Bike Racks

[chicane]

I have to enter into a painful subject and enlist your help so that I can get some ideas for bike racks (either home-made or store bought) so that I can keep these bikes that nobody uses but that my wife won't let me throw away.
The more out of the way the better.

Pics are helpful.

 

[elav]

Can you provide more information? What is your garage primarily used for? Ceiling height? How many bikes and what type are they? In my previous house I was able to nest 4 bikes (2 mountain and 2 road bikes) in a span of 4 feet using bike hooks. It was about as tight as you could get them but were difficult to remove and put up because of the density (but if you don't use the bikes this might be perfect).

 

[tonydanzah]

get the big screw in bike hooks

 

[chicane]

get the big screw in bike hooks

Yeah I already have those. My ceilings are too high for them to be useful (over 11'). I think I am leaning toward a pole type of bike rack.

 

[tonydanzah]

i have a couple the you screw into the wall with a built in basket. Found them on clearance for $5 a piece somewhere.

 

[snorky18]

Decide on floor vs. wall vs. ceiling first...

I've never done wall personally, no words of wisdom for you there.

ceiling, i would either do the aforementioned big hooks, or the pulley system here:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95803
The hooks **** if you have heavy bikes, non-toned shoulders, or both.

floor, i built one out of 1" diameter PVC and spray painted it black for ~$20, let me know if you want me to dig up a link of a pic of something similar. Mine is back at dads house at the moment :-( Eats a lot of floor space, but more convenient if you ride often. I did not cement mine b/c I wanted to be able to expand/shrink it as needed

 

[tonydanzah]

the wall mounts work great a don't take up much room if it a used wall. I hang ladders below mine.

 

[ymerej]

Here's a simple bike rack I made that holds up to five bikes, and all of them can be quickly removed and ridden.

I had some old 2x10's lying around, so that's what most of it is made of. Underneath the front and back edge is a 2x4 running the length of the rack. The 2x10 is a little tall for the 20" bmx bike, but otherwise it works well. At my parents house a similar bike rack has shorter boards, but incorporates a vertical portion that the front edge of the tire slips into to hold the bike upright. You may be able to pack the bikes in tighter than I did, but you'd have to alternate backing in/ pulling in so the handlebars aren't in the way of each other.

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Personally, I prefer a rack like this over storing bikes on the walls or ceiling. With this style, kids (of any size) can easily get to their bikes in seconds.

 

[jefferson]

My rack looks like this rack

with another one butted up to the back of it and welded together.
Its NOT this rack and I dont remember the name.

Hold four bikes. The bars that support the top tube are adjustable up,down,left,right.

 

[chris ioakimedes]

Quote:
Originally Posted by tonydanzah View Post
get the big screw in bike hooks
Yeah I already have those. My ceilings are too high for them to be useful (over 11'). I think I am leaning toward a pole type of bike rack.

If the ceiling is too high, you can put screw eyes in the ceiling, attach chain to the screw eyes, and put a hook on the chain at the height that you want, the bikes can be hung upside down with the hooks on the rims, or right side up with the hooks on the seat and the handlebar stem.
Chris

 

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[dragginbalz]

We keep our bikes in the basement and I have to tell you, I love the simple idea of the Harbor Freight Bike tree

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=2628

For only $40, it was cheaper than I could have made it (I didn't have enough material lying around)
You can easily wheel around 6 bikes with the casters and push it off into a corner. The only down fall it the bikes do have a tendency to sway and hit each other. Since we ride our bikes and they aren't show bikes a few scratches don't bother us. You can pretty easily pad the contact points with old carpet or a t-shirt, if needed, to limit the metal on metal contact between bike parts

 

[MikeN]

I ended up doing 1 on the wall, and 2 hanging from the ceiling (using pulley system). This is the ceiling system - http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95803

Got em for $7.99 each on sale.

 

[mikeyr]

2nd on the HF tree, I got one a month, I should have gotten it years ago.

 

[shocksystems]

ymerej - Thanks for posting your simple bike rack. It was just what I was looking for. Based on your picture I made my own, with minor changes because I had different scrap lumber than you did. My wife is very happy with it. I just need to stain it now. Here are some pictures.

Cheers!

Jim

 

[Hmrhead]

Picked up one of the HF bike trees couple of months ago. Works great.

 

[99SVT]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TM96MM/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I have used this one in the past... it works great.

 

[zip95864]

I've built these before when we lived in an apartment and had to put them in the second bedroom:

In my new garage though I built this from scrap plywood:

The bikes fit much more closely together to save space. Those are 45 degree cuts screwed and glued spaced about 10-11 inches apart.

 

[Praxis]

I seem to keep posting this, but these track racks from Dero look like the bee's knees. I'm liking those wall-mounted plywood ones, though.

I had some low ones like the ones shocksystem just posted, but my bike just yesterday got the wheel bent when it got knocked over. I'm looking for something better.

 

[70chevellegsp]

I don't have any pic's, but I use the screw in "J" hooks in the ceiling and hang my bikes by the seat. They hang with the front wheel a little lower than the rear, but they are out of the way and are pretty easy to put up and take down. Really cheap and effective.

 

[zip95864]

Here's a pic of my Great Great Grandfather working in a bike shop about 1910 in Fort Collins CO. Their bike racks look a lot like those Harbor Freight ones. Except they are fixed not rollable.

 

[bg50]

Put a board up and used those heavy duty bike hooks from Home Depot. I ripped a board to use as a shelf mounted on top of that board. (Not shown) Had cut it down to make sure it cleared the front tires. You can mount them higher if you have the wall height.