[Closed] Vertical bike storage solutions?

Morning,

I have staggered three of these on my wall and they do the job great.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/x-tools-wallmount-bike-storage-hanger/rp-prod10230

Much cheaper option than the welco rig and easily movable depending on bike size.

Cheers

I just have some large coathooks arranged at front wheel height to hook inside the rim with a batten at floor level to stop the rear wheel rolling backwards. A strap would work just as well, if not better.

I have 3 of them spare if anyone is local to Reading/Newbury and wants them FoC.

I'm also after some storage ideas. cjr61, do you reckon I'll get some downhill spec 2.5 Magic Mary's in those hangers?

I used generic hooks from B&Q screwed into a couple of pieces of timber angled appropriately, because at the time I couldn't find any nice bike hooks. I staggered them higher and lower, by about a foot. This means they fit together much more closely. 6 bikes, a bike rack and a stack of car wheels across the back of my tiny new build garage.

I put it all in and the bikes fit first time, however I somehow accidentally found the perfect meshing pattern, and when I replaced a 26er with a 29er it buggered it up. I now have bar clash.

I have a chain in a ground anchor that goes through all the main triangles, for security. It's a faff, somewhat, but I needed the peace of mind.

Yes typer I think you will get larger tyres in them - you just open up the radius of the 'hook' bit a little - thats what I did to get the OO ChunkyMonkeys (2.4) in. I have 4 staggered on the wall.

Thanks, think I'll order 4 and see what they're like. Can always try them out before fitting and send them back if they are no good.

Yeah, i'd just bend the hook out slightly and it should be fine.

Cheap experiment at the very worst.

This was before the shed was fully populated

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Simple plastic coated hooks screwed into the ceiling - would work just as well on the wall too.

Cheers, Rich

I'd go for the alternating up/down/up/down approach like Turboferret. Saves on bar clashes.

is there any probs hanging a bike vertically?

Any issues on headset or probs with suspension forks being kept beyond horizontal for long periods?

It seems the best way to store them, but puts pressure on the headset/forks in a way that they are presumably not designed for...?

The cheap hooks do the job, but if you are tight on space then I'd recommend these http://www.wiggle.co.uk/steadyrack-classic-cycle-rack/

They allow you to rotate the bike to access more easily, when I did this with cheap hooks it caused the hook to makes it's drilled hole bigger and eventually fall out and need redrilling and replugged every six months or so. These steady racks alleviate this problem and are really nice solid bits of kit, not cheap though, but sometimes it's worth spending a little to get a good solution.

madeupname - I'm no engineer-ist but wouldn't have thought it would damage anything hanging 12KG from a wheel....they're used to taking a good bashing with plenty more force.

Thanks guys. crj61 -Hadn't spotted those ones from CRC, look pretty decent.

crj61- what size wheels/tyres are you using with those x-tools brackets? One of the CRC reviews says it wouldn't fit 29x2.25! Not much use if that is true..

I use some other brand ones that look very similar....CRC link was the only I could find. Given mine a little bend but got 29x2.4 Racing Ralph in at the minute so pretty chunky!

Any issues on headset or probs with suspension forks being kept beyond horizontal for long periods?

The oil seals on my Fox forks have gone at the top, so hanging vertically they have dribbled some oil out. I probably wouldn't have noticed had the bike been stored horizontally, but in some ways it's a good reminder to service them!

Cheers, Rich

If the CRC ones are a bit too spendy, I use these from Halfords 🙂

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-maintenance/bike-storage-solutions/mottez-bike-storage-wheel-hook

I've had 4 of those Mottez ones in my garage for a couple of years now, they seem to work well.

Screwfix do a whole range of very cheap options but I use these

http://m.screwfix.com/p/smith-locke-heavy-duty-screw-in-anti-slip-square-storage-hook-black-158mm/1998j

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got some hangers off amazon and staggered the heights. works really well actually. i have a roller shutter door so i can put the disco right up next to the door because its only got narrow bars. its easier to get the bikes on and off the hooks than it looks - my missus probably finds it easier than me as i have a duff back.

I've just got some cheap-ish hooks in the wall, bought from B&Q and do the job.

Personally, I found the bikes stick out a lot more than I was expecting, when hung like that, eating into my floor space, so I changed all mine to horizontally mounting.

2 on the floor and 2 hung above those. (x2 for a total of 8 bikes as I've got width) Getting the back bike out isn't that painful and wife/kids find it much easier.
Adding another one on the bottom is pretty easy too to make 10 bikes.

ymmv

I'd get the ones that swing to the side at an angle.
Mountain bikes take up way too much room on the wall when they are hung vertically, the tyre to grips distance is huge.

I have mine on the wall horizontally takes up loads less space and if you put the mtb's at the top then the bars are above head height.

We use hooks from Decathlon, they take big tyres and deep carbon rims, mounted so the front wheels sit at 45% so no problems with the bars. Been up over ten years and not had to re fit any of them.

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I use the Bikehut ones, slightly staggered heights. Fits 1 CX bike and 2 MTB in a utility room with the central heating boiler, about 8'x 4' at most.

I twist the bars on the MTBs in line with the frame to avoid bar clashes.

Anyone got a pic of these horizontal set-ups? I'm having a hard time visualising them.

The issue tends to be the bars on vertical - and I like immediate access to bikes too.

I'm currently considering the feedback velo hinge. It looks like I'll get the ease of stacking them vertically but can fold them toward the wall to maximise floor space. Plus choosing a bike will be like flicking through poster at Athena as a kid.

I've just refitted my garage and used the Decathlon hooks, screwed into a heavy piece of timber screwed across the roof joists on one side. The bikes are suspended clear of the ground, giving some floor space, and I can hang them front or rear wheel. I angled the hooks a bit so the bikes overlap and are not at 90 deg to the wall, trading some horizontal space for more space in the centre of the garage.
I have more conventional wall mounted hooks with bikes at 90 deg on the other wall.

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I just used these, nice and solid looking and feeling and not all that expensive for a few.

As someone mentioned, it still took up more space than I expected, but there are 4 bikes hanging there now.

Personally I have always found the various hook methods a pain in the arse as bikes always seem to clash each other even when you stagger the height or top and tail them. I saw these

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/998566428/lea-a-bike-rack-that-works-like-it-should

on Kickstarter a few months back and as they kick the wheel and bars to the side look they might be a goer. Very expensive and the project didn't get funding but I am thinking of copying the design a bit and seeing if I can make a few up for the new shed.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/x-tools-wallmount-bike-storage-hanger/rp-prod10230

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251828820461?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Goldarn it - if I'd waited 2 weeks I could have saved 20p!

+1 for the decathlon hooks. I have them mounted on the ceiling and they will take a DH wheel/tyre

Am I missing the point with the hanging stands? They all seem to take more space than just leaving the bikes on the floor?

I want to get bikes hung up and minimise the horizontal space they take up. I'd tried arris rail and the usual hooks to keep the bikes at 45 degrees but the way I wanted them was the wrong way for the hooks (really needed a mirror version that was open on the left) and I didn't like that mixing MTBs and road bikes makes it tricky to get the spacing right.

I'm experimenting with my own knockoff of the Velogrip system, which uses velcro straps and hooks on a pole, and lets you have bikes straight out (for easier access) or flatter against the wall:

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I have a 32mm diameter wardrobe rail and brackets screwed into the garage joists (seems sturdy enough for me to hang off) then S-hooks and 30mm wide velcro. I think mine is a little too far from the wall at the moment (about 13", could do with a couple less) but it seems to be a good compromise so far.

The problem with mountain bikes is that you can angle them all you like, but the wide bars negate any space-saving as they just swing wider.

If the space isn't an issue - on the previous page there is one which turned the wheel and bars slightly.
This definitely worked on the North Shore Racks I tried in Canada. They have a pretty unique (and protected) mounting method but it really is the least hassle of any I've used.

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They hold the forks around the crown.