How to Choose the Right Bike Shelter for Your Home or Business

Choosing the right bike shelter for your home or business is an important decision that goes beyond simple storage. A well-designed bike shelter not only protects your bicycles from weather and theft but is also convenient and encourages people to ride their bikes.

There are various factors to consider when it comes to the safety and convenience of storing bicycles in bike shelters. Let’s take a look at how you can find the best bike shelter for your home or business.

What to consider when buying a bike shelter?

To ensure the safety of your bikes, your bike shelter has to be the right fit for your home or office. Below are a few important factors to consider when looking at which shelter to buy.

Size and capacity

Whether you need to store one bike or 20, your bike shelter needs to be the right size. Shelters that are too small will make it difficult to correctly store bikes and remove them. Think about how many bikes you’ll likely need to store in the shelter and compare it to how much room you’ve assigned for a bike shelter.

Location and placement

You need your bike shelter to be accessible while also protecting the bikes from the weather and theft. Choose a spot that is easy to access, near an entrance to your property, and visible for security reasons. Measure the area and use the measurements to find a bike shelter that will fit in the designated area.

Weather protection

Bike shelters help protect bicycles from the rain, wind and direct sunlight. It’s helpful to have a bike shelter made from a strong, waterproof material, particularly if you are based in an area that experiences high winds and snow. 

Security

As important as it to keep your bikes safe from the weather, you also need to keep them safe from thieves. You may want to ensure the bike shelter has a secure lockable door or cycle stands to lock the bikes against.

Where’s the best place to install a bike shelter?

Your bike shelter should be installed in an area that is easily accessible. For office settings, this could be in the main carpark or next to the main entrance. For home use, this could be in your garden or garage.

While you may think it’s a good idea to tuck the bike shelter away from prying eyes, this is counterproductive. The bike shelter should be somewhere well lit and visible to passers-by as this deters thieves. You may also want to install the bike shelter near security cameras.

What bike shelter is right for me?

Are you looking to store a few bikes or cater to a whole building’s worth of bikes? Does the bike shelter need to lock or would an open shelter work well?

Size is one of the most important things to consider; you’d need a large bike shelter for an office and a small bike shelter for a home. You should also consider whether you want the bike shelter to be fully secure and lockable, or if you are more concerned on protecting bikes from the elements. You may want to consider cycle stands if you’re limited on space but still want to protect bikes from thieves.

Browse Our Range of Bike Shelters

Here at Speedy Street Solutions, we have a range of bike shelters to keep your bicycles safe. From fully enclosed and lockable bike shelters to open front shelters, we have something to suit everyone.

You can browse our full range of street furniture and find the best solutions for bike shelters, bus shelters, benches and more.