Dwelling in a one bed room flat with restricted house and a love for ‘issues’ particularly bikes, comes with its challenges. I’m at all times on the look out for bike storage concepts for small areas and at last I believe I discovered one answer – the Thane Bike Nook.

The Bike Nook is a vertical bike stand which offers indoor bike storage for small areas like mine. Should you frequently use an indoor trainer and might’t preserve the bike on the coach when not in use, then it’s a fantastic possibility for that too.

The very best factor concerning the bike nook, apart from saving house, is that it’s tremendous simple to assemble, it’s simple to maneuver round and it’s adjustable to suit all completely different sizes of bikes.

How Bike Nook Works

When you assemble the Bike Nook, all that’s left is to seek out the right spot to put it. I did find yourself battling this as after I thought-about how a lot house it might save, I didn’t take note the footprint of the legs.

The max width is 56cm, max depth of 60cm and the peak varies relying on the bike you’re inserting on it. The Bike Nook principally retains the bike balanced with the again wheel and seat submit resting on it.

If like me, you have got a saddle bag connected to your seat submit, you’re gonna need to take away it when utilizing this stand. Nonetheless, you may get one thing like this organiser which additionally doesn’t must be drilled and so forth, to maintain every part you want in a single place.

As soon as the bike is positioned (or perhaps earlier than?) there’s a velcro strap to maintain the entrance wheel from shifting.

I discovered the primary place I used for the Bike Nook to be too precarious. I had positioned it within the hallway between my bed room and toilet the place we stored strolling into it. Because the bike isn’t really secured, I think about it might simply be knocked proper off the stand.

I then moved it to take the pictures for this submit and ended up actually liking the positioning. With no-one ever needing to stroll previous that nook of the lounge, there’s considerably much less danger of knocking it off.

I do additionally suppose it really works higher with a barely wider / grippier tire than my slim street tires (I examined it with my cyclocross bike too – a Liv Brava).

The place To Purchase A Bike Nook

Initially you possibly can buy direct from the Thane website and the extra you purchase, the cheaper they get. One Bike Nook is £49.99, 3 for £89.99 (£45 every) or 4 for £129.92 (£32.48 every). Should you purchase a multipack, it comes with connectors that are good for linking two or extra Bike Nooks collectively. 

I used to be nearly satisfied by the 4 pack, nonetheless, I wasn’t 100% certain that this bike rack would work for me or my house. Should you don’t want 4 although, you can cut up the order with a good friend to make the most of the saving.

Purchase Bike Nook On Amazon

I ended up shopping for my Bike Nook on Amazon, primarily to keep away from postage (I’m an Amazon Prime member) and for subsequent day supply.

You may also get your Bike Nook from Argos.

Simply incase you’ve acquired a motorbike with a again rack provider, pannier racks, fenders or mud guards, Thane even have the Bike Nook Professional which is extra appropriate.

Should you’re in search of indoor bike storage for small areas, I hope this Bike Nook assessment supplied an inexpensive possibility or helped you decide.

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Elle