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Storage and security of a bike (Storing your bike (When riders store their…
Storage and security of a bike
Keeping your bike safe from theft
It can often be a habit to leave your bike unlocked or even worse outside at night
"According to the National Bike Registry and the FBI, more than $350 million worth of bicycles are stolen each year." Found
https://www.bicycling.com/repair/a20016522/7-things-you-should-never-do-to-your-bike/
This shows that bike theft is a common and devastating problem for many bike owners. This can be made worse by the fact that bikes are becoming more expensive in today's market, some individuals invest many thousands of pounds into their bike.
Therefore the incentive to lock it away safely should be greater. But the evidence suggests not. Is there more to do to stop bike theft and remind people to lock their bikes up?
When you leave a bike outside components can be damaged due to rain and other elements, the most common issue is rusting. Costing you money and time spent making repairs.
You should always bring your bike indoors after a ride or cleaning it for obvious reasons such as theft and damage.
A locking system that reminds you/ visually or by audio to but your bike inside safely and to lock it up.
A place to store keys and the bike locks themselves so that they are easy to locate for when you next need to use them. Perhaps if you couldn't find your bike lock keys you might not bother locking it up and pay the price later on.
Keeping your bike safe when you are out on a ride can be a challenge as well. Sometimes an individual might be having lunch, going to the toilet or building a jump. In an instant it could be gone.
There might not be an immovable object that you can secure your bike to in one of these situations. And a tree will not do for most consumers.
An alarm system could be developed where it aims to alert you when your bike is taken. This might give you the time you need to run back that you didn't have before.
Some bike locks can be very heavy to transport with you thus hindering your ride.
This issue can be even worse if you have children that perhaps do not want to carry heavy locks. The outcome might be one person suffering with a heavy weight or an option to go not take a lock altogether.
Storing your tools
Taking tools with you
It has happened to me before when I arrive at a trail and my tyres aren't pumped up enough or a bolt needs tightening. Occasionally you might not have the equipment to deal with these issues
Could a product be developed that stores your tools, equipment such as pumps and spare inner tubes, whilst also holding your helmet and gloves be developed. It could be on wheels and fold up into a car so that you can have it at home and travel with it.
Storage at home
Some individuals, like me have a box labelled cycling where most of their cycling tools and equipment goes
Sometimes it can get lost or can be difficult to find things as and when your need them, for example maybe you are in a rush and need access to a pump but locating it can be difficult
Is there a way to group together your equipment into clear and concise sections that make it easy to find.
Storing your wearable equipment
Wearable equipment such as gloves, helmets shoes can be found dotted throughout the house after a ride and can be smelly.
Is there a way to keep it all in one place?
A storage unit kept in the users garage that can efficiently store the accessories, letting them air so that they can dry and the mud is contained.
After you have washed your kit after a ride the next step is often to dry it, this can be difficult amongst other clothing.
You might want to keep your cycling clothes separate from your normal clothes, is it possible to dry them elsewhere along with your shoes and pads. On a specialist drying rack.
Staying organised can help out hugely when trying to keep things safe and not to get them lost. Especially with some kit being expensive and most people can not afford to be replacing kit.
Storing your bike
When riders store their bikes they usually put them into a garage or shed.
There is not much space to put bikes and therefore the space must be used efficiently. Avid riders sometimes have multiple bikes. If you enjoy mountain biking you might have up to three different kind of bikes, a downhill bike, enduro bike and a hard tail. Often families kids with have multiple bike different sizes they need to store.
Storing it in the wrong place
https://roadcyclinguk.com/how-to/maintenance/seven-common-problems-encountered-bike-shop-mechanics-fix.html
This article is written by a mechanic and issues he deals with from customers are storage and maintenance. One customer stored their bike in a drying room which is humid and therefore rusted the chain.
The mechanic also said "“In my experience, sometimes when a bike is sold, the buyer isn’t told what needs to be done to keep the bike in good condition, from cleaning to storage."
Users need to be educated on storage as it is a big factor when looking after yours bike properly.
Winter storage
Preparing for winter storage
Lots of riders choose to store their bikes away for the winter season, this might be because riding in wet, cold and muddy conditions puts them off and they lose motivation.
If so there are some problems a user would have to deal with in order to keep their bike safe and maintained throughout those winter months.
One problem with winter storage is keeping it safe from theft and possible damage. The best option is to keep it inside and locked up with multiple locks.
https://www.centurycycles.com/tips/tech-talk-storing-bicycles-in-your-home-pg1307.htm
The guide recommends to remove your electronics as keeping them in cold air might shorten their battery life.
It is recommended to hang your bike up by the wheel and not on a cold concrete floor because "the concrete draws moisture out of the rubber of the tires, causing dry-rot and premature ageing of the tires."
If you do not want to hang your bike on the wall and your only option is floor storage the guide mentioned that you could place a rug or matt underneath to stop this problem from happening.
Some consumers might think this idea to be untidy or unprofessional. I think that a storage unit that keeps a bike elevated from a cold floor that also encloses helmets and gloves with sufficient bike security could be developed.
