> Finally, how do you store yours? Especially
> those of you with many unicycles and bikes?
I have four large hooks screwed into the ceiling of the spare
bedroom at home. Even the Coker is out of the way on one
of these.
Arnold the Aardvark
Unicycle Storage?
All,
I only have 2 unicycles, but I will probably own several more over the years. I also currently own a bicycle, and I may buy another at some point.
I am wondering how I should actually store them. It is kinda annoying (although cool in a uni-dork kinda way) to have unicycles and armor and stuff thrown all around the place.
I hopped over to http://www.unicycle.com and I checked out the Storage section under Accessories ( http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=3&subcat=47&cat=Storage+Gear ).
2 of the 3 items there are for 20" wheels, and I have the large adult trainer (grr, i wish the extra large had been for sale when I got mine, but oh well), so they are out.
One of them was an Allen 2-bicycle storage device ( http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=407 ).
I can’t figure out exactly how it should work. Do I hang it on the wall, and then hang the 2 bicycles (or unicycles in my case) by the wheel? Is the one from unicycle.com special, or am I likely to find such items in a local bike shop?
Finally, how do you store yours? Especially those of you with many unicycles and bikes?
Lewis
Animation wrote:
> I only have 2 unicycles, but I will probably own several more
> over the years. I also currently own a bicycle, and I may buy another
> at some point.
You come here, admit to owning a bike and then say you might buy
another!?! Go and sit in the corner. 
> Finally, how do you store yours? Especially
> those of you with many unicycles and bikes?
I keep mine in a cupboard in the kitchen. Well, not all of them. Just
the Coker, 5’ DM, 26" SemCycle, 20" SemCycle, 24" MaxTraction and a 24"
DM ultimate wheel. The 6’ DM is too tall and has to stand at the side.
Oh, and one or two of them are usually leaning against the cupboard
because I didn’t get around to putting them away. Anyways, what else are
kitchen cupboards for?
No, it’s not a big kitchen - but these are like family members. You
wouldn’t expect me to keep them in the garage like that cruel Mr Foss
does, would you?
One of these days my wife is going to go into the kitchen and notice.
Ahem.
> Lewis
Regards,
Mark.
–
Fujitsu Telecom Europe Ltd,| o
Solihull Parkway, | In the land of the pedestrian, /|\
Birmingham Business Park, | the one-wheeled man is king. <<
Birmingham, ENGLAND. | O
Lewis-
QUICK!! If you have two unicycles SEPARATE THEM NOW!! I had one for 37 years. I bought a second one last year and now I have FIVE!! They’re like hamsters. Don’t store two of them together until you have their genders determined.
I use the hook system for storing all my personal unicycles. I am sure
John can get these if you ask him.
http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopdisplayproduct.asp?catalogid=66
Roger
The UK’s Unicycle Source
http://www.unicycle.uk.com
“Mark Wiggins” <M.Wiggins@ftel.co.uk> wrote in message
news:mailman.1013100677.23752.rsu@unicycling.org…
> Animation wrote:
> > I only have 2 unicycles, but I will probably own several more
> > over the years. I also currently own a bicycle, and I may buy another
> > at some point.
>
> You come here, admit to owning a bike and then say you might buy
> another!?! Go and sit in the corner.
>
> > Finally, how do you store yours? Especially
> > those of you with many unicycles and bikes?
>
> I keep mine in a cupboard in the kitchen. Well, not all of them. Just
> the Coker, 5’ DM, 26" SemCycle, 20" SemCycle, 24" MaxTraction and a 24"
> DM ultimate wheel. The 6’ DM is too tall and has to stand at the side.
> Oh, and one or two of them are usually leaning against the cupboard
> because I didn’t get around to putting them away. Anyways, what else are
> kitchen cupboards for?
>
> No, it’s not a big kitchen - but these are like family members. You
> wouldn’t expect me to keep them in the garage like that cruel Mr Foss
> does, would you?
>
> One of these days my wife is going to go into the kitchen and notice.
> Ahem.
>
> > Lewis
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
>
> –
> Fujitsu Telecom Europe Ltd,| o
[i]> Solihull Parkway, | In the land of the pedestrian, /|[/i]
> Birmingham Business Park, | the one-wheeled man is king. <<
> Birmingham, ENGLAND. | O
I have an ever changing # of unis in the bathtub of my old room at my
mom’s apt. Currently there are 6 there. I am about to buy a house with a
2-car garage, an I know that I’ll be keeping a bunch there, a la Foss.
There is always one in the car, somex 2 – usually daughter’s 16"er and
one for me in case of emergency.
I know that Joe Merrill uses the hook method to hang a bunch of his.
And I can vouch for Harper – I had just two a year ago and now have 11 –
they are multiplying like rabbits.
David
Co-founder, Unatics of NY
1st Sunday / 3rd Saturday
@ Central Park Bandshell
1:30 start time after 11/1/01
> Finally, how do you store yours? Especially
> those of you with many unicycles and bikes?
I live in a small college apartment… so, in my room, I bult a set of
monkey bars out of wood. (2x4’s, with 1" dowels in rung fashon, lofted up
to the point where it is about 2 inches below my ceiling.) I originally
built these because I thougt it’d be cool to have monkey bars in my room,
but quickly realized how great they are for storing stuff.
I picked up some nice bike hooks from home depot for $0.49 a piece. I just
screw these into the 2x4, and can eaily hang a wheel from each. Currently,
I’ve got 4 unicycles (1 is a coker) hanging from this setup, plus a bike
which I keep ohn a shelf by the wall.
Compared to a bicycle, unicycles (even cokers and giraffes) take up very
little space. If you hang them from the ceiling, all you need is a few
inches of space between the wall and the unicycle hook. My coker is
hanging behind my door, and it doesn’t cause any problems.
The only real issue I have now is what will happen when I move out. I
think I’ll need a UHaul just to move the unicycles.
Jeff Lutkus
Sent via the Unicyclist Community - http://Unicyclist.com
All,
Thanks for the tips, I will keep waiting for more answers, in case there are any more cool ideas.
My only problem with the hooks would be that my carpentry skills are less than zero, so even finding a solid beam would be a miracle. Are the hooks for wall-hanging or cielings only? I presume only for cielings. I like the idea of wall hangers also. Hmm.
Regarding unicycles breeding (an image that I will forever associate with Harper; thanks man! 
), there are no worries of that right now. I am still learning, and buying more unicycles when I can’t quite go anywhere at will, well that would be silly. I wish it weren’t cold and rainy here, it keeps interfering with my unicycle time. The last time I was able to ride, I really felt on the edge of just being able to go. The cold kills my free uni time more than the rain does. I hope we will have a warm, dry spell soon (I’m in Mississippi, so we get lots of warm winter days).
The only reason I have 2 unicycles now is that, just after ordering my adult united unicycle, I found my old 1985 mint condition schwinn in my mom’s attic (I only played around on it for 2 days when i got it as a high school graduation present, and then I left it at home, and there it had been all these years).
That reminds me, I should buy a nice offroad tire and try to convert my Schwinn. I need to post a pic for tips on what to do with the seat … its got some kind of bolt interlock deal happening with the post.
Anyway … rambling stop, please stop …
Once I can actually, say, ride all over my neighborhood, then there might be some concern of rampant acquisition. I know for sure that I want a smaller-wheeled freestyle unicycle, an offroad unicycle, a cross-country (Coker, I guess) one, and maybe a short giraffe on down the line. Plus, I’d like to get a pennyfarthing cycle … they sure are cute. Of course, on my current budget, those would all have to be entry level cycles ($200 - $400), spread throughout a year or two. Also, eventually I might buy enhanced versions of each of these later, especially when I learn enough about the sport that I can understand why I would want various features on custom cycles.
However, all of that depends on my continued interest in unicycles … which I do not see diminishing, but you never know. I also need to get my house painted. ahem
Darned Priorities.
Lewis
Ack!
I made some typos (ceiling, etc) and my time to edit expired. Oh well.
Lewis
lutkus@unicyclist.com writes:
>
>The only real issue I have now is what will happen when I move out. I
>think I’ll need a UHaul just to move the unicycles.
UniHaul.
David
Co-founder, Unatics of NY
1st Sunday / 3rd Saturday
@ Central Park Bandshell
1:30 start time after 11/1/01
You should have anticipated this and bought a self-painting house.
Or baught a house that was already painted: like, duh!
(I couldn’t find any typo’s, BTW.)
Christopher
> a solid beam would be a miracle. Are the hooks for wall-hanging or
> cielings only? I presume only for cielings. I like the idea of wall
> hangers also. Hmm.
The standard bike hooks I use can be used on the wall as well, but they are
intended to be hung from above. The key point is that they must be screwed
into wood, not sheetrock.
> for tips on what to do with the seat … its got some kind of bolt
> interlock deal happening with the post.
Assume we all know what a Schwinn looks like. You can fit a Viscount seat on
that post, and convert it to air if you want. Or replace the old Schwinn
cover and put an inner tube in the existing seat, if it’s ripped up. If your
seat has plastic bumpers, it’s from 1986 or later and it’s already a
Viscount.
JF
Good point. Actually, my garage has visible wood beams. They are pretty high though, but I can’t remember for sure. I dont know how stable they are, I have never thought about it. I’d also have to put up blinds on the windows in there, to discourage theft.
I got mine as a graduation present in 1985. I don’t have any plastic bumpers.
Lewis
> One of them was an Allen 2-bicycle storage device (
> http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=407 ).
> I can’t
> figure out exactly how it should work. Do I hang it on the wall, and
> then hang the 2 bicycles (or unicycles in my case) by the wheel? Is
> the one from unicycle.com special, or am I likely to find such items
> in a local bike shop?
It’s a bike rack, meant to be hung on the wall. A bike would go right-side
up, or two unicycles (possibly four if you squeeze) up-side down. Great if
you have only up to four unicycles.
> Finally, how do you store yours? Especially
> those of you with many unicycles and bikes?
The first thing you want to do is store them indoors or in a garage. Indoors
is better long-term storage, but I’ve had to have mine in the garage mostly
since I moved away from Michigan (since basements are uncommon on Long
Island and in Northern CA). One musty basement and 8 different garages since
then have taken their toll on some of my cycles.
Mine hang on bike hooks, which you can often find at Home Depot or similar
at 2/$1.00. The hard part for me is figuring out the “hanging architecture”
to fit everything so I can both reach them, and they’re not hanging down in
the way. My present garage has a flat (wood) ceiling which is kind of low,
so some cycles can hit you in the head when the car’s not in there.
http://www.unicycling.com/garage/piles.htm
The first picture on this page shows my garage in Roseville, CA. Most of the
hooks in the picture are in a 2x4 that’s held to the ceiling by only three
large screws. Very simple.
If you go to the third to last picture on the page, you’ll see a black &
white image of a bunch of unicycles seemingly standing up. Those unicycles
are hanging from the same 2x4, in my parents’ basement in Michigan. If you
have a garage with trusses/rafters, you can hang the taller ones between the
trusses and the short ones from the bottom. My garage in Folsom was perfect,
with the big wheels and even the nine footer all hung up-side down where I
could simply reach up and get them.
So it all depends on the space you have available.
Recently I had to find a way to hang MUnis with fat tires, my Coker Mini
Monster, and my ultimate wheel. I found some extra large bike hooks for the
MUnis, and lower hooks for the other two. The bike hangs from a corner of
the rear rack, and I found a way to get my ultimate wheel on a regular hook
as well.
Bikes hang on two hooks, up-side down. Giraffes and the big wheel are along
the wall, because they hang down too far to walk around.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
“You’re not supposed to wash your Roach armor” - Nathan Hoover, on safety
equipment cleaning methods
> One of them was an Allen 2-bicycle storage device (
> http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=407 ).
> I can’t
> figure out exactly how it should work. Do I hang it on the wall, and
> then hang the 2 bicycles (or unicycles in my case) by the wheel? Is
> the one from unicycle.com special, or am I likely to find such items
> in a local bike shop?
It’s a bike rack, meant to be hung on the wall. A bike would go right-side
up, or two unicycles (possibly four if you squeeze) up-side down. Great if
you have only up to four unicycles.
> Finally, how do you store yours? Especially
> those of you with many unicycles and bikes?
The first thing you want to do is store them indoors or in a garage. Indoors
is better long-term storage, but I’ve had to have mine in the garage mostly
since I moved away from Michigan (since basements are uncommon on Long
Island and in Northern CA). One musty basement and 8 different garages since
then have taken their toll on some of my cycles.
Mine hang on bike hooks, which you can often find at Home Depot or similar
at 2/$1.00. The hard part for me is figuring out the “hanging architecture”
to fit everything so I can both reach them, and they’re not hanging down in
the way. My present garage has a flat (wood) ceiling which is kind of low,
so some cycles can hit you in the head when the car’s not in there.
http://www.unicycling.com/garage/piles.htm
The first picture on this page shows my garage in Roseville, CA. Most of the
hooks in the picture are in a 2x4 that’s held to the ceiling by only three
large screws. Very simple.
If you go to the third to last picture on the page, you’ll see a black &
white image of a bunch of unicycles seemingly standing up. Those unicycles
are hanging from the same 2x4, in my parents’ basement in Michigan. If you
have a garage with trusses/rafters, you can hang the taller ones between the
trusses and the short ones from the bottom. My garage in Folsom was perfect,
with the big wheels and even the nine footer all hung up-side down where I
could simply reach up and get them.
So it all depends on the space you have available.
Recently I had to find a way to hang MUnis with fat tires, my Coker Mini
Monster, and my ultimate wheel. I found some extra large bike hooks for the
MUnis, and lower hooks for the other two. The bike hangs from a corner of
the rear rack, and I found a way to get my ultimate wheel on a regular hook
as well.
Bikes hang on two hooks, up-side down. Giraffes and the big wheel are along
the wall, because they hang down too far to walk around.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
“You’re not supposed to wash your Roach armor” - Nathan Hoover, on safety
equipment cleaning methods
> One of them was an Allen 2-bicycle storage device (
> http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=407 ).
> I can’t
> figure out exactly how it should work. Do I hang it on the wall, and
> then hang the 2 bicycles (or unicycles in my case) by the wheel? Is
> the one from unicycle.com special, or am I likely to find such items
> in a local bike shop?
It’s a bike rack, meant to be hung on the wall. A bike would go right-side
up, or two unicycles (possibly four if you squeeze) up-side down. Great if
you have only up to four unicycles.
> Finally, how do you store yours? Especially
> those of you with many unicycles and bikes?
The first thing you want to do is store them indoors or in a garage. Indoors
is better long-term storage, but I’ve had to have mine in the garage mostly
since I moved away from Michigan (since basements are uncommon on Long
Island and in Northern CA). One musty basement and 8 different garages since
then have taken their toll on some of my cycles.
Mine hang on bike hooks, which you can often find at Home Depot or similar
at 2/$1.00. The hard part for me is figuring out the “hanging architecture”
to fit everything so I can both reach them, and they’re not hanging down in
the way. My present garage has a flat (wood) ceiling which is kind of low,
so some cycles can hit you in the head when the car’s not in there.
http://www.unicycling.com/garage/piles.htm
The first picture on this page shows my garage in Roseville, CA. Most of the
hooks in the picture are in a 2x4 that’s held to the ceiling by only three
large screws. Very simple.
If you go to the third to last picture on the page, you’ll see a black &
white image of a bunch of unicycles seemingly standing up. Those unicycles
are hanging from the same 2x4, in my parents’ basement in Michigan. If you
have a garage with trusses/rafters, you can hang the taller ones between the
trusses and the short ones from the bottom. My garage in Folsom was perfect,
with the big wheels and even the nine footer all hung up-side down where I
could simply reach up and get them.
So it all depends on the space you have available.
Recently I had to find a way to hang MUnis with fat tires, my Coker Mini
Monster, and my ultimate wheel. I found some extra large bike hooks for the
MUnis, and lower hooks for the other two. The bike hangs from a corner of
the rear rack, and I found a way to get my ultimate wheel on a regular hook
as well.
Bikes hang on two hooks, up-side down. Giraffes and the big wheel are along
the wall, because they hang down too far to walk around.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
“You’re not supposed to wash your Roach armor” - Nathan Hoover, on safety
equipment cleaning methods
> One of them was an Allen 2-bicycle storage device (
> http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=407 ).
> I can’t
> figure out exactly how it should work. Do I hang it on the wall, and
> then hang the 2 bicycles (or unicycles in my case) by the wheel? Is
> the one from unicycle.com special, or am I likely to find such items
> in a local bike shop?
It’s a bike rack, meant to be hung on the wall. A bike would go right-side
up, or two unicycles (possibly four if you squeeze) up-side down. Great if
you have only up to four unicycles.
> Finally, how do you store yours? Especially
> those of you with many unicycles and bikes?
The first thing you want to do is store them indoors or in a garage. Indoors
is better long-term storage, but I’ve had to have mine in the garage mostly
since I moved away from Michigan (since basements are uncommon on Long
Island and in Northern CA). One musty basement and 8 different garages since
then have taken their toll on some of my cycles.
Mine hang on bike hooks, which you can often find at Home Depot or similar
at 2/$1.00. The hard part for me is figuring out the “hanging architecture”
to fit everything so I can both reach them, and they’re not hanging down in
the way. My present garage has a flat (wood) ceiling which is kind of low,
so some cycles can hit you in the head when the car’s not in there.
http://www.unicycling.com/garage/piles.htm
The first picture on this page shows my garage in Roseville, CA. Most of the
hooks in the picture are in a 2x4 that’s held to the ceiling by only three
large screws. Very simple.
If you go to the third to last picture on the page, you’ll see a black &
white image of a bunch of unicycles seemingly standing up. Those unicycles
are hanging from the same 2x4, in my parents’ basement in Michigan. If you
have a garage with trusses/rafters, you can hang the taller ones between the
trusses and the short ones from the bottom. My garage in Folsom was perfect,
with the big wheels and even the nine footer all hung up-side down where I
could simply reach up and get them.
So it all depends on the space you have available.
Recently I had to find a way to hang MUnis with fat tires, my Coker Mini
Monster, and my ultimate wheel. I found some extra large bike hooks for the
MUnis, and lower hooks for the other two. The bike hangs from a corner of
the rear rack, and I found a way to get my ultimate wheel on a regular hook
as well.
Bikes hang on two hooks, up-side down. Giraffes and the big wheel are along
the wall, because they hang down too far to walk around.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
“You’re not supposed to wash your Roach armor” - Nathan Hoover, on safety
equipment cleaning methods
The “bike” racks work well in an apartment in keeping the unis off the floor.
On one rack I have a 12", 16", 24" and a Muni. Another rack holds a Coker,
the third rack holds my freestyle for easy access near the door.
Joe
The “bike” racks work well in an apartment in keeping the unis off the floor.
On one rack I have a 12", 16", 24" and a Muni. Another rack holds a Coker,
the third rack holds my freestyle for easy access near the door.
Joe