I need ideas to store some frame sets up and outa the way. My Collection Reduction...plan is not going well but maybe a "Breakdown and Store plan will work. Hoping there is a diy storage idea near the ceiling in the garage.

Up there somewhere somehow?

Maybe where the Sumo guy is?

2" hooks, 16" apart on the ceiling joists every 4 inches. Math is your friend in determining how many you can fit.

Don't want a bajillion holes in your ceiling? 18" wide piece of plywood on the ceiling, put hooks into plywood.

Just continue adding those hooks in the ceiling. You can just stick the nose of the saddle into a hook like that and the frame will hang there nicely, and it’s easy to take the frame on and off the hook.

I don't want to hang bikes--only the frame and fork.

Hard to tell from the pics but it looks like you might need bikes to horizontal to the ceiling based on ceiling height? Might try and rig up something like this? https://www.floaterhoist.com/ or get fancy and make something like this https://flat-bike-lift.com/ or make your own with hinges and 2x4's

I like this idea https://hideabike.com/ your could add pulleys to your existing hooks DIY style, or buy there system

Edit - could also work for frames - 2 hooks, 1 pulley

Edit 2 -For just frames I might even just strategically screw velcro straps into the ceiling

This basic setup has worked well for me:

IMO, This is a great way to hang JUST the frames, it will work even if the joists aren't running in the direction that is best for hanging the frames......ie. on center of the joists. You can simply add drop blocks where they work best for you and you are not locked into the exiting framing.
The lengths of the blocks are determined by the space needed to insert the fork/s so they clear the ceiling and the 2x. You might also be able to find hooks at the desired drop and use them with galvanized pipe.
My question is where will you put all of the wheels, bars and other stuff as they will take up a lot of space and are awkward because of the skewers.....I use a pipe resting/hung on hooks but it is still problematic.
Best, Ben

It sort of works.

Normal short garage ceiling (9 feet I think), and I am 5’11” and a bit.

Remember, the more efficient you are at planning storage, the quicker too much accumulates…

I only have two spare frames at the moment, but this is exactly what I’ve done with them.

This works well for horizontal dropouts. The bars are galvanized tension bars for chain link fences from the BORG.

Do your frames have headsets? If not, many framebuilders have built a coatrack-style setup with a pipe that goes through the headtube. I think the angle should be about 60 degrees so the downtube is parallel to the wall. There is an example in the background of the picture of Mike Appel and Dick Nolan in the early trek brochures where they are leaning on one of the machines. I wonder if the frames in that picture ever went anywhere

A hundred years ago, I worked in a bike shop that hung its frames for sale above the counter at the front of the store. There was a rod above the counter, maybe 4 feet above. We hung a frame on only one dropout, and the frames tipped to one side. If the fork didn't have a headset we would work something out to hold the fork in the frame, because at that angle with no restraint, it would fall out immediately.

Turn all the wheel hooks 45 degrees. Keeps the axles and skewers offset.

I've seen @Classtime's garage, it's probably too tight for what I did when we moved, but maybe you can get an idea from it. Mine is on wheels:

a few 4x4's, some scrap plywood, caster wheels and some pipe


aluminum 1x2 channel. Works for horizonal dropouts only, but I've got a lot of them.

I tried that but it interfered with the tight squeeze of frames between the two rows of wheels! 😬

I like the little fork cubby…I keep mine attached otherwise I put them in places that are disasters waiting to happen.

I just make a neat pile:

I wonder how many bodies were mistakenly buried under the pile…

They wanted to slip with just the slightest encouragement but with the forks at 90 degrees they oughta stay put for anything short of a 7.2🤞