The Shed Thread

[raidan73]

Our "shed" is our garage, or would be a garage if we didn't have 90% of the stuff, stacked in the space and drove an old Mini or MX5.

It began life looking like this,

This was the very beginnings of moving in after retirement.

A few days and a large moving truck later,

Some time has passed,

Some more time passes and a grandson arrives and grows enough to need play space. The driveway becomes a playground.

The 2010 Specialized Roubaix, Expert, Triple, finds work on a smart trainer.

More time passes and the motorcycle exists,

After 15 years and more than 50,000km the Roubaix leaves the stable,

Replaced by my dream bike.

2025 Pinarello F7 Ultegra Di2, 4iiii powermeter. just under 10,000km on the clock this year.

The work bench is prioritized,

A more than 20-year old Rancillio Silva restored to function along with a Rocky grinder. The end of a baseball bat is at the perfect fit to tamp the 18g basket. Small compressor on the bench with Park inflator tool for near daily bicycle use.

At present there remain quite a lot of stuff to remove from the area and a good bit more to organize. Those two actions being continual. I clear a space only to return and find it occupied. Usually by about twice as much as was cleared.

Great post

 

[renowels]

Today, there is not a lot of wiggle room in there.

We retired then sold the house we used to live in and moved to this small duplex half near the ocean. It is about a third the space we had in the former location including this garage/laundry/storage/shed.

The old, empty grange the last day of moving,

More full,

There was a very short time when a car and two motorcycles with multiple bicycles all shared the same, useable space. That CBR had almost 100,000 miles on it when this photo was taken.
There is a Pinarello Record hanging above it from 1983, in team colors from a racing club I belonged to a very long time ago in Denver, Colorado.
I sold the Pinarello because I no longer needed it and couldn't see hanging on to it longer. The 1997 Honda CBR900RR, aka Fireblade went away within a year of this photo being taken.