Home Improvements - For Bikes!?

I was thinking right? (yes, THAT's what that noise was!)
With all that home improvement rubbish on TV, what
would cyclists do if they had to design a house, given
unlimited funds?

I'm talking about cycling related design ideas and
improvements only!

To start the wheel rolling, the first design feature
of my new house would be double-width doors
and hallways!
Why? Because I am sick to death of banging my
bikes into door frames, doors and walls!

So, does anyone have any nifty ideas for making
a cyclist's dream home that little bit better?

hippy

To start the wheel rolling, the first design feature
of my new house would be double-width doors
and hallways!

How about a ramp up the middle of the extra wide staircase, for riding up or
down. Of course for variety you have the option of riding the rough line.
;-)

Iestyn.

To start the wheel rolling, the first design feature
of my new house would be double-width doors
and hallways!

How about a ramp up the middle of the extra wide staircase, for riding up or
down. Of course for variety you have the option of riding the rough line.
;-)

Iestyn.

"Iestyn" wrote in message
...
To start the wheel rolling, the first design feature
of my new house would be double-width doors
and hallways!

How about a ramp up the middle of the extra wide staircase, for riding
up or
down. Of course for variety you have the option of riding the rough
line. ;-)

Of course, landscape gardening would be taken to new levels, with
gardeners struggling to come to terms with "berms", "doubles" and
"the flow"...

Unlimited funds eh? How big is a velodrome again?

hippy

"Iestyn" wrote in message
...
To start the wheel rolling, the first design feature
of my new house would be double-width doors
and hallways!

How about a ramp up the middle of the extra wide staircase, for riding
up or
down. Of course for variety you have the option of riding the rough
line. ;-)

Of course, landscape gardening would be taken to new levels, with
gardeners struggling to come to terms with "berms", "doubles" and
"the flow"...

Unlimited funds eh? How big is a velodrome again?

hippy

hippy wrote:

**snip**
hippy

I live in a gound floor apartment with tiles on the floor. I just throw
my bike in the door .. no worrying about carrying it upstairs, or down
the hall past various flatmates' piles of garbage.

But my dream home for my bike: A garage, with a heater and a good
security system. The ute can live outside. Unfortunately such a setup is
hard to come across in the inner city. Except the ute living outside bit.


--
Cheers
LB

(Hey Hippy - is my snipping improving?)

hippy wrote:

**snip**
hippy

I live in a gound floor apartment with tiles on the floor. I just throw
my bike in the door .. no worrying about carrying it upstairs, or down
the hall past various flatmates' piles of garbage.

But my dream home for my bike: A garage, with a heater and a good
security system. The ute can live outside. Unfortunately such a setup is
hard to come across in the inner city. Except the ute living outside bit.


--
Cheers
LB

(Hey Hippy - is my snipping improving?)

hippy wrote:

"Iestyn" wrote in message
...

To start the wheel rolling, the first design feature
of my new house would be double-width doors
and hallways!

How about a ramp up the middle of the extra wide staircase, for riding

up or

down. Of course for variety you have the option of riding the rough

line. ;-)

Of course, landscape gardening would be taken to new levels, with
gardeners struggling to come to terms with "berms", "doubles" and
"the flow"...

Unlimited funds eh? How big is a velodrome again?

hippy


I used to have a cement velodrome 100m from my house in Camperdown. The
council knocked it down about 2 years ago.
Always good for a post-pub, 4am ride on our various homemade bikes,
until you hit a broken longneck some miscreant had left on the track
earlier in the evening.

--
Cheers
LB

hippy wrote:

"Iestyn" wrote in message
...

To start the wheel rolling, the first design feature
of my new house would be double-width doors
and hallways!

How about a ramp up the middle of the extra wide staircase, for riding

up or

down. Of course for variety you have the option of riding the rough

line. ;-)

Of course, landscape gardening would be taken to new levels, with
gardeners struggling to come to terms with "berms", "doubles" and
"the flow"...

Unlimited funds eh? How big is a velodrome again?

hippy


I used to have a cement velodrome 100m from my house in Camperdown. The
council knocked it down about 2 years ago.
Always good for a post-pub, 4am ride on our various homemade bikes,
until you hit a broken longneck some miscreant had left on the track
earlier in the evening.

--
Cheers
LB

"Andrew Swan" wrote in message
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Hmm, let's see...

A garage with room for a bike rack so I don't have to hang them up
alongside the car (yes, I have a car, shock horror).

How about a conveyor belt bike parking machine?

A retinal scanning opener for the garage door so I don't have to fish
around in my pockets for keys or a remote control while juggling bike,
mail, helmet, etc.

THIS is what I'm talking about! You've watched me try to open my
door before haven't you!? :-D

A spare room for the (nubile Swedish) masseuse and bike mechanic to live
in (this could be one person or two).
A spa, sauna, and massage table (see above).

Drool.

An air-conditioned training room with rollers, huge video display, and
that funky computrainer (?) system that simulates countryside and fellow
riders. If it's good enough for Jan Ullrich (or "Ullrish", if you're
Stephen Hodge) to train in one, it's good enough for me. This room could
double as a TdF viewing lounge once a year.

Just say home theatre.. you know you want to! I'll excuse that because you
have a computrainer in there! :-)

A fully-equipped bike workshop for me to use once my partner has got rid
of the mechanic/masseuse.

hehe..
I just though of another nice addition. Voice controlled compressor
to rapidly pump tyres up to the vocalised pressure.

Instead of the Internet Fridge, how about an Internet workshop that lets
you know when you are nearly out of grease/tubes/tyres/etc?

hip