Anyone use one of these for storing their gear?

[Pete.]

I'm thinking of buying one of these to hang and store my gear. Currently it invariably ends up stacked on the floor or thrown over a chair back/clothes horse if they are wet.

So I found this and wondered if anyone already has one, and would like to offer up their opinion before I go ordering it based on the website guff:

https://www.bikertidy.com/index.html
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[hmmmnz]

looks pretty good if you are tight on space,

i use nails into the wall in the garage for my jacket,
and the bench for my helmet.
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[Pete.]

I would too but my gear is stored indoors. I'm not short on space but I'm re-doing my spare room and want a way to store my gear tidily and allow it to dry without hanging it alongside other coats and jackets in a cupboard.
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[kipzilla]

Looks a bit pricey for a bit of tubing and some shelves.

[Chuffin Nora]

Hell's bells, Pete!

Almost a blind watchmaker, you have the capacity and competence to remotely!! engineer a solution that would leave most of us stumbling in the dark

https://cdn.bikechatforums.com/files/recoilmod.jpg

and yet you want to buy something that you could quite easily knock-up in five minutes out of old tat lying about the place and still make it look off the shelf, I'm sure!

Get a grip, man.
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[whitedevil]

I use one, brilliant bit of kit. Got it cheap from the nec show about 4 years ago. Mine holds 2 helmets, my textiles, my race leathers, 5 pairs of gloves and my summer jacket and hood jeans.
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[adam277]

Na, I have a corner in my room where I pile all my motorbike stuff. I just need to remember not to get it mixed up with my poo poo corner.
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[-Matt-]

If you've got a bit more space, i'd have a look at the likes of Argos and Ikea etc. I was considering one of those a few years ago but got one of these room-storage shelves for about £30 from Argos.

Much more rail space (can be extended more than it is in the picture) and can still keep all your helmets and boots off the floor too . Couple of doormats underneath stops anything dripping onto the carpet.

https://i59.tinypic.com/2l883yg.jpg

[Pete.]

Nice one Matt - that fits in my alcove just right.

It's a shame that those Bikertidy guys have such a poor website because if thumbnails actually clicked to larger pics and scrolling galleries actually worked, and the menus&pages weren't so dis-jointed they probably would have got a sale right away. It's as if someone put a lot of work into a tidy website and didn't get around to checking it was finished.
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[Val]

Sounds over priced to me for such small rack.

I am old fashioned and bought clothes rack with 3 shelves. Seems to me double the size and half the price

https://www.shopfittingwarehouse.co.uk/equipment-c8/clothes-rails-c12/chrome-clothes-rack-3-shelves-1-rail-h1800-x-w900-x-d450-mm-p879
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[-Matt-]

Pretty sure this is the same one I have, but it might be worth opening it in the store and checking the trays are helmet-width just in case .

https://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8750352.htm

[Llama-Farmer]

I got a floor standing one from the NEC show last year. Worth the money imo.

Would have liked a wall mount one but looking at selling the house this year so big holes in the wall wouldn't go down well, and don't wanna keep kit in the garage as it'll just get dusty/spiderwebby/mouldy.

Used to use an ordinary height-adjustable rail for my jackets and trou but bike kit is just so heavy that ordinary clothes racks couldn't cope. Plus I can keep helmets/gloves/boots/other accessories on it too.

I can do a pull up on the biker tidy so if it'll hold me it'll definitely hold all my kit.



BUT, if you've got the materials, tools and ability, you could knock up something yourself for much cheaper.
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[BigDan1190]

I got one of the floor standing ones and I really like it.

If you don't buy one, I do really recommend you buying some of the hangers they sell - they're metal, very sturdy and for the pants ones they have really strong clips so heavy bike trousers won't fall off.