Originally Posted by
oldsewnsew
ya mean ya haven't pulled the bike in there to work on it in comfort too?!
Well.... uhhh....to tell you the truth, I do that. I call it my “Bike Shop”, but it is actually part of the kitchen, with a counter separating the two. We ride our bikes in and park them inside all summer (42”-wide walk-in door). I have an air-lift table that I can raise the bikes up on as needed to work on them (works well for washers and driers too). My old riding lawn mower gets a trip up on the table once in a while, but the cutting deck is too wide for my door. I have to either drop the mower deck off of the tractor, or roll the air-lift table out onto the front patio, so I’ve learned that it’s sometimes easier to work on it by hoisting it up toward a rafter on the back patio with a Come-a-long.
In my Bike Shop, I can be wrenching on a bike, wipe the oil off of my hands with a grease rag, and reach up onto the counter to get my breakfast plate when it’s ready, if I want to. I usually walk up the ramp to the sink and wash my hands first though.....
PS - Pardon the mess, but the Bike Shop is a catch-all for things coming and going. It’s also the place where I do most of my industrial treadling during the winter. The dog’s love seat is taking up a bunch of space right now until we get rid of it. Then, I can get our bikes in there again.
CD in Oklahoma