I've got some hooks
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/BN3WALLH/3-wall-mounted-bike-hangers-bundle
I've got some bikes (three drop bar, one flat bar)
I've got a wall (and a drill, screws, rawlplugs etc)
Dumb question 1 - I assume I want the 'plate' of the hook where the tyre hits the wall?
Dumb question 2 - The bikes are different sizes. Not massively, but a bit. Do I have to measure the hook position to each bike, or is near enough near enough?
Dumb question 3 - Is it better to have the bottom wheel on the floor, or just off, or doesn't it matter?
Dumb question 4 - Anything else I should think about?
Dumb question 45 - Am I overthinking all this?
Wheels on the ground will be easier as it saves lifting the bike up each time, it does take up more space as the bars will clash. Depends how much room you have and how much messing around you want to do every time you for for a ride.
I'd fit the first one, hold up the next bike until you find a good position and work your way along.
Dumb question 45 – Am I overthinking all this?
Yeah, a bit.
My heavy bike, I positioned it so the wheel rests on the ground. The others hang off the wall.
I staggered the height of mine so I could fit more in widthways
Alternate each bike hanging form front wheel then back wheel and so on. Helps avoid bars clashing. If any of the bikes are not regularly used, hang front wheel separately and it takes up less space horizontally from the wall.
i had half a sheet of second hand 25mm ply left over, and i didnt trust the bricks not to come out of the single skin wall if individually loaded, so i securely bolted the ply sheet to the wall, and then you can just use normal wood screws to put the plates on the ply. Easy to move them then too.
Youll get a lot more bikes in a space if you take your time and are careful with how they interact with each other, ie bars and pedals clashing. Mine are 3 bikes hanging on the wall by the front wheels, and then between those, three more bikes stood on their wheels, rear wheels against the wall.
6 bikes in a space 1.8 wide, ish, all relatively accessible.
I sort of guessed mine and they all hang together ok.
If you have to lift the bike to get it on the hook, I lift the saddle with my knee while steering the front wheel into the hook.
2 of our bikes are way off the ground and the hook hasn't pulled out the wall yet
I've got road bikes dangling by front wheel, mountain bikes are a touch lower so the back wheel is on the floor to take some weight.
However, I think there's a flaw in my thinking, because the with a wheel on the bikes tendancy is to rotate back over that point, pulling the bike-hanger away from the wall, pulling the screws out of the wall. The bikes that don't touch the floor have most of their weight pulling straight down, and therefore less likely to pull the screws out. I think...
Everything hangs freely. MTBs hang with front wheel up, road bikes front wheel down. I've even hung a tandem with no problems, other than clearance - have to hang the new tandem by the rear wheel as it's longer than the old tandem so the mudguard scrapes the floor if I hang by the front wheel
just realised that I hang the MTBs that way as someone said it wold help with the ensuring that oil keeps stuff lubricated, but that's obviously bollocks as there's never any problems if bikes are just left standing