Anybody rents a garage to work on their bike?

[goodgumbo]

From an other thread, after I mentioned I don't have the space for a project bike since I live in an apartment.

Check local council for garages to rent.

Does anybody rent a garage to work on their bike? What is the price? Experience? Any unexpected consequences?

Any people here who bang a project bike with a wrench and live in a small city apartment?

[ophic]

I've had two in my time. Up north, about £25 a month. Anywhere near London, about £65. Major downside is no electricity, and some do get a bit damp so inspect it before renting if you can. Also worth investing in a bit of extra security as garage doors are quite easy to break into.

[Bibio]

i have one up here at £85 a 1/4 but no power. could not live without it.

lockups are like hens teeth.

[Jayneflakes]

We privately rent our garage from a local fireman (not that this is relevant! ;-) ) and it costs us about £50 a month. The garage is very basic, three walls, a crappy door and a massive concreted ground anchor. The Fireman is a biker and when he lived near us, he kept his bike in the garage so fitted a super heavy duty ground anchor.

We have no power to the garage, but do have our own generator to run the lights. The noise does upset our neighbours though, especially if I am running the generator to power a grinder!

The corrugated white powdery stuff that the roof is made of cracked a while back and we had rain in there for a couple of months until it dried out enough to repair. Our main concern is that the garage has been broken into twice, once the door was pushed so hard it came off the runners and broke away from the wall. Were it not for the ground anchor, all of our bikes and the generator would have been gone.

A good strong door is a must if you do not have a ground anchor. However I would be tempted to ask the garage owner if they would object to an anchor being fitted. At one place I lived, this was agreed as long as I left it when I moved out.

We found ours because it had a garage for rent sign on the door, but the other one we use came with our friend's flat. Finding a mate with a garage is also a good idea. Between us all, we have two garages and five bikes so we team up and keep the garages together. :thumbsup:

[DarrenSV650S]

The corrugated white powdery stuff that the roof is made of cracked a while back and we had rain in there for a couple of months until it dried out enough to repair.

That'll be asbestos !





Parking spaces go for £20 a week in this stupid city. God know how much a garage would be

[ophic]

Generator very handy as Jayne says, but most bike jobs don't need power. You could manage with something battery powered for light.

[21QUEST]

Lighting is quite easily sorted these days.

You can get 10W 12V DC powered led flood lights for under a tenner on Ebay.Get some batteries no longer useful for a bike/car and use those to run them.

I currently have only one which I run off an old car battery but will in the future get two or three more. There are light weight so easy to bolt onto walls, ceiling or left portable
And depending on what you need to do, you have the choice of running them in your desired combination.

I've not had much need for a 240V supply. A couple of times I'd need my Rotary tool but mostly not been required.

Only just managed to find one I was happy to rent so the above light was initially both for use in my tree shade garage :D

[goodgumbo]

Maybe a few people should get one to share. I'm sure the price and security measures would be a lot better doing it collectively.

Worrying about your garage being broken into must be stressful.