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@ads678 can those Decathlon hooks be unscrewed? Wondering if a shorter length hook could be used instead?
I just used the original ebay link for hooks and picked up the channel from the local CEF store for £22. Screws with flat heads readily available off the shelf in Jewsons. Went in my new shed no problem, removing 7 bikes from the dining room wall.
Only issue currently is the Cotic Solaris in a size large is about 2cm too long so will be experimenting with shortening the hook length this weekend. Shed is only 2.2 high after the channel droppers under the joists and a bit out from the apex i've just run a little short of room.
Multifunctional usage as well, got some extra hooks for the big strimmer, long handled hedge cutter (missis is gardener) the sort of stuff that bangs around the shed being long and potentially prone to expensive damage
I fitted the same eBay hooks and unistrut, it's great. 8 hooks in 2m is a bit tight but doable. Once I've got rid of a bike or two lots of room for spare tyres, wheelsets and other stuff that takes up space.
Thanks for the idea as it's tidied my garage up quite a bit.
I didn't spot this thread until last week, after I'd been inspired by a recent post on Peter Verdones blog.
I wish I had this setup years ago, it's so handy for shifting bikes around for access.
All five bikes, and the motorbike, can be shifted in and out with ease, as well as moving them to access the workbench and vice.
£20 for a 3M unistrut, £40 for five bearing trolleys off Temu, £4 for 3M of M8 threaded rod to bend into hooks. Offcuts of garden hose to cover the hook.
@nbt that's an interesting picture above as
1) you've hung an Orbit tandem and they take up a lot of space. How easy do you find it to remove/hook up the tandem with hooks that don't turn?
2) have you noticed any flex in the garage ceiling as it looks like 4-5 bikes and the tandem hanging off the joists. I did note you have put battens across two joists which is what I'll probably do to spread the weight.
Nic
@allyharp - rail is 380mm from the wall.
@spannermonkey - no, they fixed in. Can't see now how it's fixed, probably welded.
Tandems are probably the easiest bikes to hang: put the parking brake on, back up till it’s standing on the rear wheel then walk it into position. Only a minor lift then required to get out on the hook
I’ve not noticed any movement in the ceiling at all - but now you have me worried 😳😜
Just a note to say thanks to the folk on this thread I'm almost there putting up a rack very much like the OP. THe only sticking point is the local courier* hanging onto my bit of unistrut for 2 weeks now, but once that arrives I should be good to go.
* I even chose the same unistrut supplier as @namastebuzz as it seemed to work getting a long thing delivered to Northern Scotland. it turns out I'm in the wrong bit of Northern Scotland to expect anything silly like the delivery of good I've paid for (including an enormous surcharge for the shipping).
Delivery from FH Brundle arrived this morning as suggested on first page of this thread. 10x 2wheel threaded trolleys and 1 x 3m length of track. £80 inc £10 delivery.
will cut up a piece of 18mm ply and reuse some hooks.
Thanks to the poster who suggested this economic approach.
Unistrut arrived yesterday, bike monorail installed in less than an hour today.
Here's before:
And after:
As an update to this, I noticed these hooks - on amazon, which I try to avoid, but sometimes there's no other realistic alternative
they're on threaded rods rather than having a woodscrew type end, so you could use the bearing trolleys from Temu suggested by @bedmaker
£40 for five bearing trolleys off Temu,
or the even the plates suggested by @scaled
If moving bikes around frequently is something that you want then this is a great solution, my mates a spark and suggested using m8 threaded hooks and 'zebs'
^^ Park Tool 470XX - if you don't wanna go Amazon
Perfect thread for me - about to move house and wanted something like this, so this is super-helpful.
Thanks OP, and others who have added useful info, too 😊
I got one of these. Seems pretty good. Would be a squeeze for 6 bikes and tyres more than 2.6 will struggle to fit.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ceiling-Sliding-Bicycle-Overhead-Bicycles/dp/B0DLMXYC1V
Perfect thread for me - about to move house and wanted something like this, so this is super-helpful.
Thanks OP, and others who have added useful info, too 😊
Hey! You're welcome.
Nice to see the thread still going and glad it's still useful.
Got 15 bikes on mine now but it's getting a bit tight. Might have to extend it round the corner...
