Because of limited space in the cellar but mainly because I like the view of my bike I‘d like to keep another bike (besides the one on the trainer) in our flat. I see it as a bit of art, like a painting.
Also bike gets cleaned before taken inside (wipe frame and tires). (I do take some bikes into the current flat and I always clean them.)
Do you keep a bike in your flat? Where do you put it?
What is the take of your SO/family on this?
First of all, congrats on moving together. That’s a big and exciting step.
Mine is in our living room, but that’s because we don’t have a basement or garage.
That’s a question for r/relationshipadvice
No, seriously, that’s something you have to discuss with your SO. Communication is key. You are moving into a shared space and such decisions have to be made jointly. Some are more understanding than others. Some become more understanding with time once they figure out how important cycling is to us and/or how expensive the bikes are.
If e. g. you each have your rooms, I think you could make a strong argument for storing it there. Living rooms are shared spaces, so that’d be more complicated.
PS Pro tip: it helps to have something to trade and barter. When I went furniture shopping with my wife, it turned into a fun bartering session where we agreed on letting her pick some shelves so that I could pick the color of the chairs for our dining room table. Point being, perhaps your SO has a similar ask?
As for the take on this by my partner, this is very situation and relationship specific. Generally says it makes the space feel smaller but understands and it is out of the way. Helps that I’m the owner of the flat…
I’m single and live in a 600sqft apartment. I have 2 road bikes plus a Wahoo trainer with a bike and then another road bike for Elite rollers in my living room; another tucked in the bedroom closet; my first ever road bike in balcony storage closet (sentimental value); ran out of room and put the CX bike in the detached garage. I’m thinking I could squeeze another in somewhere. I think I may have just figured out why I’m single
Yeah propped against a wall. Are people’s hoods and bar tape so caked in filth that this is a problem? Wish I could hoist them up in the air but I don’t live in a Georgian townhouse.