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Finally, a comm for that one user who hand-makes longbows. This ones for you, comrade.
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If you are worried about keeping it from being stolen I would find a way to store it inside, like FourteenEyes said it's easy to cut basically any bike lock or chain if you have large bolt cutters, people will even use battery powered angle grinders.
I'm not sure the size of shed you are considering but you could build something like this that doesn't take much space:
Even if it wasn't that secure it wouldn't be too noticable, you could cover it with a tarp or something too. That would still take a decent amount of money for wood, there are bike racks you could buy and weigh down with concrete but it seems like either a rack or box would take a similar amount of space and money.
Just building a square frame and covering it with a tarp that's lashed down somehow would pretty affordable and easy to do.
Could be good! I already plan to grab a tarp for the bikes in the meantime so that'll be resourceful when it comes to building a full frame
If you're concerned about it getting stolen you could always get some chain link panels or wooden pickets to keep someone from easily removing it, if the wood has space around it to breath it should last quite a while even without any paint/sealer but I would recommend pressure treated for anything that's touching the ground, especially if it's sitting on dirt.