Storage of larger e-bikes

[Wonderbadger]

Hi,
I've just joined the forum as I am looking into e-bikes for my girlfriend who has a new job and fancies using one for comuting to work. We had a look at a Gazelle Easyglider at the weekend and were impressed by it so it would probably boil down to a choice between one of those or a Kalkhoff Agattu (her preference for style and my preference for hill-climbing ability).

The problem we have is that its not easy to get a bike from the garage to the front of the house as the car is in the way on the drive (nowhere else to move the car, garage in back garden with side access). We were looking at putting a cycle store at the front of the house and liked the look of the trimetals cycle store but this isn't big enough to fit either of the bikes in.

Does anyone have any suggestions of a suitable store or are there any good bikes which combine the panasonic crank-drive unit with a battery mounted on a rear carrier so that it doesn't make the bike 8 inches longer than normal? I had looked at the Sparta Ion but am not keen on the limited range and poor hillclimbing abilities with its hub-drive.

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks
Andy

 

[stevew]

what about this Bicycle Storage: Secure Bike Sheds: Trimetals
Or this - Alien Odyssey

 

[keithhazel]

what about this Bicycle Storage: Secure Bike Sheds: Trimetals
Or this - Alien Odyssey

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

at £429..i dont think its too good..you can get the same sort of boxes at b&q for under a £100....or for £20 a good tarpaulin....

 

[Wonderbadger]

Thanks for the suggestions, unfortunately I had mentioned in the original post that the trimetals bike sotrage box isnt big enough for either of the bikes I was looking at and that if possible I wanted an e-bike with a Panasonic crank-drive rather than a hub-motor.

 

[Orraman]

I am still taken up with my Gitane E-bike 8 Panasonic so out of interest I measured it.
With the front wheel turned, wall to mudguard extension is 67" and floor to handlebar is 48". It should easily fit into the Trimetal bike store.
I chose the Gitane over the Gazelle for its lighter weight and more sprightly performance.

Dave

 

[Tiberius]

What size do you need?
Is this any good?
All-purpose Store - Item Code: 18775E

There are bigger shelters, but you quickly get to something that looks like a garden shed. At that point its probably easier to find somewhere else to put the car and keep the bike round the back.

Nick

 

[keithhazel]

What size do you need?
Is this any good?
All-purpose Store - Item Code: 18775E

There are bigger shelters, but you quickly get to something that looks like a garden shed. At that point its probably easier to find somewhere else to put the car and keep the bike round the back.

Nick

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
they all very pricey...no good wingeing about the cost of the bike or extra's for it and then spending £300-£400 for a bike shed...a tarpauling is as good if slighhtly less safe, but chained up ect sorts that out...

 

[musicbooks]

I bought a small motorbike cover. .. the bike cover was too small.. It does the job very well, though I can't bear to leave my pride and joy (Kalkhoff Agattu) outside, so she often (always) spends her nights in our front porch (Just big enough to squeeze in and shut the door), though my wife is forever annoyed with me as she is constantly catching her coat and bag straps on the pedals and handlebars
bw
musicbooks

 

[MaryinScotland]

I don't have anything helpful to offer, I'd just like to mention that there is a gap in the "cycle parts" market for quick-release handlebars. So many storage problems could be resolved if you could just turn the handlebars through 90 degrees and line them along the bike frame. I used to have a Dahon folder with just such a quick release. It was designed as part of the folding process. I parked the bike in my hall, unfolded, but with the handlebars turned, and it wasn't in the way at all.

Additionally, that had folding pedals. Clip the pedals up as well, and the bike sat really close to the wall. (Under some coat hooks - I'd drape a coat over the bike to stop it falling over.) Folding pedals would be a luxury on a non-folding bike, but swivelling handlebars would be really useful.

Mary

 

[keithhazel]

(Just big enough to squeeze in and shut the door), though my wife is forever annoyed with me as she is constantly catching her coat and bag straps on the pedals and handlebars
bw
musicbooks

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

well thats just not good enough, kindly point out to her that with her constant carelessness she is risking damageing the bike...tell her to be more careful or you will park it in the bedroom in future....."on her side"....

 

[nin26]

We built our own bike shed because we couldn't find something that would take 3 adult bikes (tall children!) and my electric bike.

It looks like any other shed except it's much shorter and has double doors. As it is lower, we can have it really close to the living room window without blocking the light - better for security too, being so close to the house.

It only cost £150 to build, so it was cheaper than all but the tiniest of bike stores that we saw.

 

[deadmonkey]

Just reviving this old thread, but I try to be tidy and it's the closest I've found to my question - as there aren't many threads about outdoor storage solutions other than full sized sheds.

Is it the dimensions or other factors (which I can lessen) which exclude folk from looking at cheap wooden items such as those below?

BillyOh Pent Bike Store Tongue and Groove - Wooden Storage Units - Garden Centre Direct

BillyOh Extra Wide Overlap Bike Store - Wooden Storage Units - Garden Centre Direct

My Kalkhoff Pro Connect is on the larger side - roughly 186cm long and 108cm high, but my simplistic mind says that found fit ok inside the one with the apex and perhaps the other one with the front wheel askew.

What am I missing please?