Hanging Bikes for Storage?
11-27-11, 02:21 PM
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Hanging Bikes for Storage?
Would anyone have suggestions for buying or making hangers to store bikes on a wood wall (shed). Are there any economical hangers to buy or a way to make inexpensive hangers. I can screw into 2 x 4's. Thank you for any help. I've got about four or five to store. Thank you.
11-27-11, 02:25 PM
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Go to your local Lowe's/Home Depot etc. and look for hangers that are made for bikes. they have threads on one end that screw into wood. All you have to do is have one to hang the front wheel on. The rear wheel will rest against the wall.
11-27-11, 02:31 PM
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or walmart.. or ace.. any big store or hardware store. I suggest getting cabinet liner or something else adhesive you can cut strips off of if you don't want tire rub on your wall (probably doesn't matter from the sounds of this one).
11-27-11, 02:39 PM
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yEAH, even Container Store has bike racks that mount to a wall and support the bike by the frame (using two rubber-coated arms). Since you have a wood wall to support drilling and threaded hardware, you could probably use that style of rack.
If you have about a 3x3 patch of floor available, you can also use a 4-bike floor stand like https://www.amazon.com/Racor-PLB-4R-G.../dp/B000PGXLDC
I have one at home (a different brand) and I use the heck out of it. It has been a really good investment. I wish I remembered the brand - it has grey and orange support members.
If you have about a 3x3 patch of floor available, you can also use a 4-bike floor stand like https://www.amazon.com/Racor-PLB-4R-G.../dp/B000PGXLDC
I have one at home (a different brand) and I use the heck out of it. It has been a really good investment. I wish I remembered the brand - it has grey and orange support members.
11-27-11, 03:41 PM
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The cheapest hooks I have found were at Northern Tool, 70 cents each. I have about 30 bikes hanging on them right now.
11-27-11, 04:14 PM
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Yeah whatever you do don't buy any hooks that have the word "bicycle" anywhere on the packaging. Go find the $0.79 hooks that are the exact same thing.
The "bicycle" ones cost as much as $4 a piece!
This is my $20 solution (it was posted elsewhere on the site)
The "bicycle" ones cost as much as $4 a piece!
This is my $20 solution (it was posted elsewhere on the site)
11-27-11, 05:28 PM
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I've found the plastic coating on them fails after a while so I strip that off and get some vinyl tubing to cover the hooks. Lasts much longer.
11-27-11, 05:56 PM
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I don't like hanging bikes on the wall for any length of time because it puts alot of pressure on the tire it's hanging from. Other than whatever bike I'm riding for the season, my bikes hang on 2 hooks from the joists.
11-28-11, 08:57 AM
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Dude, this is awesome. Well done!
11-28-11, 10:55 AM
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11-28-11, 01:50 PM
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And how do you park your car?
11-28-11, 01:59 PM
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11-28-11, 07:22 PM
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For that I buy half tubes. However, if I check on the bike twice a day and switch it from hanging by the front wheel to hanging by the back wheel, the air flow evens out and I save myself the problem of half-flats.
11-28-11, 07:29 PM
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trevor_ash your solution is brilliant! Great vertical offset to keep bars from tangling.
11-28-11, 07:32 PM
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Yeah such a simple thing but it didn't come to me right away. Once I realized that space saving trick the project was quickly measured, cut, and finished. That particular wall is 9 feet wide.
11-29-11, 05:49 PM
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The same offset using 2x6 studs on ceilings and bicycle hooks helps save space for storing wheels as well. Otherwise the axles lengths dictate the spacing 100%.
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If you don't want to dedicate a static space to storage, you can build a rack on wheels. This one has 9 hooks between the ends and two more for the little kids' bikes on each A-frame.
11-30-11, 10:28 PM
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Unless you want to damage your headset, do not hang a bike by it's front wheel. Doing so will index the headset. Hang it by the rear wheel.
11-30-11, 10:37 PM
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You do realize that braking with the front brake put multitudes more force on the headset than merely hanging the bike by the front wheel, right?
11-30-11, 10:38 PM
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I have always hung my bikes on two ceiling beams using the rubber coated screw hooks. Three of them per bike. Two for the bars and one under the saddle, my nice stuff anyhow. My beater and commuters get hung by the rear wheel.
12-01-11, 03:03 PM
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That bike has hung from the front wheel since the day I bought it.
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