Bikes & Gear

Reviews

Bike Features

Workshops

Buyers Guides

Gear Browser

Shackup Tridoorbikestore
Change Currency What's this?

Shackup Tridoorbikestore

BikeRadar verdict

4 out of 5 stars

"A sturdy shed with a design that's easy on the eye"

By Jez Loftus

Three bikes fit easily inside the main area of this built-it-yourself bike shed, and four could go in at a push. With a separate end compartment for tools and gear, there’s a lot of space for a very compact footprint and the low-level design is easy on the eye.

If you’re after complete security you’d probably want to cut a hole in the floor and add a ground anchor to attach your locks, but with a sturdy padlock on the outside and quality D locks through all the frames, I felt reasonably happy leaving my babies outside for the first time in three years.

If you're a DIY virgin then building this bike shed, designed by Wayne Hemingway for B&Q, would be a daunting prospect. It comes in more than a dozen pieces, with 100-plus screws and nails, plus dire warnings to treat it with wood preserver. 

After a few days watching paint dry, the build itself ended up taking the best part of a day (with well-deserved tea breaks).

The instructions were pretty clear, and some of the minor assembly work had already been done. Most of this was cosmetic, but annoyingly, the bolts had already been fixed to the doors and the screw heads filed off, so they couldn’t be adjusted. Fine if you’re building your shed on a perfectly even surface (as per the instructions). 

Not so great if you’re working on a wobbly concrete floor, which means one door ends up higher than the other and the bolts don’t match up. It took three goes to get them level.

You’ll need an electric drill with screwdriver bit to complete the job as the wood’s pretty tough. But that does mean the finished beast feels sturdy, and you’d need a crowbar to get the main doors off.

User Reviews

Post your review

  • User review of Shackup Tridoorbikestore

    I have this shed and am very happy with it although a few enhancements are required to make the shed secure, simply adding a padlock is not enough -

    1. The bolt is only attached by small screws (mine did not come attached btw), i recommend fixing the bolts using long bolts and nuts through the door as well (there are holes for this).

    2. Another bolt or 2 are required inside the shed door at top (and perhaps bottom) otherwise the padlock can simply be pulled towards you causing the main bolt to slide out of its hole and the doors to open. I only discovered this today after using the shed for 3 bikes for the last month.

    3. I concreted in a large motorbike chain underneath the shed before assembly and drilled a hole to feed it through the floor. I feed the chain through the bikes and a D lock secures the last bike to the chain.

    I decide to put mine in my front garden after having a bike stolen from my main shed at the bottom of the back garden. It is fairly well hidden from the path by bushes and hopefully thieves would be put off by the fact that it is close to the front door and they could be seen or heard by neighbours on either side even if we are out.

    The side cupboard is useful for storing recycling boxes which helped sell the idea to my wife!

    The shed is designed for 2 bikes, 3 is not a problem but I think 4 would be a push unless they were all skinny road bikes.

    I am not a DIY expert but managed to assemble the shed alone although it took the best part of a weekend, not including time spent painting on 2 coats of preserver the weekend before and laying slabs for the base.

    Although it is time consuming the end result is worth it - a good looking, solid shed that will last for years.

    I

    0.3

You need to login or register to post comments.


Bad Good    

Specification

Name:
Tridoorbikestore
Built by:
Shackup
Price:
n/a
Dimensions:
1.48x0.75x2.48m mm (w x h x d)
Bike Capacity:
3 Bikes

Related links

BikeRadar is not responsible for the content of external websites

Also on BikeRadar