bdegroote

Help!

I am trying to think of creative ways to mount my bike inside my apartment on my wall or whatever. Does anyone know of ways they know of or ways they have done them selves, and "mouting techniques" for a secure mount and what not. I really deeply appreciate it....


Thanks
- Brandon

Scooby Snax

Sarris Bones rack bolted to the wall!!

cooker

A simple bicycle hook available at hardware or some bike stores should suffice. Be sure to screw it into the centre of a joist or stud. If in the wall, it has to be a few inches higher than where you want the wheel to touch the wall. See pic. I'll post the height of mine when I get home. Mine is in a concrete block garage, so I bolted a piece of spruce 2X4 to the garage wall with 2 screws into lead plugs inserted in the mortar between the blocks, then screwed the hook into the wood, as I thought just one fastener might pull out of the wall.
(EDIT) ps..the hook should have a rubber layer on it to avoid scratching your rim, and be sure to position the bike so a spoke isn't carrying the weight!

cooker

...continuing from above...I struggled to the back of my dark cluttered garage and made some rough measurements. My wife's old Bridgestone seems to have about a 41 inch wheel base, so something like 68 inch total length. The hook is about 66.5 inches off the floor and when the bike is mounted there, the rear fender just brushes the floor...I should have gone 1-2 inches higher. I verified what I said earlier: once it's on the hook you can position the wheel so the hook is not pressing against a spoke. I have the bike at 90 degrees to the wall, so it sticks out about 33 of so inches. If you can mount it in or near a corner it won't get too much in the way. It's not too difficult (for me) to rear the bike up to mount it. When you take it down, you have to first lift it up 'til the hub is as high as the hook, so that the spokes are parallel to the hook (the curve of which is parallel to the floor) when you slide it off the hook. A smaller person or a woman might have difficulty with that.
Robert

Grand Bois

Nashbar sells an oak storage rack for $25. It looks more like it belongs in the house, not in the garage. That's the way my wife feels about it, anyway.