Indoor Bike Storage Options
 

I've recently moved to a condo in a high-rise building downtown. I have a storage unit in the basement, but I'm thinking about bringing the bike into the unit because it would be so much more convenient to get going in the morning if I just had to roll it down the hallway to the elevator.

Anyone have a bike that lives inside your home? I'm looking for good ideas for storage that will keep my space looking tidy. It doesn't have a kickstand, so to start with, I just need a way to keep it upright that doesn't have it leaning against the wall.

What about something like this? https://www.amazon.com/BIKEHAND-Floo...ke+floor+stand

Don't assume your bike is going to be safe if it's in storage. I keep my bike in my condo unit because it's more convenient and more secure. We've had a couple of break ins to the parking garage and storage areas since I've lived there, and occasionally will have problems with the garage door staying open.
No one has ever complained about me doing this either, and it wouldn't do them any good as I'm the one they'd complain to.

At least 90% of bicycle owners in NYC (Manhattan) store their bicycles inside their apartment. If not, the storage problem soon enough resolves itself.

Anyway, just about every option is used, from the simple roll it out of the way to expensive wall or off the ground systems.

My old apartment had a long entry hallway, and deb and I would leave the active bikes on the floor along that wall, with the inactive ones hung from the high ceiling there. So the bikes were sort of out of the way of the main living areas, though we had to work past them when we went in or out.

If you prefer some kind of stand to simply leaning the bike on the wall, I'm sure that that one, or any of the similar ones will do. The real question is finding the place to put it, not what to do once you decide where.

BTW - I should point out that both our bikes had drop bars, which makes for a narrower profile than upright bars, especially mtn. bars. I expect that if I needed to store a mtn bike in a small apartment, I'd find myself turning the bars so I could stash it whenever I was having friends over.

I recently moved to a townhouse with no garage, so I'm doing something similar.

I bought a single bike stand to hold the bike, a small rug to park it on, and a small Rubermaid type storage cabinet to hold all of my supplies.

It sits right next to the front door, in front of the window. The whole setup looks good enough that the wife doesn't complain.

I like my Feedback Sports roll-on floor rack. The arm is spring loaded, so it fits any size wheel. I just roll the front wheel onto the rack.

It's stable enough to take a reasonably small accidental bump against the bike.

Why not save space and hang your cycle on the wall? There are some good options. My office uses the Dero wall hook in our bike storage niche; it's minimal, solid and quite effective. You just need to find a strip of nice material to mount on the wall where the rear wheel rests, and a pan for the floor to collect any moisture dripping from the cycle.

Dero Bike Hook Solo | Wall Mounted Bike Hanger

Bikes and animals stay in the house. The animals are long gone but the bikes remain inside.

I bought a rubber coated wall hook at the hardware store for about $1. My bike is hung vertically inside a closet in my kitchen.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-...8048/202305571

If you go this route, you might want to protect the place where the tires touch the wall. My tires have left a mark, but the wall was already scuffed and cracked as the building I live in is over 100 years old, so I haven't bothered to correct it.

I built something like this
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3808/1...cf12bba3_z.jpg

inside my storage unit. My storage unit is indoors in the hall of my building, I fit 4 bikes.

I was going to say the same thing. I've got a half dozen of those hooks in my garage for bikes. If I was bringing one in the house, I'd pop for $10 worth of cedar planking or something like that to nail to the wall behind the bike. Cheap and will look nice.

I use this to hang my bike on a wall.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....L._SL1242_.jpg

That's actually pretty nifty

I've had good luck with one of these for a single bike. It holds the bike at the seat/chain stays and is more stable than it looks. It's light and easy to keep out of the way if a bike isn't on it. I'd get more of them if I could find a US seller.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bicycle-Sea.../dp/B00SL6KFRI

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....SR164,320_.jpg

This is what I have and very happy with https://www.amazon.com/Feedback-Spor...rts+bike+stand

I hang my bike in my apartment using this https://smile.amazon.com/LeHigh-Craw...ike+wall+mount

It's actually only 5 bucks at Home Depot. Super sturdy and has lasted me all season and will last for many more.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....L._SL1500_.jpg

Wow! So many good options. Thanks everyone. I'm sorting through all of these now and will make a decision soon. I'll post pictures.

Pull the couch out away from the wall, stuff the bike behind. If one is lazy like I used to be before I had a garage.