Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - So, how is everyone storing their bikes?

I just bought some of those cheap hooks to hang my bike from the ceiling, so I wouldn't have to keep it propped against the wall in my hallway. I'm curious, what do you guys do with yours? Anything fancy? post some pics!

i have hooks and it hangs on the wall. cheap hooks.

no pics though sry should take some

leaned against my loveseat hehe :D

Garage for most of my bikes just leaned up against stuff, keep two in my office mounted on my wall for the winter trainer miles...

Garage for all but one bike that I use on the rollers.

just a standard hook in the ceiling. back wheel on hook, front wheel against the wall.
Having 7 room mates in a 1050 square foot apartment, with 5 bikes means getting as much stuff up off the floor as possible.

http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/HardwareandTools/079325800039

Communal apartment garage

I use two hooks in the ceiling of my basement, one for each wheel. Keeps it out of the way and allows me to work underneath.

Jesus TT! Can I live in your garage?

anyways, I only have two, so I just lean them against my bookcases.

just a standard hook in the ceiling. back wheel on hook, front wheel against the wall.
Having 7 room mates in a 1050 square foot apartment, with 5 bikes means getting as much stuff up off the floor as possible.

http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/HardwareandTools/079325800039



I definitely understand that...my roommates and I ran into that issue with bikes lining the both sides of the hallway, so we all bought some hooks. Our place looks soooo much cleaner now.

Usually just flip it upside down and put it next to my front door. No one uses the living room, so even though I'm blocking the entrance it doesn't matter.

Had a friend build this for a lot less than the $300 retail price, also not my bike pictured

http://knifeandsaw.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/photo_bikerack_wide_hdr.jpg

Had a friend build this for a lot less than the $300 retail price, also not my bike pictured

http://knifeandsaw.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/photo_bikerack_wide_hdr.jpg

i TOTALLY posted this a while ago and had the same idea. Have a buddy who does great wood work, and wanted a classy bike wall mount.

Love it!

Mine and my wife's bikes take up the entirety of what is supposed to be our office and my f/g leans on the wall in the living room next to the TV.

Garage for all but one bike that I use on the rollers.

Are you married? If so, can you please have your wife call my wife?

We've got a spare room at home that has been dubbed "the bike room". Plus, the Bikeage warehouse room is at our disposal for storage and building/working on bikes - even though I still tend to keep way too many parts and tools at home.

Two on the wall in the bedroom, one on the wall above the work bench, other three strewn about.

I live in a big apartment with little furniture.

anywhere, as long as its in my house.

Garage for all but one bike that I use on the rollers.
Naranja? Naranja!? *panics/long distance yell* NARAAAAAAANJAAAAAAAAA!!!

Had a friend build this for a lot less than the $300 retail price, also not my bike pictured

http://knifeandsaw.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/photo_bikerack_wide_hdr.jpg
Too cool, man! You could even bolt a clock onto the top of it, or something.

Also, I'm a fan of that tire clearance.

home built bike rack from 2x4's and 1x2's

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/4564247349_395178f720_z.jpg

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/bikecave2.JPG

wearyourtruth ^^^ a bike for every day of the week?

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a191/horts002/DSCN2716.jpg

Ooo, TT's entire garage. What bike is the one on the bike stand?

While many of us have our suspicions that sixty fiver and tejano trackie are the same person, we usually don't say it out loud.

Ooo, TT's entire garage. What bike is the one on the bike stand?

It's an early 1970's French Mercier 100 that I paid $65 for and converted to a single speed. It had been sitting in a barn in Michigan for several decades, and was in pretty awful condition when I got it, lots of rust, bent cranks, broken mechs, dented rims etc. The only parts I had to buy were the seatpost, brake cables and bartape, although later on I found some NOS French threaded Lyotard touring pedals, since the originals were in really bad shape. The tubular wheels came off another 1970's French bike, a Gitane Interclub, that I've since converted into a 'cross bike.

Oh, and that photo of my garage was taken nearly a year ago, and since then I've added 3 more bikes to my stable. I've completely rearranged things to add hangers for 5 more bikes, and things are much tidier now. :) I'll post a photo when the weather improves and I have enough ambient light. Right now it's cold, dark and raining. :(

Oo, a real Mercier. I bet the Kilo is jealous.

Here's some pics I took with inside light, not the greatest but you get the idea. The last 2 pics shows the mess I had before with bikes leaning up against each other, getting scratched up and periodically falling over. The solution was to remove a cardboard box in the middle of the floor, move the Honda CRF150F over to the corner against a folding motorcycle trailer (neither of which I've used in years), screw a 2 x 4 into the ceiling with 5 plastic coated bike hooks spaced 13" to 14" apart, which permits hanging 5 bikes staggered front and back, such that the bars can overlap. I've now got 14 bikes hung by their rear wheels, 9 against the back wall of the garage plus the additional 5 in the middle of the floor. Spare wheels are also stored on hooks along the back wall. My Cannondale Jekyl full suspension MTB sits on the floor leaning against the Honda and the Schwinn Speedster on its built in kickstand. The Schwinn Paramount P14 track bike sits on the rollers in my foyer. So, finally, all 17 bikes are accessible w/o interfering with the other garage areas such as the work bench and workstand or the other motorcycles.

:eek:

It's basically a bike shop! Complete bikes over here, extra parts over there, mechanics bench over here.

Clearly, the shop needs a name . . .

Exactly the kind of garage that I want when I am older.

Dream...I can only.

I keep mine in my basement, leaned up against the wall. Not fancy but it gets the job done. ;)

Next to my bed.

Geez TT! I assume ciudad de vacas means Ft. worth, right? Ever done any riding in/around Waco? Just curious...I'm at Baylor and just bought my first SS.

While many of us have our suspicions that sixty fiver and tejano trackie are the same person, we usually don't say it out loud.

We are brothers with different mothers and are working hard at skewing this demographic... my shop is the messy one as it actually a shop.

My other shop is often worse.

:)

TT - if my garage looked like that, I'd very rarely come into the house.

I'd just set up my bed inside the garage instead.

TT - if my garage looked like that, I'd very rarely come into the house.

I understand that all too well... have worked all nighters at my shop and the frame shop because a certain project needed to be finsihed.

Speaking of projects... I think your new hubs will be here on Thursday morning.

lols good question. i have six bikes in my room. All of them are up against the wall with a strap on the saddle so if someone knocks them they dont fall. Awesome huh? im cool say it.

Speaking of projects... I think your new hubs will be here on Thursday morning.

http://tribewithted.mlblogs.com/holy-crap.jpg

You got the specs right, right? :D

http://tribewithted.mlblogs.com/holy-crap.jpg

You got the specs right, right? :D

You wanted the 48 spoke polo hubs right ?

:D

No, dude...52h spaced at 180mm!

Is it a set of NOS Campagnolo hubs?

Much better.

No, dude...52h spaced at 180mm!

Damn dyslexia... I spec'd 180h at 52mm.

:D

That would be quite the wheel.

That would be quite the wheel.

Hell yes.

I will send you some porn on Thursday... and then you can start counting the days.

I'm drooling already.

Iv got 2 of these hangin high on the wall.

http://www.bicyclebuys.com/productimages/0129913.jpg

Plus a bike rack on the porch.

Geez TT! I assume ciudad de vacas means Ft. worth, right? Ever done any riding in/around Waco? Just curious...I'm at Baylor and just bought my first SS.

You got it. Good old Cowtown. Moved here 20+ years ago when work dried up in the midwest. Haven't been down Waco way for awhile, used to ride mtb at Cameron Park. What SS did you buy and how are you using it? Campus, commute, transport, exercise? Do you have other bikes? What are you studying at Baylor? Do you wear skinny jeans? haha, just kidding on the last question.