Bike shed/store

Haggisman

Haggisman

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Looking for a shed/dedicated bike store, for 3 adults bikes, plus a kid's bike, & some kid's scooters.

None of the bikes are anything special, all under £500, would be handy to have a bit of extra space too for stuff like garden furniture, mower & other tools, beach toys etc.

It will be in the back garden, accessible through the house, locked gate, or over neighbours' fences. We've not had a break-in (yet), although some "youths" did jump the neighbour's fences a few months ago and try to leg it with some cheap bikes they'd left out in the open.

Currently it's a toss-up between 2 options:

Tiger sheds 7x4 pent bike store: https://www.tigersheds.com/product/tiger-pent-bike-store/

Or

Asgard 8x4 access shed: https://www.asgardsss.co.uk/8x4-metal-garden-shed

The Asgard is (probably?) going to be a lot more secure, and it's a little bigger, so could fit more of the extra bits in, but obviously, there's a significant price difference; the Asgard is probably worth as much as the 3 bikes!

I'd replace the screws on the wooden shed hinges with security screws, and stick a decent padlock on it, we also have CCTV covering where it would be, but am I an idiot for even considering the wooden one over the Asgard, or would it just be a waste of money?

I'm also wondering if it would just scream "expensive stuff in here!”, and so increase the chance of someone trying it? Our garden is overlooked by quite a few houses, and you never know who might be looking out of their window for a "target"...

Thoughts from anyone who has had either of the options, or who's made a similar decision recently, and the conclusion you came to, would be most welcome :)
 
Haggisman said:
I'm also wondering if it would just scream "expensive stuff in here!”, and so increase the chance of someone trying it? Our garden is overlooked by quite a few houses, and you never know who might be looking out of their window for a "target"...
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No, I really don't think so. The metal one looks way more secure to me, plus it will probably last longer and won't need repainting/re-treating so soon.
 
I'm going to suggest that either of those would probably be fine for the bikes, but you're not fitting anything else in there...

Or if you are, none of it is coming out without swearing.
 
Conan257 said:
I'm going to suggest that either of those would probably be fine for the bikes, but you're not fitting anything else in there...

Or if you are, none of it is coming out without swearing.
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There's plenty of swearing already trying to get them out of the shed they're in at the moment! The plan is to be able to get stuff out of the other shed without also swearing :p
 
I have a metal shed and the racket it makes just opening the doors is more than enough to deter thieves, plus you get the added bonus of not having to treat it yearly
 
So an adult bike is 175cm long, according to google.... You'll have at best 30cm of space behind it.

Adult bike bars are somewhere in the region of 70cm wide, and don't overlap more than half of that (as the frame is in the way). This website has a good diagram on the space you need for 3 bikes, and I would suggest the sheds you are looking at would be great for housing 3-4 bikes, but not much more.

thebestbikelock.com

What size shed do I need for my bikes? | The Best Bike Lock

What size bike shed do you need for your bikes? The best thing to do is measure your bikes. But if you can't be bothered I've got some estimates!
thebestbikelock.com
 
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Conan257 said:
So an adult bike is 175cm long, according to google.... You'll have at best 30cm of space behind it.

Adult bike bars are somewhere in the region of 70cm wide, and don't overlap more than half of that (as the frame is in the way). This website has a good diagram on the space you need for 3 bikes, and I would suggest the sheds you are looking at would be great for housing 3-4 bikes, but not much more.

thebestbikelock.com

What size shed do I need for my bikes? | The Best Bike Lock

What size bike shed do you need for your bikes? The best thing to do is measure your bikes. But if you can't be bothered I've got some estimates!
thebestbikelock.com
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Thanks, that's useful - I have considered building my own, even longer (e.g. 10x4), as we have a load of "dead" space down one side of the garden, and I could probably make more secure by building it from more heavy duty materials, but the problem (as always!) is time :p

To be honest, it's only really my son's bike which is used regularly, mine/my partners could be stored with the bars loosened and turned parallel to the frame with no real inconvenience
 
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I've the Asgard you've linked to and they are very well made, you'd need an angle grinder to get into it! Ours fits 3 adult mountain bikes and a BMX plus a couple of scooters, no room for anything else bulky and getting it all in is a bit of an art form but we've not needed to loosen and move the bars. You'll need a solid base to put in on as well.

Cheers
 
Oncles said:
I've the Asgard you've linked to and they are very well made, you'd need an angle grinder to get into it! Ours fits 3 adult mountain bikes and a BMX plus a couple of scooters, no room for anything else bulky and getting it all in is a bit of an art form but we've not needed to loosen and move the bars. You'll need a solid base to put in on as well.

Cheers
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Thanks, that's good to know, I was going to put paving slabs down for it - did you go for the optional wooden sub floor?
 
Haggisman said:
Thanks, that's good to know, I was going to put paving slabs down for it - did you go for the optional wooden sub floor?
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Yes we went for the sub floor, it's just a bit of chip board with some struts if I remember correctly, does help with the noise and stops things slipping when getting things in or out but you could probably make something that does the same.
 
I would give some consideration to ease of access and amount of storage. I don't know how much room you've got, but something bigger, i.e. a proper shed, would let you get all the bikes in and out much easier, which is a serious consideration. With these boxes you often have to take stuff out first before you can get what you want and it's annoying.
 
I've got the Asgard shed which on paper is good for 4 x bikes. I've got 5 in mine but you're not getting anything else in there. Certainly no garden furniture. I've had it 12 years and no complaints and I'd certainly buy one again if I needed it. They've also gone up a fair bit, as you would expect. Paid around £400 for mine.
 
radderfire said:
I would give some consideration to ease of access and amount of storage. I don't know how much room you've got, but something bigger, i.e. a proper shed, would let you get all the bikes in and out much easier, which is a serious consideration. With these boxes you often have to take stuff out first before you can get what you want and it's annoying.
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Sadly, space is at a bit of a premium. I'd love to have the room for a proper shed, but short of building my own in a weird triangular shaped space at the back of the garden, that's not going to happen :(

batfink said:
I've got the Asgard shed which on paper is good for 4 x bikes. I've got 5 in mine but you're not getting anything else in there. Certainly no garden furniture. I've had it 12 years and no complaints and I'd certainly buy one again if I needed it. They've also gone up a fair bit, as you would expect. Paid around £400 for mine.
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Thanks - yeah, it's pretty much double that now!

When I say "garden furniture" I mean a couple of folding chairs, so they wouldn't take up too much space, but accept that anything else I can fit in there is a bonus
 
sigma said:
Nothing is secure. Assuming both sheds use padlocks, they can be picked in seconds.
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While true, I'd imagine most would-be bike thieves are more likely to go with the "smash and grab" low skill attack, rather than invest the time and effort in learning lock-picking to sit there in the dark... "click on 3, 2 is binding..." :p
 
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Haggisman said:
While true, I'd imagine most would-be bike thieves are more likely to go with the "smash and grab" low skill attack, rather than invest the time and effort in learning lock-picking to sit there in the dark... "click on 3, 2 is binding..." :p
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I think you're overestimating how long it takes to pick a lock:

 
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