In the process of kitting my garage out to store 5-7 bikes plus a tandem (loooong), and was considering going down the wall mounted/hanging route for maximum use of space.
Anyone any suggestions of safe, sturdy, and reasonably priced 'hooks'?
I like the look of these:
But at 12 quid a pop ain't cheap.
My other question is this – does the rear wheel need to be touching the floor, or can the whole bike hang from the hook? That way I can stagger the heights to fit the bikes closer together…
Also, has anyone any experience with the Ikea Broder storage system:
Looks like a nice modulated 'clip on' shelf system, but would be good to have first hand experience. Or, any alternatives if experience with those…
I bought some hangars to go on the ceiling with pulleys to hoist the bike up from Lidl I think they were £6 a pack….
Also just check out storage hooks at B&Q, got a few to choose from.
If only I had enough money to build the super shed I bought them for, maybe I would still have my bike and the wifes bike.. sadly now on the missing list.
my garage is kitted out with the Ikea stuff mentioned. its very tough stuff and very secure. i've not got bikes on it, just shelves but theres lots of very heavy stuff on them and they have not fallen down yet!
stoner, do you have to straighten the bars on ever bike each time you take it for a ride?
seems like a right PITA, couldn't you have simply staggered the heights or hung half of them from the rear wheel. that's a hell of a tidy shed though 😉
All looking very good!
The issue I have is they have to mount to the brick wall, ergo the cheaper alternatives (i.e one that are essentially big hooks on a screw) may well function very well, but I wouldn't be able to wall mount them!
I've ordered 6 of the delta leonardo ones…
At 9 quid a pop not the cheapest, but look like a nice option!
Will also seek out some 'angled wood' to mount them at about 60 degrees rather than the expected 90!
you could fix CLS to brick with hammer fixings then add hooks or hang the hooks vertical from cls lenghts secured between roof beams like i did in the pic i posted,
I think Coastkid has come up with the best point, although not sure what CLS is. I would just fix battens on the wall, and then you can add hooks, screws etc whatever as the need arises for more storage solutions.
Hmmm at first I thought the angled hooks might work for my garage, but even tilted at 45deg the bars project as as far out into the room as they do when its at 90deg.
That & it makes it harder to get them back out as the bars seem to tangle up more 😕
– it's one of their towbar racks, but with a wall mount which you can swap out for the towbar mount, or vice versa. Looks pretty damn solid.
Fortunately/unfortunately a bike shop local to work closed about the time I was looking, so I picked up a couple of the Ultimate Support display stands (2 bikes per side) for 50 quid each – they're normally over 130 quid iirc
Hmmm at first I thought the angled hooks might work for my garage, but even tilted at 45deg the bars project as as far out into the room as they do when its at 90deg.
you clearly need to mount them on hinges, then, to allow you to browse through and select the one you need. a bit like this:
just get your self a butler to pull the correct bike out (a bit like a golf caddy) he can then mount it to you car and then take it off at the other end??
cls is a cheap to buy softwood,you can get it at B&Q or if your a skip jumper theres often off cuts chucked out by joiners,its often used for interior wallframes for attaching plasterboard,its easy to saw and drill,cheapy cordless drills will screw fastners into it easy,
heres the scewfix HD hooks i used,5 for approx a tenner;http://www.screwfix.com/prods/25264/Ironmongery/Hooks/Storage-Hooks/100Kg-Hooks-Black-210mm
if you have the height, these are on offer this week http://aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2827_10462.htm
i bought a couple last time they had them in but alas dont have a pitched roof garage 🙁
I was looking at something similar to Coastkid and druidh but the joists in the garage roof are too close together so the wheel wont go high enough meaning i need a longer length between the end of the thread and the tip of the hook to allow the wheel to fit in and i cant find one anywhere.
So looks like i'll be using something similar to Tracey from Decathlon or similar. Tracey, when you say the wheels are at an angle, how is that? surely if the hook is parallel to the ground then the wheel hooks in vertically does it not? like here:
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