've filled 2 lofts now, and need a 3rd!!!

Time for a garden shed, I think - I need one the size of Waza'a, I reckon.

(and I need a garden shed too!!! - lol)

I started out keeping them in "my room". As the collection has grown, they have started migrating into the living room. I guess it is time to build a dedicated garden shed for them....

My wife is too cool....this was her idea.

The trick is to buy so much stuff that you have to have a room just for bikes. Then leave the room so cluttered up that you cant even walk and while your away racing she will organize the room for you . You know just like mom used too do. Really though its a trade off, help her with something she enjoys then bingo your in.