Storage solutions please

NeilM · May 14, 2012

Like most of us, I now have far too many bikes

I want to get myself a little more space by wall hanging them, and I could do with some ideas of how other people do this, as, being a skinflint, I have no intention of paying £9.99 for something I can do myself for a quid.

So, your vertical storage solutions please, let's be seein them :shock:

spike3 · May 14, 2012

Hanging them by their front wheel in lines seems popular, or you could use a couple of large shelf brackets with pipe lagging on to hang them by their frames.

spike3 · May 14, 2012

darn slow internet, double post

NeilM · May 14, 2012

I am thinking front wheels and back wheels alternately, but I could do with seeing some pictures of how people have done this, as at present I am looking at a number of big hooks, screwed into a batten which is attached to the wall, but there has got to be a better solution than that.

Raging_Bulls · May 14, 2012

I found that moving the bed to the living room is a good solution. It provides a nice extra room for the bikes.

NeilM · May 14, 2012

I'm very fond of my bikes that is true, but not so fond that I want to move the bed into the garage, not with all the spiders in there.

My wife wouldn't be impressed either :shock:

trail_head · May 14, 2012

I do one up, one down on the wall and a bottom row for the daily riders;

Regular hooks for the top row;

Wheel slots for the bottom row;

NeilM · May 14, 2012

That's the kiddie. I'd have to use a large batten, as my garage walls are made of very hard concrete blocks, and I had figured the hooks needed to go in at an angle, but the little frames to retain the wheels are interesting, I wouldn't have thought of that, thanks.

Any more?

Or is there, in this case, only one way of skinning this particular cat :twisted:

jax13 · May 14, 2012

the way shown above is probably the best space vs cost trade off.

you could go closer together with your hooks if you were happy to loosen stems & kick them around 90 degrees each time they went on / off the wall to make each bikes storage width narrower, likewise with removing pedals.

Chopper the ex Copper · May 14, 2012

I divorced the wife, bought a 2 bedroom cottage and used the spacious spare room as bike storage.

Then I went and durn got married again. Duh.

Storage solutions please

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