Troul 

whether I ask or they give it the greenlight prior to me asking; If i know they are willing to take on such risk[s] with things or it throws a rather big wrench in accommodating my stay, I will alter things on my end to prevent that from happening. Those are good friends & just knowing they'd go to that level of hospitality for me, is awesome.

Not many get that, & that's where overthinking things may creep up. "oh gee, I wonder why soin'so don't pay a visit anymore? It couldn't be that we leverage their hobbies as a means to our sly humor of entertainment, or that we never call/text/visit them, or prevent our kid/animal/alligator from using there bicycle as a chew toy? oh dear, we will never know why?"

Chances are that, if the person you're visiting doesn't have kids within the same age group as you, you should not expect them to go through the trouble of "baby-proofing" there house.
Additionally, if you take a dog to someones place, you are responsible for looking after it. Pick it's doo doo up, don't let it chew on anything, contain it from running off into the sunset..

I could see someone overstepping it with a horse. You cant just ride a horse to someone's house & try keeping it in the kitchen or living room... I guess if they let you, you could try? A horse might be better contained outside, where the cars may park...?

CliffordK

A lot of variables. But, if I was to ride to a friend's house, I would expect my bike to be safe and secure. And, perhaps dry (although if I rode an hour in the rain to get there, a couple of showers won't hurt it).

I don't think I would bring my bike into a person's hallway, although a garage or back yard might be acceptable.

Now at work, I've parked my bike inside or outside at work depending on a number of factors. If I do bring it inside, then 100% I carry the bike to the destination. So, there is no wheeling a dirty bike around the office.

tkamd73 

I would allow one to park their bike in my back yard, and usually park my bike in the back yards of friends houses. I see no reason to bring someone else’s bike in my house, unless I’m working on it in my basement shop, then it’s directly garage to basement.
I never would expect to bring my bike into other’s homes. We don’t allow anyone to bring a pet into our dwelling, but kids of all ages are welcome.
Tim

livedarklions

Maybe I should have chosen my words a bit better. What I meant by that was to make it reasonable for the child to be safe for the duration of the visit, not an absolute baby-proofing like you'd do if the kid lived there. Apartments with balconies that have wide spaces in the railing or houses with big wide unblockable staircases come to mind Not only would it be unreasonable to expect them to baby-proof, it's likely impossible.

As a parent, I never took it for granted that people expected to be responsible for my kid's safety, but they had better understand that I was. The person with the kid-unfriendly house is fine if they understand that the parent is not likely to visit them unless the kid is in day care or with a sitter. I wouldn't expect someone to enjoy the visit if they feel like they can't safely let their attention wander for a few seconds and/or they basically feel like they can't even put their kid down without a significant chance of losing them for good.

Troul 

as a kid, I think my folks took me to places that were the least kid friendly equipped in hopes to rid of a liability... Or i just sorta knew better than to open closed doors & drink as-seen-on tv products.

tomato coupe

Because I've never seen an animal spontaneously explode like a carbon bike frame.

Eric F 

I have (figuratively). A pug with digestive issues was not pleasant to have in our house, and I will find every reason not to let that person and their tiny dog in my house again. "The dog assploded" would be an accurate description.

Troul 

must've ate Alposion dog food?

making

This is not about someone's home, but an office I used to work in. I was a dedicated commuter for many years and parked my bicycle in my office for almost all of those years, except..for a few years I worked in an area with large common areas with classrooms and about 10 offices with way too many upper management types about. My office was pretty spacious and was about 10 feet from the outside door, almost enough room to park a car in so I thought nothing about rolling my bicycle 10-15 feet through a common area and leaning it against a bare wall in my office. absolutely did not interfere with anyone or anything and my office door was normally closed because I worked around the hospital. My boss went bat **** crazy. Bicycles did not belong inside. The tires were dirty, when I told her to go tell the guy over there in his wheel chair his tires were too dirty to roll round the hospital she started talking about oil dripping. My surly crosscheck was not an oil dripper like my Harley...this went on for months, constant hate on my bicycle. There were probably 20 of us dedicated commuters working there and one of them was her boss and a guy I regularly rode with on charity rides. Apparently she brought it up to him about me bringing my bicycle in my office, which was totally stupid because he had his bike hanging on the wall in his office. I know she had to have seen it. Anyway he called me up to his office, I really thought he was going to ask me about a charity ride coming up. He called me up to see where I wanted my bicycle rack installed in my office, he planned to send engineering down the next week. As much as I would have liked to rub my supervisors face in it, I opted out, just because of future supervisors. As it turned out we built an outside heated bike locker for me and the dozen or so others that wanted somewhere to conveniently and securely park our bike. My supervisor had some visceral reaction to bringing bicycles in the house (office) and seemed to be truly personally offended. I think it was just something about her childhood but she really did come unhinged about it. But she way embarrassed herself about something it was obvious she could not win.

Troul 

oh wow! I wouldn't know how to act if that happened to pop up at work. Instead, full PPE is required, must walk the bicycle if at a crossing & must use the crossing, heavily enforced speed limits, better have all the OEM safety items on it too.

Chuck M 

I live in a safe area where even though I would never do it, I think I could leave a bike out front in the driveway over night. In fact I've seen others in my neighborhood do just that. However I would likely let someone bring their bike into the garage if they were staying overnight or the bike was otherwise being left unattended. And they would not have to ask me, I would suggest it myself.

A pet on the other hand would have to be on a case by case basis and most of our friends likely wouldn't try to bring one in the first place. A few in-laws on the other hand have brought in a dog for a short visit. I expect them to keep a good eye on the dog as I don't want my home damaged.

Herzlos

I'd either check unless I was close enough with them to know the answer, but I'd generally expect to leave the bike chained to something in a back yard or something out of view. I wouldn't expect to be able to take it inside the building or a garage, etc.

I'd also plan accordingly and use my $100 hybrid and not my $2000 nice bike.

Pratt

Hard to say without more information. Is the bike house broken? does the house owner have a bike allergy? does the house owner have a very territorial bike already?

CAT7RDR

Thanks for that! Best laugh I had this week.

Mtracer

I would never assume I could bring a bike into someone's home. More than likely, you have made prior arrangements for the visit. I would bring up the subject beforehand. If you drop in unannounced, best be prepared to leave your bike outside.

Koyote

Like you, I spent many years bringing my commuter bike right into my office. I never asked permission and always acted as if it's the most normal thing on the planet. One or two people (generally old stuffy people) would look askance the first time or two they saw me coming in with the bike, but that would pass as it became a familiar sight. More often, people would be interested and would start conversations about their own cycling experiences.

'Course, I was in academia, where individuality is generally tolerated -- and where tenure provides a certain level of freedom.

Troul 

fify.

daihard 

We keep our three bikes in the garage, along with all the tools. If someone wants to visit us by bike, they'll be welcome to park their bike there.

Kapusta

The specific situation is your brother’s condo in VA Beach.

Troul 

it's interesting how you're trying to dictate a threads outcome.
Better maintenance to your bicycle might be better time spent.

Kapusta

I’m just clarifying the question.

rsbob 

Troul, you aren’t channeling Larry are you?

If so, please leave your shirt on when entering your friend’s house (with or without bike).

plumberroy

You are welcome to park your bike in the garage beside mine. I do park my bike inside by the contractor counter at Lowes when I ride up for something small

livedarklions

So I think this is an etiquette question but I just don't see any real problem. Obviously, people's homes vary as do people's attitudes. Some people live in small apartments, some people have light colored carpeting, some people just don't want to have your bike in their living space. If I'm invited to be a guest in their home, I understand it's on their terms. If I can't or won't accept their terms, I shouldn't accept the invitation.

Bald Paul

You mean I wasn't supposed to do that? I just explained that my dogs were allergic.