Hi Guys I'm sick of getting my walls scratched up and dirty and being a design student I'm designing a new type of cycle storage
please help me by telling me what you need in a new design
https://goo.gl/forms/yjERqT1TMX

I just put mine in the garage.

Same here.

Put something on the wall to protect it, like plastic.

A nice case, like a bike shipping case where you can take the wheels off, store you bike for winter up on a shelf..

Now that's just crazy talk. Why would you store your bike for the winter?

Maybe because you ski's won't attach to your bike? or the snow shoes won't it into the pedals?

Survey police are on on the way

butttttttt, he's doing us a favor - by having us do his research for his project................ and I'll bet it's been assigned to him in school.

Might help to understand exactly what problem you are trying to solve that existing products don't. New for the sake of new is the wellspring of an avalanche of stupid Kickstarter campaigns.

So you're redesigning the wheel? Err, I mean, the bike trac?

I use Saris Bike Tracs at home and at work.

At home with the lock loop:



And without the lock loop at work:

Completed and submitted survey!

I would like to put mine on a top tube hoist, but it basically camps out under the area where the garage door sits when open. No space really inside, landlord does not want it inside anyways.

Keep us posted!

- Andy

In my garage, I use a "closet rod bracket" from Home Depot. It's like a shelf bracket, but with a hook on the end for the clothes rod. Some pieces of innertube over the hook protect my paint. Among the ways of using it:

1. Two hooks, hang the bike upside down by the wheels

2. Two hooks, hang the bike by the top tube, or by top tube plus one wheel

3. One hook, hang a wheel over the bracket, then hang the bike by its head tube

The third option is for longer term storage, such as my winter bike. An old sock over a pedal would protect the paint on your walls.

Of course if you have a delicate crabon frame that can't be hung up, then you should put it in your bed and sleep on the floor.

Right now, I've been bringing the bike into the finished basement, and leaning it up against the wall.

Another type of "rack" you should consider is the front tire ceiling hook. It can be easy to deal with and quite safe for the bike.

Thanks guys you've been nice about this!
The issue I have is that some of the racks I've bought have never really been truly free standing.
and if you live in shared accommodation like me it's often restricted what you can and can't put up
also the other thing I'm looking for is wether an office version is vaiable.

I think you're confused. You title the thread, "Designing a new type of wall mount" then complain about racks that aren't freestanding.

Wall-mount racks aren't freestanding. Freestanding racks aren't wall-mount.

For the sake of clarity, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

I have been debating whether hanging the bikes vertically or horizontally is more space-efficient, because I really want to redo the way the bikes are hanging in my shed. The current arrangement of three on a 2-bike rack against the wall and one on the floor next to the rack seems cluttered.

I screwed one of these into the ceiling joist in the garage and I hung the front wheel from it. Cheap ($3), effective and, as far as I know, doesn't harm the bike.

These are "OK." But the rubberized coating quickly falls off if used daily. If screwed in completely, it's also hard to fit bigger mountain bike tires past the initial part of the hook. I generally end up cutting a half inch off of the open end to make it easier. I use bigger ones for my 29er and I just wrap the crap out of it with duct tape.

What I meant was as in not requiring screws in the walls or landlord annoying alterations.

Plenty of current options, such as Cycloc