Storage Solutions

BBH
BBH Posts: 476
edited December 2011 in Workshop
Guys,

How do you store your bikes??

I would really like to hang mine when not in use and was thinking of a vertical stand mounted to the garage wall.
Like this: http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDeta ... egoryID=87

Am just a bit worried this may damage the spokes/wheel??? Am i being over cautious??

Cheers guys!!
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,504
    with normal rims it'll be fine, just don't whack the spokes on the hook when storing/removing the bike
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  • flasher
    flasher Posts: 1,734
    I hang mine from the garage roof's wooden beams using big screw in hooks from Homebase, cheap too!

    http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st ... ber=360430
  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    I reckon with a bit of thought you could knock up something like that yourself a hell of a lot cheaper.
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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    Aye. No need to be expensive.

    I just got 6 of the curved bike hooks from Halfords and drilled them into my garage wall -- think they were 5 quid a pair. The hooks were covered in that plasti-dip stuff which I didn't think too much of, so I wrapped a load of old inner tube around each hook to protect the rims. All in all, a very easy job.
    After that I bolted in an anchor point under the bottom bracket of each of the "good" bikes and chained them up.

    You probably want to stagger them like this

    http://www.instructables.com/id/simple-bike-storage-rack-for-many-bikes-in-small-a/

    Plus you'd need to use the wooden rails like that if you're mounting on a stud wall.
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