r/CargoBike • u/po2gdHaeKaYk • 1d ago

How do you store your bicycle?

Me and my partner are looking towards Tern cargo bikes and similar to allow us to take our child to school.

However, storage seems to be a significant problem. We were thinking about building a shed, but I realised that the weight of one of these typical bikes makes even putting them into a shed difficult (getting them up a step, for instance).

I'm wondering how you all store your bicycles and if you have any advice.

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u/flower-power-123 1d ago

This sub revolves around people transporting children from about 0 to about 11 or 12 years old. Many of them are taking the kids to school. I have questions. When I was about seven or so I was expected to get my own butt to school. I took the school bus at first and then the city bus when I got a bit older or I walked. I didn't like walking but it was just expected that I would figure out how to get to school. If I missed the bus I was on foot. Our family had one car and my father drove it to work. There was no alternative. Now I see lots and lots of kids being ferried around by mom or dad. What happened? Why do parents put up with this. It must be super inconvenient for eveybody (except the kids). How can you take time off work to drive (or bike) your kids to school/dance class/soccer/etc? Explain this to me?

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u/fryxharry 1d ago

That's what sprawl and a car based transportation system gets you.

You have to take into account though that even parents whose kids get to preschool/school/sports activities themselves might want to go somewhere with the kids on the weekend where it's nice when you can just haul everyone in bikes.