Storage Hooks

mak3m

Looking to tidy up the Garage and get some bikes up off the floor.

Looking to get a wall bracket to hold one bike and I have a cunning plan to add a brace so i can use it as a work stand as well.

sometime in the near future the total bikeage will be four. So looking a bout a nice cheap soloution would be a hook, looking at s hooks first as I could hange them from the roof beams and be free to move em around if required.

So the question is does anyone use hooks to store their bikes if so are there any issues i need to be aware of? ie is there any chance of damaging wheels, spokes etc

broona

Perhaps not quite what you're after, but I've just fitted a couple of these in my garage, 1 for a mountain bike, and 1 for a road bike, both seem very secure - http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=10230

benpinnick

I have some cheapo red plasticised hooks from B&Q (about £1 each) screwed into a large piece of 2x4 thats then bolted to the wall. As long as the bikes hang so that the rear wheel touches the ground, you wont have any issues. In fact, you probably can hang them fully off the ground, but the hooks might bend over time.

That supports 6 bikes for about £15 including big bolts to fit into the wall.

Jamieg285

I've got a couple of x-tools wall hooks. The opening was a bit too tight for the chunky tyres and deep rims, so I've had to cut some of the hook off to increase the clearance. Apart from that I've had no problems.

Ghostt

We do this at the hire shop where due to space limitations more than anything (70 bikes at last count) the only practical way to store the bikes is to hang them from hooks from the ceiling. Haven't had any real issues, although the bikes aren't exactly the world's greatest! I do hang mine up when I can be bothered to ride in and had no problems either. Just have to be careful that the weight of the bike isn't pushing against a spoke.

mak3m

thanks for the responses peeps

I was concerned that the pressure on the spokes would be too much, but answers here and a couple of google image searches show that its a pretty standard way to store a bike.

delcol

i use these had them a few years now,, even take the downhill bike (spesh demo)..
and got 2 of these to again been using them for around 4-5 years no problems they take my full susser with 2.4 ardents.

S-M

mak3m wrote:

thanks for the responses peeps

I was concerned that the pressure on the spokes would be too much, but answers here and a couple of google image searches show that its a pretty standard way to store a bike.

What pressure on the spokes?

I have 4 hooks in my garage, 1 per front wheel, they go in between the spokes on the wheel and simply hold the wheel/tyre to the wall.

I also have a large beam that runs above them that the bikes are locked yo with motorbike chains

Stevo_666

mak3m wrote:

So looking a bout a nice cheap soloution would be a hook, looking at s hooks first as I could hange them from the roof beams and be free to move em around if required.

So the question is does anyone use hooks to store their bikes if so are there any issues i need to be aware of? ie is there any chance of damaging wheels, spokes etc

I've been thinking about this as well and did some measuring. Problem for me was if I hang the bike off one hook from the ceiling it'll hang down far enough that I'll have to duck to avoid whacking my head on it: if I use 2 hooks, one on each wheel, then the spacing of the ceiling beams is different from the wheelbase (can't do both hooks on the same beam as the ceiling slopes). The pulley system mentioned above might get round that, but you'd want the one with 2 independent ropes.

andy_welch

I use simple plastic covered cup hooks screwed into the wooden beams in the shed, so the bikes hang from the front wheel. I've had 6 bikes stored this way for the past 5 years or so with no issues.

Cheers,

Andy