Me and my father is getting a bit annoyed with our gigantic plastic sheet that was used to cover our bicycles, so we prompty went to buy a bike tent for £50, after he have to spend £130 replacing his entire back wheels and gear merch because they got so rusty from the weather and the 8 miles daily commute between Wimbledon and Waterloo.

http://www.tidytent.com/



basically it's a tent for bicycles, and that's about it really, upon arrival (we order our from Wiggles for £50) it turn out to be a piece of piss job, take about 5 minutes that even the most advanced and easiest tent in the world would struggle to match the speed and ease of use to set up the tent, a couple of rod through the tent and that's it, the downside is that there's no security, but they have a small hole allowing some wall mount so you can chain your bike against the wall if the tent is against the wall.

the size is huge, probably not idea if your back garden/alley is really narrow, but the size is the best thing about it, it allowed you to simply just push your bike inside the tent without any mishap, and zip it up, I've included a couple of photo to show you the size of it in our back garden.

it said it can hold 2 bicycles, but I think they meant MTB, as I can easily put 3 road/track bicycles in it, maybe even four if I'm careful with the arrangement of the bicycles.





so far it's a great piece of kit that make the Apple Mac computer look like a complicated piece of shit when it come to ease of used, all we got left to do is to see how it bear the English weather for a couple of months.

make sure you at least lock them all together!

there hasn't been a bike theft in my area for a couple decades (knock wood), the door to the back garden is locked.

yes I know I should locked it, but meh.

people will see you going in and out of your house with your bikes. dont be so cocky. my mate had his fixie nicked out of his back garden.

fair enough, I'll lock the two bike up together now.

thats my one concern, getting the bikes knicked, we used to leave most of our bikes in the shed unlocked, but then one time some guys came and stole the three best ones in the night, we didnt even realise. but it does look like a good way to keep the bikes dry.

If you put the bikes in there wet, do they dry out or stay wet?..........might get one for my roof garden....where I won't have to lock them!

well, there seemed to be enough air in there to let it dry, if it doesn't dry by the next day, adding a few holes on the side should provided enough air really, let see how it is after a couple of weeks time so I can tell if it can dry easily.

it came with two bags that's design for ballistic, just add heap of pebbles and you got a solid foundation in case there's heavy wind on the roof.

i'd buy that, but have it in my living room :)

I'd buy one for my living room and live inside it.

I've also got one of these. Really good value - bought mine from www.gardenproducts4u.com where they have a special offer so that you can also get the optional security bracket called Anka Point for less than £55 including postage. The bracket has got special security screws so that when you screw it to a wall or fence (through the flap in the rear panel of the TidyTent) noone can nick it. Then you've got an anchor point to use a cable lock or good padlock and chain. I've had mine for a while now and its completely waterproof. Much cheaper than anything else I could find. They do different colours too. I've got the cool green/yellow one called the Bike Cave

it been over a month now and after the torrent of rain recently, it held up better than my old tent I used to go camping in, oh the irony.

the concern for me would be airflow and humidity - it's not being wet that causes rust, but staying wet over a period of time, or worse being in a constantly damp environment. So if you're storing wet bikes, a tarp is actually better as there's plenty of air flow.

what would be really cool is if you could get a portable humidifier in there - about £80 from maplins.

what white saddle is that on ur pista ? ? ?

Charge Spoon.

I have to says that I never completely closed the tent, it's always half open since me and my dad couldn't be bothered to when we return from central London, it's just a place where we keep our bike dry, so far the bike is still sound after a month.

After being in constant used during the winter, I can safety says that the airflow and humidity is the least of your problem.

actually the tent is no different to the photo that was taken in June, £50 well worth spend.

the solution is simple to both humidity, safety and keeping it dry.........

...a shed.