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I've recently sorted out the garage and now am looking to store 6 bikes vertical with a front wheel clamp against a wall, 2 kids bikes, hybrid, 2 road bikes and a mtb tight on space so something that dosnt need much space to release or put in. Looked at the clunk style clamps and they look good but at £12 each its a decent expense. Are they worth it or any alternatives anyone can recomend?
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These Screwfix hooks are great, and a few quid each. https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-locke-heavy-duty-screw-in-anti-slip-round-storage-hook-black-103mm/5525j
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I've just fitted these into 3 m of monorail track screwed to the roof.
Let's the bikes condense for storage and then slide out the way for removing the one I want. Lets me get 3 bikes into the space for 2 when I top and tail them
We use the Dacathlon heavy duty hooks on the back wall of the garage on an angle to get more in and ease of getting out
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Not cheap but if you're hanging a few grands worth of bikes - wheel supported, locked and on hinges they're actually a great solution.
Although if you think 12 is expensive you're not going to be impressed.
Their definition of lifting vs the dictionary’s appear to vary
What Rone said. They’re brilliant, but not cheap.
I’ve just fitted these into 3 m of monorail track screwed to the roof.
Genius! Got any pics?
Are the hooks secure like that? I saw these which may be betterer.....
https://www.bikester.co.uk/bicycle-equipment/bike-storage/wall-and-ceiling-rack/14499.html
Hadn't seen those wzzz
Those look good.
I'd buy those next time... But for now...if these don't hold I'll shine them up and run the mig round and they won't move.
I've got 7 bikes in what was previously a 4 bike space. Yes I have to slide them to the side to get them out but it's like closing curtains Vs the other options
I have videos but puttng them on here is near impossible without YouTube
Meanwhile....worst photo ever courtesy of casiocalculatorpotatocam
Thanks guys. I've gone with the cheap hooks as tool station had them in stock and have got the 6 bikes stored for £12
Trail rat that looks a great idea and I'll look into it when I have a bit more time as it will allow me to get N+1 in there also.
Cheers
I’ve just fitted these into 3 m of monorail track screwed to the roof.
There are already YouTube vids on how to do this. Looks a good solution
The rather prosaicly named
Rollingcentre.co.uk they hide undersliding door parts
Roller carriages were 7.40 and the galv monorail 27 quid.
Be warned the monorail is tough good drill bits required.
That looks awesome, I'm going to do it too.
Only prob I can see is the space needed to slide the bikes out gets used to dump stuff and then it becomes a PITA.
Tracey, that is a lovely looking bike I must say.
Only prob I can see is the space needed to slide the bikes out gets used to dump stuff and then it becomes a PITA.
Mine slide out over an open doorway through to the workshop so I have bigger issues if I dump stuff there.
Thanks for that
It is indeed, out of all the bikes on that photo we only have two of them left.
Mine slide out over an open doorway through to the workshop so I have bigger issues if I dump stuff there.
So glad I clicked on this thread. My garage has a door through to the office (or will have soon) so this is where my bikes are going to hang as you have done.
Found this vid:
For those putting hooks in and hanging the front wheel, is the rest wheel resting on the ground?
Also, if putting the front wheel at an angle, what's keeping it at that angle? Purely the angle of the hook?
Trying to put bikes on the wall on the new garage and have a mix of bike sizes and types (from XL to 20in kids bike) and want the kids to be able to access them on their own, which might be tricky...
benp1 - after some trial and error I have my hooks fitted so the back wheel _just_ touches the floor. Too high and the fixings started to look like the might pull out. Too low and the back wheel was sneaking away from the wall nicking a bit of floor space.
Back wheel is on the floor, hook is horizontal and the weight of the bike is keeping wheel at an angle.
Is there no issue with hydro brakes inverting bikes like that to store them? I don’t know why but I always avoided leaving them stored upside down/ vertical like that as perhaps someone told me once that it was bad for hydro brakes?
If you have air in the lines and you leave them with the levers highest, then potentially that air migrates into the lever reservoir where you don't feel it. If you have well-bled brakes it doesn't matter.
Having said that, with the bikes hanging from the front wheel, the levers are still at a high point, plus my anecdotal evidence is that I've stored bikes like that for years without a problem (including front wheel down).
Elastic bands around your brake lever stops any risk of air getting in.
And unistrut is usually cheaper than the door roller channel. More widely available. Easier to work with and more than up to it.
While unistrut is cheaper- the channels the cheap part. 41*41 Unistrut 4 wheel trolleys are 30 quid each so there's the best part of 300 quid
The wheels.on the sliders I bought for 7 quid won't run in the channels.on unistrut.
Trail Rat- you are absolutely right. I remembered the trolleys seeming a bit steep.... But £30 is daylight robbery!
Elastic bands around your brake lever stops any risk of air getting in.
Clarks advise leaving your brakes like that if you want any trapped air to migrate. As said before, I've left bikes upside down for ages and never had an issue with air migration.
Bit late to this one.
For ages I used hooks on Arris rail to get them at 45 degrees to the wall. This was for 4 bikes & while it was a good solution, the bikes stuck out too far into the garage & got in the way. They weren't top & tailed, so there was quite a gap between them.
I took it all down & now have 2 bikes on one of those pronged hangers on the wall, which isn't great as the wide bars of the mountain bike mean it's a struggle to get 2 on there.
The other 2 bikes sit below leaning against the wall.
But, I am loving the idea of that sliding rail solution. The ability to squish them all up together is really appealing. I'm gonna have to look at the space I'm using & see if that would be a better solution.
For the sliding rail people: Is there any reason why the sliding rail couldn't go on a wall? Bikes would still hang down from a front wheel, and in my case I'd avoid having to find the studs, plus I could put a shelf above the bikes. Also, since they'd be resting against the wall, they would only move if you picked them up one at a time (potentially also a disadvantage). I might have to engineer something to allow the hook to bend down at its natural angle I guess?
Here's my current set up.
Cheap and robust enough but takes up too much space
Sliding rail sounds like a good idea.
Has anyone tried this?
I find the best combination is to have bikes one above the other, takes up less space than the bike vertically if you have more than one.
Some garages will have the height for 3 bikes horizontal above each other.
Bar width is less than the bar height.
Not great for my wife to get the bike of the wall but that happens rarely now.
Not used that rich.
For your scenario it looks good. For me I wanted a roof mounted kit.
One thing I didn't note that is shown on the advert is we have the bikes top and tailed. To avoid bar conflicts.
In the overall plan - and given how much we were spending on the new house anyway - I didn't think £250ish on 5 x SteadyRacks was that extravagant. We'd bodged things a bit in our last house but decided this time round to do it once, and do it properly.
Very generously spaced at 50cm between mounts, with the 5 bikes spread over a 2.6m space. Helps to have them staggered height to avoid bar clashes. Could've squeezed in a 6th rack but that would only encourage further N+1, apparently.
The other useful trick - store bikes hanging from the back wheel, but remove the front wheel. This way, they will then hang much closer to the wall. I do this for bikes that don't see so much use.
@trail_rat - that looks like an excellent solution. Are you able to link to the exact products you have please?
That looks good trailrat, how much do they "squash" up though? I'm guessing the limiting factor is still bars/pedals so I'm trying to get my head round whether it would save space or not.
Does anyone use hinged hooks like the Feedback Sports Velo Hinge?
They look neat but I'm wondering if they would save me any space, they would still need to be screwed into a stud anyway
That looks good trailrat, how much do they “squash” up though? I’m guessing the limiting factor is still bars/pedals so I’m trying to get my head round whether it would save space or
Topped and tailed them. Got 7 bikes in a previously 4 bike space (that was still a pain to get middle bikes out)
I don't have 800mm bars though mind. And a number of thos ebikes are road bikes
I find the best combination is to have bikes one above the other, takes up less space than the bike vertically if you have more than one.
That's what I do. Two bikes top to tail secured with a ground anchor, and two bikes above held on two long shelf brackets, with an anchor on the wall. Seems to be quite an efficient use of space. I put the road bikes above as they're lighter and easier to manage.
For the sliding rail people: Is there any reason why the sliding rail couldn’t go on a wall? Bikes would still hang down from a front wheel, and in my case I’d avoid having to find the studs, plus I could put a shelf above the bikes. Also, since they’d be resting against the wall, they would only move if you picked them up one at a time (potentially also a disadvantage). I might have to engineer something to allow the hook to bend down at its natural angle I guess?
Two reasons why it wouldn't work, for one the carriages need the wheels to be vertical or they won't run, for another the wheel would drag along the wall whenever you tried to move it.
Poor mans version could be scaffolding tripod rail type thing with huge S hooks
Still keen on hearing any recommendations for any specific bits of sliding rail kit
While unistrut is cheaper- the channels the cheap part. 41*41 Unistrut 4 wheel trolleys are 30 quid each so there’s the best part of 300 quid
maybe....?
Two reasons why it wouldn’t work
How about two tracks, one at floor height, one at hook height. Link the carriages with a timber or metal strut as long as the bikes wheelbase, and use something like a steady rack or traditional wall hook with rear wheel slot to hang the bike onto the strut.
Slightly less convenient with the rear wheel positioning but should keep all the loading on the carriages in the right direction of the bikes are kept off the floor.
E: also at least twice the cost!
You could probably do something similar with sliding/pocket door hardware actually.
In that scenario I'd be mounting the bottom rail horizontally with the wheels on the user side, reason being the forces should be pushing the bottom of the post toward the wall. Your top rail would still need to have the carriage mounted with the wheels down and mounted out from the wall to accommodate some swing and adjustment of the lower carriage.
If that sounds confusing just think of a pendulum then imagine mounting a bike to one side of it and what it would do to the centre of gravity (would naturally swing out to the opposite side to the bike).
It sounds good in theory but in reality it would probably be a pig to work, there would be twisting forces in the lower carriage that would cause it to jam (the bike would swing and twist the mount every time you move it) and would cost considerably more to correct than just mounting a beam above the centre of gravity in the first place.