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Chris R. 01-15-11 09:16 AM

My workout room/bike showroom/annoyed wife room
 
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It was getting to the point that there were bikes, wheels and equipment all over room off the garage and it was driving me nuts. I found some great racks and some slat board and had a buddy of mine help me install it all.
Now it's organized and neat. My wife thinks it looks like a bike shop. I took that as a compliment though it probably wasn't.:)
Have a looksy.

Caracalla. 01-15-11 09:26 AM

lower the rack with the shoes. it's too high for aesthetic reasons, for shoes that is. but if it held helmet, parts, etc it would be right height.

Chris R. 01-15-11 09:32 AM

Fair enough. I just finished it and have not actually loaded up all my crap in there yet. I need a bunch of small hooks and stuff for odds and ends.

KiuBWhy 01-15-11 09:34 AM

Nice looking. Your wife is right....it looks like a bike shop.

ADSR 01-15-11 09:36 AM

Sweet man cave! For extra wife repellent/non-bike-shop-look you could throw a couple Maxim photos on the walls. Maybe a bar sign or something, too.

rufvelo 01-15-11 09:39 AM

Very nice Chris, will probably inspire some of us to cleanup our own space. Also you may ignore any 'constructive criticism' from those who can't show us their own impressive implementation of home bike space.

Caracalla. 01-15-11 09:39 AM

fix mess on right side of 1st picture. buy a multi-shelf open bookcase style or drawer and stuff them all there.

cycleWV_23 01-15-11 09:42 AM


Originally Posted by Caracalla. (Post 12080978)
lower the rack with the shoes. it's too high for aesthetic reasons, for shoes that is. but if it held helmet, parts, etc it would be right height.

lol, how can you critique this? What rules govern what is "aesthetically" pleasing for a home training room? As far as I'm concerned, if it's functional, it's perfect, especially if you built it yourself. Very well done!

ADSR 01-15-11 09:45 AM


Originally Posted by cycleWV_23 (Post 12081045)
lol, how can you critique this? What rules govern what is "aesthetically" pleasing for a home training room? As far as I'm concerned, if it's functional, it's perfect, especially if you built it yourself. Very well done!

I'm telling you. More hot chick posters.

cycleWV_23 01-15-11 09:47 AM


Originally Posted by ADSR (Post 12081057)
I'm telling you. More hot chick posters.

Well played, i agree whole-heartedly. Perhaps get the wife to pose with the bike, and then blow it up to, say, a 8'x10' wall mural? ohhhhh yes

Lectron 01-15-11 09:56 AM


Originally Posted by Chris R. (Post 12080938)
My wife thinks it looks like a bike shop. I took that as a compliment though it probably wasn't.:)
Have a looksy.

Have to agree with the misses there.....But what's wrong with that?

My room's quite a bit more 'Rocky Balboa' style, but I store the bikes in a different room

RacerOne 01-15-11 10:04 AM

This is better than my garage.

TrekDen 01-15-11 10:07 AM


Originally Posted by Caracalla. (Post 12080978)
lower the rack with the shoes. it's too high for aesthetic reasons, for shoes that is. but if it held helmet, parts, etc it would be right height.

I agree, and disagree. I don't like the shoes up there, and it would be better served for other items. Keep the shelf height were it's at. If it's too low you may end up whacking your shins off of one of those open corners. Rule of thumb on open ended single shelves is to keep them about waist high. That's a nice system you've got there. I spend 40 hours a week installing organizers and shelving.

coasting 01-15-11 10:27 AM

marvellous.

Looigi 01-15-11 10:37 AM

Way to sterile and uptight looking. You need to strew some stuff around, haphazardly thumbtack posters and clippings to the walls, you know, make it look a bit more lived-in and guy-like.

Grumpy McTrumpy 01-15-11 10:37 AM

I don't see an annoyed wife.

Lectron 01-15-11 10:47 AM

This is a room with a lot of sweat ;)

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/Div/gym2.jpg
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/Div/gym1.jpg

ClanLee 01-15-11 10:53 AM

What "hooks" are you using to hold the bikes to the wall? I like them better than the ones that I'm using.

rkelley23 01-15-11 11:25 AM

Three words. Go _ _ _ _ Yourself (out of envy of course)

cycleWV_23 01-15-11 11:54 AM


Originally Posted by Lectron (Post 12081385)



DAMNIT....after the first photo, I was really hoping your treadmill was your bike trainer as well... :notamused:

theschwinnman 01-15-11 12:07 PM

That is so epic.

Lectron 01-15-11 12:09 PM


Originally Posted by cycleWV_23 (Post 12081648)
DAMNIT....after the first photo, I was really hoping your treadmill was your bike trainer as well... :notamused:

It's kinda cool..I have friends coming over, and we do like 1,5h spinn
with biklanes, or even better,...Rihanna vids on the big screen

Moving the spinning-bike to far right, 'gainst the treadmill, i get two more bikes on rollers. We have some good fun down there :)

simonaway427 01-15-11 12:23 PM

much nicer than my man cave

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...at20-56-35.jpg

Steve90068 01-15-11 12:29 PM

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Not quite as nice as others but my room is slowly coming together
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=186190

mercator 01-15-11 12:43 PM


Originally Posted by Chris R. (Post 12080938)
It was getting to the point that there were bikes, wheels and equipment all over room off the garage and it was driving me nuts. I found some great racks and some slat board and had a buddy of mine help me install it all.
Now it's organized and neat. My wife thinks it looks like a bike shop. I took that as a compliment though it probably wasn't.:)
Have a looksy.

I like the wheel storage things. Are they designed for that or re-purposed?


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