I've got four bikes in the garage, currently in a pile leant against the only available bit of wall, with a thick cable on a wall anchor and D-lock through them. Always a pain to extract anything but the top one, and not great having them just leant on each other.
I was thinking of some kind of wall-mounted wheel holder that I could just push them backwards into (plenty wide enough space). Not keen on vertical wheel hooks cos mudguards, not keen on frame hooks cos frame bags. Also, there's everything from fatbikes to roadbikes and everything in between, so any off-the-peg holder is unlikely to fit all.
I was thinking of screwing a batten across the floor parallel to the wall, another on the wall, and suitably spaced members at 45 degrees between to slot back wheels in. Although thinking about it, may not work with full length mudguards.
Any other suggestions?
There was a bug thread on here recently about bike storage. Everything from simple hooks to rollers on rails to full security cages.
Not keen on vertical wheel hooks cos mudguards,
If it's purely regarding the rear mudguard, just add a 4x2 on the floor that comes out to the middle of the wheel, and the mudguard will sit 'proud'.
Not keen on vertical wheel hooks cos mudguards,
Hang the bike so the rear wheel is off the floor, the wheel/fork etc can easily, and I mean easily, like really easily, take it. All our road bike are hanging from one wheel or the other.
Lifting a fully loaded Ice Cream Truck onto a hook? Have to be a mighty strong hook! And a mighty strong me! Nah, definitely floor standing preferred thanks!
I've got this type of bike mount, great if you've got unused wall space and the bikes don't stick it as far as the front wheel only type hook
As per Richard’s suggestions I’ve got 2 of these pedal holders on the wall. Currently my 33lb Bird Aether is held on by one of them. I have put a piece of wood on the wall (stud 63x38mmni think) rather than the small metal tyre holders so I can put different wheelbase bikes up there. My road bike which is almost a foot shorter (or feels it) than the Aether works well with it too. I have a couple of front wheel holders on another wall for a balance bike and my bmx which are ok, but not as good as the pedal holder type.
Thanks, the wall space I have is about 2m long and not high enough to stack four bikes one above the other. Plenty of space in front though hence thinking of having them poking out from the wall rather than parallel.
Maybe it’s worth putting 1 up on the wall so you have more space to play with below?
Whats with the hanging things on walls fetish lol!! Do you all just like wall hooks for other 'activities'??
Anyway would be tricky to reach to lift down over other bikes, especially for me being old and crippled - avoiding lifting/reaching is good!
Steadyracks mean you can pretty much wheel your bike into them, with correct positioning. Plus fold away. Not cheap mind.
Steadyracks - look good but I'd need 3 fatracks plus a normal - looking at around £250 notes for all that! That a sizeable dent in the bike fund! I was thinking a few lengths of batten, maybe a tenth of that!
I built a wooden wheel holder.
Your original idea is great and what I do. My uprights are vertical rather than slanted and they span between two brick piers so one brick width away from the wall.
You can either alternate the widths for various tyre sizes, but I found it was best to get the impact driver and quickly adjust the spacing to suit how I want to store the bikes.
You can either notch the top section of the uprights to accept full mudguards, or put that bike in front wheel first.
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PS I put a huge 8*4 shelf above the bikes to stack all the spares and crap in the dead space.
Not done it but I've seen it done with a couple of wooden pallets on the floor and some reclaimed timber to make the slots tight to the tyre. Not pretty but functional and cheap.
Google images shows loads of images on it
PS I tried pallets on the floor but the bikes wanted to lean over, the wheel support is too low. If you slant it at 45 degrees it starts fouling the cassette, mech etc.
Something like this?
You could easily make similar from some 4x2 offcuts. Position it a bit lower to clear mudguards.
@spooky_b329 that looks very similar to what I was planning. Good point on the mech fouling on it if angled though.
Right I reckon this is what I want, I can fix them at appropriate spacing for each bike. They are referred to as hairpin brackets but googling that only gets USA suppliers - do they go by another name over here?
There's not enough space in my shed for storing vertical as bars/wheels would stick too far out into walkway. so I've got two bikes side by side held upright by a pair of wooden wheel holders for the rear wheels I put together and secured to the shed floor in the corner. I built them fairly specific to the two different bikes I wanted to store there, but each bike can go in either holder, although for the smaller wheeled bike I needed to build an 'adaptor' to raise the rear wheel up a little higher to prevent peddle/frame clash when it's in the prime get on and ride position. They hold the bikes as close together as they can get without touching, and keep them upright. Front wheels turned near 90 degrees. It's a massive improvement over leaning them against each other against the wall - no more spending ages trying to arrange them just so to lock them up.
Dunno if anyone's been to Ciclo Montana this season, but Mark's been busy on the patio and has hand cast, in cement, vertical slot wheel holders to replace the bendy bits of wire he used to have. They look beautiful. Want something similar for our next house.
Those hairpin things look a bit pricy - why not just buy one of the cheaper multi-bike (5 way £25 on ebay) welded bike racks and slice the individual arms off (still attached to a little bit of base with a hole drilled through) and fix to desired tyre width?
Batten bolted to the wall with coated hooks is my solution, top and tailed. I also have hooks in the joists, again staggered so all front wheel first. I hang a tandem, a recumbent trike and an upright trike when needed. Some can be a little heavy!
@vmgscot good shout! Just ordered a 4-bike one for £20 delivered, I'll see what I can do with a bit of hacksawing & drilling - thanks!
We have one of those multi bike racks in 3 bike version from Aldi. It works from 25 mm road bike tyres to about 65 mm off road tyre no problem. Re-spacing for fat bike should work.
Other option is to fix a pole horizontally across the gap about 4 feet up and hook the bike saddles over it. Often done like that for events. Sort of like this -> https://www.pittman.ie/triathlon-bike-rack.html
Also allows space to shuffle then up for visitors of future n+1.
Marks been busy on the patio and has hand cast, in cement
For a moment there I thought you meant he had his hand cast in cement so the wrist would come out of the wall to hold the wheel!