Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
It's always a problem in my garage. Right now, mine are on wall mounts or gravity racks. Our agreement was "none" on the floor, so I only have 3 there.
I'm big on space in the garage, so eventually, they will all be on lifts to the ceiling. Wal-Mart and Lowe's sell a lift kit that's a lot cheaper than the bike box stores, so I'll probably get them there and mount them the most efficient way, which will have the bikes side by side, facing alternating directions.
Whenever you store bikes close together, they find a way to hit each other, and storage damage is always an issue. I simply won't consider storage damage for a couple of bikes, so they get their own wall/wheel hook in another area of the garage.
I've seen ingenious uses of PVC pipe and shelving brackets to make a long rod that stores bikes in a row, rows of hooks on a wall, ceiling lifts, and one of those multiple bike lifts that stores 4-5 together and uses a garage door opener to raise and lower. There's an infinte variety of ways, because we all have multiple reasons we can/cannot store bikes.
Once I get done with my ceiling lifts, I'll probably sell my 14' floor-ceiling rack (3 bikes), my gravity rack (2 bikes), and a 1-bike wall mount to offset the costs. There are always guys like me who need to "do something about those bikes, dear!"