Organized Pegboard

A long overdue pegboard organization in the basement:

Just added the shelf in the middle.

First project of the year

Happy New Year!  I had hoped for a New Years Day ride but the weather was not cooperative.  Although warm it rained the entire day.  Instead I spent some time in the basement on a long over due project... bike storage.

I screwed bike hooks to a 2x4 and hung it from the

floor joists with some perforated angle iron pieces. 

 The bikes are hung by the furnace with care,

in hopes that a rider would soon be there.

The hooks are 16" on center.  I wouldn't go any closer

else the bikes may interfere with each other.  As it is,

they must be hung in alternating directions.

Top Down Approach

Here's a new idea I'm working on, it's my top down approach

to getting dressed for a morning commute.  :-)

If I'm going to ride to work, I like to set out my gear the night before in order to make a quick, mindless departure in the morning.  We're talking alarm clock sounds at 6:30 and I'm pedaling down the driveway by 6:40.  To accomplish this requires a game plan and my new game plan uses the basement steps.

On each step of the basement stairs I set a piece of apparel.  The items are arranged in the order they should be put on, planned out based on the weather forecast for tomorrow.  Simply enough, open the basement door, step down, put on item, step down, put on item, etc, etc, and by the time I reach the last step I should be ready to roll out, after grabbing my bike from around the corner and hiking back up stairs of course.  Minimal thinking is involved, which is good when I'm still half asleep from waking up only 4 minutes ago.

Tomorrow, if all goes as intended, will be my second usage of this method.  ;-)

New Year, New Shelves

Happy New Year!  The first project of the new year was to install a set of shelves in the basement.  Yesterday I built four 16" x 8' long shelves in garage and the job of the morning was to install them.  As the Christmas tree was coming down, the shelves were going up.

Daniel lending a hand.

I also have made two sets of 4' long shelves to install elsewhere in the basement.  The whole goal here is to organize the out of control mess in preparation for a dedicated cycling gear and work area.  A new work bench, wall hung cabinets, lighting... I have big plans, bigger plans than I have time.  But, gotta keep getting a little done at the time.  More to come on this project in the future.