Do you store your bike inside during colder wet months?

I'd recommend moving to Arizona

you could cover them and tuck them in when not in use…tell them stories about moving out west where it’s warmer

Bassmantweed said:

Just curious? I live in New England and was wondering if I should move my bikes to the basement for the winter.

I ride year round and don’t know which is worse. Keeping them in a cold garage or constantly taking them in and out of a warmer basement??

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Really doesn't matter. I'm in PA and always keep em in the garage with no concerns or issues. I'm sure someone can chime in and give you the exact science, but in 20 years of storing bikes in my garage, I've never had any problems. I'd actually argue a hot garage is worse than a cold one, but again, that's my unscientific results. Only thing it noticably affects is tire pressure.

barelfly said:

you could cover them and tuck them in when not in use…tell them stories about moving out west where it’s warmer

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I like that idea!!!

I store mine in the house but I don't ride that bike after mid Nov.
If I rode all yr I'd keep it in the garage.
I'd expect the difference of extreme hear/cold/heat might do more damage to metal components, just by condensation.
Also keep in mind the seals of the Fork/Shock as they go through the contraction/expansion process along with the PSI difference.
Even the tires will need more attention (if tubeless) as the warm/cold process might cause slight PSI issues.

Mine are in the house year round.

I’m in NY, I keep my bikes in the garage year round.

Well, except the gravel bike that gets put on the trainer for the winter…

Mine are in the house year round, but I don't ride in the winter. I'm in northern Utah and transition to skiing.

I used to keep them in the basement over the Winter. Only to be touched for their yearly maintenance/service.

Now, the bikes stay in the attached, but (mostly) unheated, garage. I ride through the winter whenever possible, and while Pennsylvania's winters limit those opportunities, it's still better than sitting inside.
Several years of doing this and the bikes don't seem to mind.

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On the appartment I lived I hanged the bikes on one room walls.

Now I live in a house and have them hanging by the front wheel in the garage which is uninsulated, unheated and poorly built to be honest. I'm worried about corrosion because I have to repair some water leaks that cause a wet spot on a couple of walls though. I've been checking at several times and so far I've not seen any condensation on the bikes.

Temperatures here range between -2ºC and 15ºC, but so far the garage has not gone below 10ºC.

40 years ago I destroyed a road bike I had in grad school by keeping it outside (under a covered porch in California) one winter. Rust got into everything just from the damp. Any bike I care about now spends the winter (and spring, summer, and fall) inside when I'm not riding it.

Mine are in a non-heated garage, never had a issue. I know the harder I make it to get them out, the less likely I am to ride.
I recall a post a while from someone who did the heated house storage and they had an issue of snow/ice on warm components, melting, refreezing after flowing into bad places and causing trouble. Sounds like a far out possiblity, but whatever.
Maybe it was a roadie thing.
Your bikes can hack it. Don't make it a chore to get them out to ride!


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I'm in central Vermont. Bikes stay in the barn year round, except for ebike (Orbea Rise) due to the integrated down tube battery not being easy to remove....

Warm into cold, cold back into warm, you're asking for condensation to form in places it shouldn't. If you're riding year round, leave it in the garage. If you tuck it away for the winter and would like to do work on it while you're not riding it, then I vote for the basement.

Cold garage for mine. There’s not enough room inside the house for our bikes, but even if there were I’d keep them in the garage.

Bikes are fine in the cold LOL.
They even make bikes that you can ride in the snow, believe it or not.

LVLBTY said:

Warm into cold, cold back into warm, you're asking for condensation to form in places it shouldn't. If you're riding year round, leave it in the garage.

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This is what I was thinking in my post.

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slapheadmofo said:

Bikes are fine in the cold LOL.
They even make bikes that you can ride in the snow, believe it or not.

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Yes, but even fat bikes need to feel loved and wanted. It wouldn’t hurt to bring them inside and even taken on a date occasionally.