upthywazzoo 

I happened upon these today while browsing the Home Depot: Closet Max 11-1/4 in. Heavy Duty White Shelf and Rod Bracket-RP-0495-WT at The Home Depot

It turns out that little Us on the end that are for supporting a clothes hanger rod are actually perfect for holding an old bike up, while still allowing a shelf to be put on top! Anyone have any other tips/tricks to save space with their collections?

Velocivixen

I have several big coated "U" hooks screwed into a 2 x 4", which is bolted into the studs in the garage ceiling. I hang all 7 bikes by their wheels.

KonAaron Snake 

The tandems are the real space eaters:

upthywazzoo 

I am super impressed and a bit jealous that you keep them IN the house.

KonAaron Snake 

My wife is awesome.

Vonruden

Ditto, must have a very understanding wife.

YouthxCrew

I actually just bought two of these to try this out on a hunch, glad to see it works!

Tomorrow is the day all my bikes and parts go to the newly set-up basement work shop and out of my bedroom (It's been a nightmare)

upthywazzoo 

That's a pretty ingenious and inexpensive setup! I was a bit distracted by the vintage audio gear though.... You wouldn't happen to have a Pioneer SX-780 in that pile would you?

repechage

Now there is an archway.
Those chandeliers need lights though.

dddd

This is a heavier-duty version of Thrifty Bill's suspended conduit with sliding hooks.
I used 3/4" Sch40 iron pipe, 17 foot long, which suspends 22 bikes in one of my re-finished basements:




The unfinished basement crawl space sees use as a wheel and frame storage area:

autoteacher

Does she have a sister?

RobbieTunes

My wife an I have an agreement, no bikes sit on the floor (other than hers, which have kickstands). That rule drives my decisions.

I have hanging capabilities for 12, and I'm streamlining back to put my entire collection onto one 7-bike rack that is about 10' long.
It came from WalMart's clearance section, one of those wall hanging systems, and it works well.

For now, I have a 4-bike wall area in a nook that is reserved for cehowardGS's projects. He's my build motivator. When his are done, it will be a lofted mower garage, Christmas stuff on the second level (14' garage ceiling).

Upthewazoo hit upon what many of us have thought about, storage racks NOT made for bikes, and therefore 1/2 to 1/3 the price of those that are.
That rack he bought is nearly identical to a bike-specific one that often runs about $40-$50 at bike shops.

Vintage_Cyclist

After considering the various options available, I made five docking stations for free from wood I had lying around.





Each docking station consists of the following pieces:

two 3 1/2" x 3/4" x 8" boards
one 1 3/4" x 3/4" x 8" furring strip
one 3/8" x 4" dowel
eight 1 1/2" wood screws

1/2" holes for the dowel were drilled after the frame was glued and screwed together. Hole measurement location was adjusted to fit different wheel/tire sizes prior to drilling.

The stations hold each bike vertically against the wall, while the bike's weight is actually resting on the rear wheel on the floor.

Each station was screwed to the wall, either into the studs, where they lined-up, or with toggle bolts. Their relative height on the wall slightly varies depending on each bike's wheelbase. Alternating the bikes hanging by front and back wheels would have allowed mounting the stations closer together, but that wasn't an issue with me.

Bikes are locked-in / removed by simply sliding the dowel in and out.

oddjob2

@wrk101, very nice recessed cabinet doors and drawers. You went all out!

johntrev

dddd,

What are the hooks that hang off the pipe (from which you suspend the bikes)? Did you buy those, or make them yourself? The hooks from which the wheels hang look different from the bike hooks; any reason why?

JTTDF

Thank-you @upthywazzoo. Went and picked up a couple sets. I like! Gonna go get a few more.

KonAaron Snake 

Nahhhh. I showed her these replies and she loved it.

OldsCOOL

I have a small sunroom in the house just off of the livingroom. I'm going to hang my Trek 760 and Criterium Series. She is quite a lady and has put up with my stuff for many years.

Frogbutter 

Living Room

My Kitchen

scozim 

I have the luxury of a high ceiling shop for storage. Finally, all the ones that needed hanging up this year - finished today. There are two in my office on the wall that I don't ride - D.D.'s Spinella and my Teledyne Titan. I have one other bike at my dad's so another spot would be needed and stumbled across a deal I'm trying to figure out how to make work so may need an additional spot. We'll see.

I have used the coated hooks also and screw them directly into the wall studs.



It's a little clustered around the door but, thanks to my brother-in-law's contracting stuff and junk corner this is the best place



I found these handy hooks at Home Depot and used them over the large doorway where there wasn't as much space between the door opening and the ceiling. They hold two mountain bikes.

reiker

Living in an apartment, our space is pretty limited, and we can't install heavy duty hardware in the walls or ceiling.

We found this rack on Amazon, and it works surprisingly well! Amazon.com: Delta Michelangelo Two-Bike Gravity Stand: Sports & Outdoors


Our tandem we store in the spare bedroom.

crank_addict

Absolutely no bikes permitted in the house. The trade-off is anywhere else. Shoved in the attics, not sure how many are buried in a single car garage (snickering). Nuttin' fancy but screwy... as in j-hooks into the ceiling / joist.

upthywazzoo 

I really like the idea of having a bike as wall-art while I'm not riding it. How do you get that red/yellow one down without knocking stuff over though?

qclabrat

just stumbled on this one, asked a similar question few weeks back. was in the process of designing a ball bearing type rack as I have limited space in the garage and basement and often need to move a bunch aside to get to tools and other storage items. the system I was designing was getting fairly expensive some of these ideas are great

Bill, dddd, what are you using for the hooks? I can't tell if there were home fabricated

Frogbutter 

The Ontare is tuned and ready to go but I have not had it down in 3 years. It is a rare bike but the jury is still out on how collectable they are. '88 Catalog lists it as the Avion a name Schwinn had to abandon after a copyright dispute. Was sold as the Ontare. The technology licensed through Klien <---spell check. Lol