Storing bikes inside

We have folding bikes and store them in the basement.Problem is we never take them out. :( My kids bought them for us for our 50th. anniversary and we used them then when my wife passed away it wasn't fun to ride alone and my wife now isn't interested in riding.

Lipets wrote:
We have good bikes that we don't want to mount on any outside rack brackets.

Anyone make a mount to go on a slide type tray in one of the basement storage bins?

Or anyone build something where the front wheel is removed and the frame is clamped into something??

Last coach I made a rack for a luggage bay by using home made bolt downs similar to those used on a rooftop car rack. Back tires fit into a notch on the "wall" covered with matching carper and the bolt-downs fit over the handlebars. The front tires were removed and the bikes (Cannondale trail bikes) inverted and tightened down. 30 seconds in or out. The front wheels slipped into a home made box carpeted to match the luggage bay.

This coach has all roll out trays so I simply lay the bikes in a tray and put furniture moving pads in between them. Front wheels are still removed and tucked into the pads.

Mr.Mark wrote:
I put my Trek bike on the slide-out tray on top of the folding lawn chairs underneath. I have an old sheet that I wrap over the bike to keep it from rubbing against anything and it seems to work just fine. My co-pilot doesn't ride a bike but if there was a second bike, I would probably put a foam pad in between them to keep them from rubbing.

The slide-out tray works perfect for storing the bike as I don't want it in the weather.

MM.

X-2, I did this in my coach also! I was storing them on top of the bed before I got tired of moving them all around.

I put my Trek bike on the slide-out tray on top of the folding lawn chairs underneath. I have an old sheet that I wrap over the bike to keep it from rubbing against anything and it seems to work just fine. My co-pilot doesn't ride a bike but if there was a second bike, I would probably put a foam pad in between them to keep them from rubbing.

The slide-out tray works perfect for storing the bike as I don't want it in the weather.

MM.

I have 2 pass tru's. I use one to store my mtn bike by removing the front wheel and slide it in. It stays there even when I am home.

When we had our fifth wheel we would put our bikes inside. We would put them in facing different directions, put a rug in between bikes and then put a rug against slide so they wouldn't rub on anything. After putting the rugs in place we then would put the slide in. Never any problems, prior to that we carried them on the back for several years, much easier inside.