Hi,
With the new bike coming home this week I want to protect it as much as possible. Mainly will be summer use- protect from sun and rain. I'm trying to get a storage unit for winter storage so snow shouldn't be an issue, except the rare spring/fall storm.
Now the hard part- I live in an apartment. It is actually a converted farm house in a rural area so not like a typical apartment complex. Parking is pretty lax and there is room in the parking lot. I'm not sure what my landlord will allow, but I want to try to go for some kind of portable/movable awning or shed/cover. I was thinking even just one of the sun/rain folding awnings with a cover on the bike itself. That would be easy to move if I had to, easy in and out, and large enough to put both bikes under.
For a cover, I have tried them before without any additional protection and all they did was trap the moisture under the cover. Every time I took the cover off the bike was soaking wet and parts got surface rust very quickly. NOT what a cover should be doing. But I was thinking that if it was over pavement, with an awning over the whole bike to keep rain and direct sunlight off it, a cover would help keep rain that blew past the awning and dust off the bike.
I wish I could do a hard enclosure like a shed, or even one of the canvas garages, but I'm pretty sure the landlord wouldn't go for even the canvas tent. An awning would be pressing my luck but I'm willing to try. At least I can take it down before winter for plowing, when the bike goes into winter storage.
Anyone else with an apartment come up with a solution?
With the new bike coming home this week I want to protect it as much as possible. Mainly will be summer use- protect from sun and rain. I'm trying to get a storage unit for winter storage so snow shouldn't be an issue, except the rare spring/fall storm.
Now the hard part- I live in an apartment. It is actually a converted farm house in a rural area so not like a typical apartment complex. Parking is pretty lax and there is room in the parking lot. I'm not sure what my landlord will allow, but I want to try to go for some kind of portable/movable awning or shed/cover. I was thinking even just one of the sun/rain folding awnings with a cover on the bike itself. That would be easy to move if I had to, easy in and out, and large enough to put both bikes under.
For a cover, I have tried them before without any additional protection and all they did was trap the moisture under the cover. Every time I took the cover off the bike was soaking wet and parts got surface rust very quickly. NOT what a cover should be doing. But I was thinking that if it was over pavement, with an awning over the whole bike to keep rain and direct sunlight off it, a cover would help keep rain that blew past the awning and dust off the bike.
I wish I could do a hard enclosure like a shed, or even one of the canvas garages, but I'm pretty sure the landlord wouldn't go for even the canvas tent. An awning would be pressing my luck but I'm willing to try. At least I can take it down before winter for plowing, when the bike goes into winter storage.
Anyone else with an apartment come up with a solution?
