Bike sized garage floor mat?

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Edited Date/Time 5/12/2020 2:46pm
Hey guys,

I wanted to get some sort of rubber mat to place under the bike when I park it in the garage.
Mostly for looks I guess, not sure they serve any real purpose.

I'm sure others have done this.
What did you use?

Any suggestions?

I'm just starting to look around.

Thanks all!
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Harbor freight has several cost effective options.
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Home Depot has large mats.
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Go to Home Depot and by a heavy duty entry rug. Rubber bottom short carpet top. Works great and not expensive. Get real dirty throw it and buy another
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I ordered bulk rubber mat for gyms and cut them to fit, I used the left over to make mats for my work benches!
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Jason Rhodes 5/7/2020 5:44pm
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Tractor supply company has 4x6’ horse stall mats. I use them for my garage gym floor. Would be perfect for a bike. Only like $35-40
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Falcon 5/7/2020 7:05pm
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Does Matrix still make those? They were pretty rad.
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You can also get garage floor tiles and build them to whatever size you want in whatever colors you want to match your bike.
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Hit up your local cintas, or us linen they throw out perfectly good ones my buddy that works at a place brought me about 10 even got a DQ one in front of my work bench lol
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red_leader wrote:
Hey guys, I wanted to get some sort of rubber mat to place under the bike when I park it in the garage. Mostly for looks...
Hey guys,

I wanted to get some sort of rubber mat to place under the bike when I park it in the garage.
Mostly for looks I guess, not sure they serve any real purpose.

I'm sure others have done this.
What did you use?

Any suggestions?

I'm just starting to look around.

Thanks all!
Horse stall mats are solid and super durable if you have a tractor supply near you check these out.


https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4-ft-x-6-ft-x-3-4-in-thick-ru…

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/utility-rubber-mat-black-4-ft…

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Spudnut wrote:
Hit up your local cintas, or us linen they throw out perfectly good ones my buddy that works at a place brought me about 10 even...
Hit up your local cintas, or us linen they throw out perfectly good ones my buddy that works at a place brought me about 10 even got a DQ one in front of my work bench lol
Cool idea ... I'm thinkin bad juju having the word "Hertz" under my bike ! 😯 😂
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Black Diesel Bomber 5/8/2020 9:49am
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bvm111 wrote:
I ordered bulk rubber mat for gyms and cut them to fit, I used the left over to make mats for my work benches!
Where did you get your gym mats? Can you provide a link?
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Jason Rhodes wrote:
Tractor supply company has 4x6’ horse stall mats. I use them for my garage gym floor. Would be perfect for a bike. Only like $35-40
Those mats are really heavy. Not sure how they will do when brake cleaner, gas etc. get spilled on them.

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Jason Rhodes wrote:
Tractor supply company has 4x6’ horse stall mats. I use them for my garage gym floor. Would be perfect for a bike. Only like $35-40
captmoto wrote:
Those mats are really heavy. Not sure how they will do when brake cleaner, gas etc. get spilled on them.
I'm curious to hear if anyone is using them under their bike work area and spilling on them as well...how do they hold up?
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Richard Tease II wrote:
I use these

https://www.amazon.com.au/Floor-Tiles-Interlocking-Padding-Stalwart/dp/B07VF72J14
Harbour freight has something similar to that really cheap. I bought them for the back of my toy hauler. Piece them together and they work great. Two packs would work nicely.

https://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-anti-fatigue-foam-mat-set-94635.h…
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I just bought a 4x8 multipurpose mat from tractor supply for $50 after reading this. Was going to get one for each bike but they only had one that size in stock. I’ll post up a pic and thoughts on it tomorrow when I do some maintenance. I think it’s going to be great for the price and what it is though. I’m pretty pumped on it
Because I was about to drop $100 x2 on the matrix ones

Oh and my maintenance table I built is 3’x8’ so I’ll be able to cut one perfectly to fit it!
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DYE 5/9/2020 11:59am
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For $50 I’m happy with this. It’ll Serve it’s purpose at least 👍


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I paid $45 for a Matrix mat at Canadian Tire. Old stock.
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Jason Rhodes wrote:
Tractor supply company has 4x6’ horse stall mats. I use them for my garage gym floor. Would be perfect for a bike. Only like $35-40
captmoto wrote:
Those mats are really heavy. Not sure how they will do when brake cleaner, gas etc. get spilled on them.
I’ve used a horse stall mat for years. Extremely durable and it holds up great to everything you just mentioned. Easy to clean. The only negative I can really think of is that they are indeed heavy as you mentioned. But, they aren’t too bad. Can still be moved around for sweeping etc... . I’d recommend them in a heartbeat.
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captmoto 5/10/2020 10:04am
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MudPup545 wrote:
I’ve used a horse stall mat for years. Extremely durable and it holds up great to everything you just mentioned. Easy to clean. The only negative...
I’ve used a horse stall mat for years. Extremely durable and it holds up great to everything you just mentioned. Easy to clean. The only negative I can really think of is that they are indeed heavy as you mentioned. But, they aren’t too bad. Can still be moved around for sweeping etc... . I’d recommend them in a heartbeat.
Good to now about durability. Thanks.
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Jason Rhodes wrote:
Tractor supply company has 4x6’ horse stall mats. I use them for my garage gym floor. Would be perfect for a bike. Only like $35-40
captmoto wrote:
Those mats are really heavy. Not sure how they will do when brake cleaner, gas etc. get spilled on them.
Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
I'm curious to hear if anyone is using them under their bike work area and spilling on them as well...how do they hold up?
Mine is pretty dirty right now because I have not taken any cleaner and my pressure washer to it all winter. I’ve had it for 5 years and I think it’s held up good. It’s well worn but still does it’s job as I use it as a work mat not just as a vanity mat to hold my bike stand.
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devotid 5/10/2020 5:34pm
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This is what I use....
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