[Closed] Bike stand for garage

I bought the above one and used a car jack to force the bars apart enough for 2.6 tyres. No guarantee the welds won't snap though.

Ta, was wondering about bending the tubes to make it wider, that seems like the most pragmatic solution.

To protect the welds you could possibly tighten up a strong clamp down the bottom and then car jack the top.

Make your own out of wood

The cheap folding bike holders have the same issue, will fit a 2.3 tyre but nothing above that.

I was going to say bikestow

https://www.bikestow.com/buy

But how ******* much??!!

£220 for a bit of plywood!! 😲

What Damascus said. Made all of mine out of recycled decking to a width to suit the tyres.

I did toy with making one out of wood, can't be that hard can it?

But then if one of those metal onesfor 50 quid and bending the bars works then that's probably the route I will go.

Pallet

Hang from the wall by the front wheel? Plenty of cheap devices available and by staggering the hook heights they can be fitted in quite a compact space.

Could get your local cnc place to knock up one of those plywood ones.

These look great at dealing with a variety of wheel sizes.  May take a little trial and error to replicate

https://www.carbox.co.uk/shop/bikestow-bike-rack-for-van-and-home-3/

These look great at dealing with a variety of wheel sizes. May take a little trial and error to replicate

https://www.carbox.co.uk/shop/bikestow-bike-rack-for-van-and-home-3

That is a nice design!

Use cheap timber as a 'pallet' rack (pallets can be a lot of work as they don't fit in the car and are a git to to break up if you don't have a big crowbar)

You want two timbers running horizontally a few inches away from the wall, so fixing them between brick piers in a single skin garage is perfect. Then add your uprights, you can either space the gaps alternately for road and mtb, or work out what order you want the bikes and customise the spacing. Buy a new bike or want the roadbike in the middle? Just pop out a couple of screws and move them around.

I think they are much better than floor brackets as the floor is clear, you don't have to squish tyres in and mechs don't get knocked. Because the timber holds the top and bottom of the tyre, the bikes stay perfectly upright with no wobble. You can also move and leave the bikes at a slight angle to make it easier to get todays choice rolled out or get between the bikes to unlock the floor anchors.

The only niggle is full rear mudguard won't go in, but I just put that bike in forwards so the front wheel is in the rack.

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I built one last night in about an hour using an old picnic table. Even if I bought the wood it would have been dirt cheap.

The plan is to throw it in the back of the van so I don't have to mess around with padding and stuff.

Some things just don't have to be complicated or expensive.

If you make that an L shape, or lift it at 45 degrees it will help stop your bikes wobbling...I found I had to pad the bikes otherwise.

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Can you use this as a hanging? For me, it is neater that way

Hanging works but it depends on your storage space. I find the pointy handlebars sticking out at head height and the surprising amount of depth needed wasn't worth it. So they sit on the floor with bars at 45 degrees, then I built a huge shelf using 18mm OSB and 6*3 timber just above the bikes that I can pile junk onto, and I can climb up there if needed.

If you can be bothered to make one this looks like quite a neat, customisable and cheap solution

some good suggestions there, very inventive.

I've taken the boring approach and order the metal stand, and intend to bend the bars out to fit the wheels in. If it doesnt work very well I will make a wooden one like sharkattacks or spookys

Just to close this off, I ordered the stand in the link in my first post, it arrived today, seems well made, and surprisingly fits maxis Dhr ii 2.3 tyres in without needing to bend the bars further apart.