bicycle storage in funky garage layout

[70sbudget]

so we should be closing on a house in the next week. the house has 2, 2 car garages, opposed at 90*s to each other with nothing restricting access to either bay from the other. you can drive in one, and out the other. sorry the pics arent great but they may help.

the garage on the left, has bedrooms above it so there is no vertical space there. i think the ceeling is maybe 9 feet at most? maybe 8 feet
thus, the bikes will have to go on the wall. currently there are 4 bikes in the wife and my stable. from what i can tell, the only decent place to store them where they wont stick out from the wall the height of the bike from the wall and take a huge chunk of floor space is on the wall where the water heater and furnace are, in place of the cabinet in this pic.

there is a second option, to cut an access hole in the drywall ceeling in the bay to the right, and hang the bike from higher access points from the joists? i could then frame in and drywall the access hole and it would look custom, along with keeping the wall space and floor space open?

anyone have any creative ways for storing their bicycles with a low ceeling?

 

[bazzateer]

Put a shed in the garden - problem solved.

 

[rlitman]

There is a third option.
At a relative's garage, I hung two hooks from the ceiling, a pulley at the corner of the wall and the ceiling, and a cleat on the wall, under the pulley.
A rope hangs from the pulley. The rope has a loop tied at it's end with a carabiner in it, plus a second loop about a foot back (this way, when you attach the rope, the carabiner doesn't touch the bike's paint).

The procedure:
You stand the bike up on its rear wheel, then lift it, and hang the front wheel from the first hook. Then you lift the rear of the bike, and hang the rear wheel from the second hook. Then you take the rope, and clip it around the top bar.
Finally, you pull the rope, which lifts the bike until the handlebar and one pedal touch the ceiling. It doesn't fit over the garage door (the handlebar is too long), but it fits fine over the cars.

Of course, you do need to take the time and make sure all of these parts are well secured into the wood framing, and not the wallboard.

 

[Hmrhead]

+1 ^^^^ I use this method, works great. Used to just let them hang upside down on the hooks until I went out early in the morning a few years back right before Christmas. Walked right into the handle bar with my eye. Dodged the cameras all day on Christmas because of the impressive shiner I was sporting.

 

[bad_idea]

another vote for out in the shed. with the mower and other lawn equipment. and the jack stands. and the bbq. and... you get the idea.

 

[70sbudget]

shed in southern california = rust or oxidation on the high end aluminum parts. a few of these bikes are worth more than my 1970 camaro.

i like the idea of the rope pully, might look at that. i got really good at hanging bikes upside down when i was a kid. dad had two hooks from the rafters. you can hang the rear tire much further up, then swing the front up to a lower level but still above eye catching level.

keep the ideas coming guys. as this progresses, i never thought i would reduce the ammount of storage above the garage to hang bikes up there but it might be an option.

 

[abstamaria]

Inside the house

Bicycles are a problem for me, too, 70sbudget. I'm down to four and have just had to keep some in the house.

Andy