[Closed] Advice on clever bike storage solutions

what about those hooks that you have on the wall and store your bike virticaly?

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or this

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http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=83662

I've got two in the bedroom on the vertical hanging hooks. £5 from on-one. I'll post a pic after work

i've found what i deem to be the best in-your-house storage solution.

saw them in a bike shop and ordered two. they cost 8€ each and work effectively. you may want to put something behind the wheels on the wall to prevent the walls getting scuffed...

i'll dig out a picture.

There is no way the lady in that pic up there got those bikes on those hooks holding a bike like that!

Oh, and who the hell has ceilings that high in their garage / shed / mancave?

Oh, and who the hell has ceilings that high in their garage / shed / mancave?

She's actually on her knees.

Thanks all, yes considering the vertical wall bike thing but wondered if there was a cheeky way to cover them up while storing maybe?

Unfortunately i have been advised by the female of the house that hanging bikes from the roof will not be permitted.

Perhaps you can work out the thinly valed theme here... "the room is all yours if it doesn't look like sh#t all the time!"

"She's actually on her knees."

Shes actually hanging from the bike!

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just a simple hook that the pedal drops into. my bike weighs 15kg and it seems to pretty solid.

not at home right now, but can find out the name of the manufacturer when i'm home.

Ours are stored vertically at the back of the garage using these from Decathlon £3.99 each

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Alpin - like that! Although mine may not be permitted at that height. Great lighting! 😀

Build a shed/garage/mancave/workshop?

Build a shed/garage/mancave/workshop?

Thats the plan. No room outdoors for it. The plan is to make the room into a mancave. I already have an ajoining lean-to room that has a bench and tools in it (with one of the bikes hanging up on the wall in there) but want to be more efficient with the space i have.

http://www.ikeahackers.net/2008/02/stolmen-bike-rack.html

I made this last year for my uni room, worked great. About £40 all in I think (I had some aluminium bar).

Handy website that ikea hackers!

I have one of these mounted about 8 feet up on the wall of my conservatory/lean to holds under the top tube or saddle and stem. It takes 3 bikes (BMX, baby MTB + my bike) but I reckon you could knock up/have welded something similar for 3 adult bikes for very little money.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=40980

santacoops - Member
Alpin - like that! Although mine may not be permitted at that height. Great lighting!

thanks... beneath it is the alter.

I mounted my bikes vertically and the oil leaked out of my Rockshox Pikes.

just a warning....

Bear in mind that some sus forks don't like being stored upside down.

Mine are in my garage hung vertically, would work inside provided you can find the joists to srew them into. I have a showercurtain round mine so they cannot be seen from the road when the garage door is open. Some sort of curtain could work to screen them.

Thanks for the warning and suggestions. Considering making some sort of housing/cupboard type affair in the corner of the room for the bikes if they're vertical on their back wheel up against the wall.

Also now thinking about a bike equipment section to the room thats got an easy dump area/basket for muddy clothes, hanging hooks for helmets and things... good lord i think i may even make some drawers for my gloves!!!

Not sure where to put the bike stand now.

[i]No room outdoors for it.[/i]

😯 Shudder...

I like alpin's solution

Interested to know what happens when you get in from a muddy night ride though.

I have been looking at storage solutions too as the garage is a bit of a mess. I have some questions about the hooks you use to store bikes vertically. Are you better sitting them with a wheel on the ground so the hook isn't taking all of the weight on the rim of the wheel? My FS ins't the lightest in the world and I wasn't sure what effect this would have on the wheel. Do you site the wheel so the hook is clear of the spokes? If you have a number of bikes is there not a danger of them all flapping about and crashing into each other? I can be a bit clumsy.

Something like this on the wall. Bit of batten screwed in and then just some rope/bungee/chain. You could put some kind of protection against the wall above the batten to protect the wall from wheel marks etc

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I've got one of these in my hall way, works pretty well! it was the first phase of my kitchen refit (moving my wifes commuter out of the kitchen...

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolution-storage-floor-to-ceiling-bike-stand?bct=browse%2faccessories%2fworkstands-bike-storage

Are you better sitting them with a wheel on the ground so the hook isn't taking all of the weight on the rim of the wheel?

If you have a number of bikes is there not a danger of them all flapping about and crashing into each other

If you have plasterboard walls, you can get a length of chipboard from B&Q, then fasten that to the beams of the house, then fasten the hooks to the chipboard. It's surprisingly strong

I like stoner's idea, but with a sheet of of steel with a curved lip at the bottom - easy to clean, would provide the protection for the wall and with two screws at either end would be nice and strong. coudl be a winner!
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Bear in mind that some sus forks don't like being stored upside down.

Same goes for open system disc brakes - any air bubbles will end up at the brake calliper instead of the reservoir.

honourablegeorge - Member
I like alpin's solution

Interested to know what happens when you get in from a muddy night ride though.

put it in the shower or if the GF is home then wash if off outside.

the pedal hook thingies i have are similar to stoner's solution, but less obtrusive. it really looks like the bike is floating when mounted.

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i've got some milky perspex (sp?) with a stick of batten to stick behind the wheels to protect the wall and to stop the bike kipping (bike is a bit front heavy).

I just ordered a few of these, £5.99 each and free P&P off of the ebay.

They've not landed yet, but they look up to the job...

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Just been doing some measuring and the length of wall available (can't go up too high) isn't big enough. So thinking about vert options now.

Has anyone got any pics of their shed/man cave? Or is that a separate thread?

Are you better sitting them with a wheel on the ground so the hook isn't taking all of the weight on the rim of the wheel? My FS ins't the lightest in the world and I wasn't sure what effect this would have on the wheel.

My rims take the weight of the bike on the ground with me on the bike. With the added bonus of a few rather heavy landings and crashing through rocks etc. They'll probably be ok.

Brakes and forks can have issues but in the 5 years I've been hanging mine up by the front wheels I've never had any problems.

Alpin, that looks great, where's it from?

Here's the two £5 on-one brackets in my room. One 8" from the wall, the other 8" from that.

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Not particularly 'clever', but high ceilings are a big help

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Bike holders were custom welded for friends' old bike shop - I inherited a few when they closed.

Thats what i'm thinking Jamie P! Tightly packed in there. Now for a clever way of covering them up.

I anm fortunate to have an integral [s]garage[/s] bike store so they all sit upright in there. It is a bit of a faff getting the back ones out and I'd love to get a floor sitting rack system that I could just wheel them into, I have one 'pile' with the kids bikes, and 2 other piles of adult ones.

Just been speaking to a mate and his boss has a garage/man cave thing. He owns a mk 1 escort and has sofas, xbox and a fridge for beer in it... he also has a URINAL IN THERE!!! 😯 Not sure if i'd go that far.

Just been speaking to a mate and his boss has a garage/man cave thing. He owns a mk 1 escort and has sofas, xbox and a fridge for beer in it... he also has a URINAL IN THERE!!! Not sure if i'd go that far.

Yeah i'm happy with just a telly.

I'm using the on-one hooks but going to have to look at something new now i have a tandem on the way.