I have taken a break from woodworking over the past couple of weeks and focused on a couple of small projects. You know the ones where you buy the supplies, and they sit around for a while.
I treated myself to a new MTB in late fall and I haven’t given it a permanent home in the garage. I never pictured myself owning this many bikes but this hobby has been keeping me in shape for the past few years and I’ve really enjoyed it.
The bike is an Ibis Ripley with 130mm of rear travel. It’s my first carbon frame and it fits in nicely between my hardtail and my 150mm travel Ibis Ripmo. The Ripley is about 5lbs lighter than the Ripmo, which is appreciated on the big climbs around the WNC area.
In order to get it up on the wall, I bought another Steadyrack about 3 months ago. The delay was deciding on where to install it. If I put it in the middle I wouldn’t be able to swing the bikes far enough to clear the BOSS’ Jeep. I figured out I could swing down part of my hitch rack to add space.
To make it work, I shifted the right rack to the next stud over and raised it about 8”. This allowed me to center the new rack and stagger it down 4”. With this layout, all 3 bikes are able to swing to the wall with the handlebars fitting between the frame and tire. Next was on to drywall patching around both garages and inside the house.
I’m thinking about painting this wall a different color but haven’t decided, maybe grey or green? The flat white paint blemishes way too easily, especially with bike tires.
Thanks for following along!
I treated myself to a new MTB in late fall and I haven’t given it a permanent home in the garage. I never pictured myself owning this many bikes but this hobby has been keeping me in shape for the past few years and I’ve really enjoyed it.
The bike is an Ibis Ripley with 130mm of rear travel. It’s my first carbon frame and it fits in nicely between my hardtail and my 150mm travel Ibis Ripmo. The Ripley is about 5lbs lighter than the Ripmo, which is appreciated on the big climbs around the WNC area.
In order to get it up on the wall, I bought another Steadyrack about 3 months ago. The delay was deciding on where to install it. If I put it in the middle I wouldn’t be able to swing the bikes far enough to clear the BOSS’ Jeep. I figured out I could swing down part of my hitch rack to add space.
To make it work, I shifted the right rack to the next stud over and raised it about 8”. This allowed me to center the new rack and stagger it down 4”. With this layout, all 3 bikes are able to swing to the wall with the handlebars fitting between the frame and tire. Next was on to drywall patching around both garages and inside the house.
I’m thinking about painting this wall a different color but haven’t decided, maybe grey or green? The flat white paint blemishes way too easily, especially with bike tires.
Thanks for following along!
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