Trying to tidy the hallway a bit and looking for a means of sticking bikes on a stand, ideally with two one above each other (freeing space for other hallway stuff… or more bikes 😀 ).
Being MTBs with wide bars and a narrow hallway the front wheels have to come off so has to cope balancing a bike without the front wheel.
Various options and at the moment going by reviews on durability and space saving I’m looking at this one at the moment…
http://www.topeak.com/products/storageanddisplay/dual-touchbikestand
Anyone got one of these, and if so what do you think? Aside from *expensive!* – though it does seem good build quality from what people are saying. It looks like it would fit flush to the wall and doesn’t need fixing to the wall, just works as a jack between floor and ceiling I think.
This was another option but I’m put off by a few comments saying the bikes end up sticking out a fair way into the hall so no different to just stacking two bikes side by side (which I don’t have enough space for)…
http://www.saris.com/product/bike-bunk
Another, much cheaper option is http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/gear-up-lean-machine-gravity-rack/rp-prod50398
… which looks good, but the reviews in various places say about the poor build quality of the thing, plus it needs fixing to the wall apparently. Looks like it sticks out from the wall a bit also.
And before you ask, yes the other option is just hooks on the wall. I’ve got hooks (freebie with some magazine), but I have swiss cheese walls and tend to crumble if I have fixings that are going to get constant use hooking on and off the wall.