Does anyone have DIY solutions for vertical wall storage that turns the front wheel to squeeze in more density? Between MTBs with extra long bars and road bikes with drop bars, it is hard to get everything tightly packed on the wall using plain hooks.

I'd love the setup you'd get from the garage-storage bracket Velocirax includes with their hitch racks. The wheel mounts hang the bike with the wheel twisted at about a 45-degree angle so the handlebars don't get in each other's way:

But I'm not looking to spend $800 on a full hitch rack that will never go on a car and they don't sell just the wheel mount portion as a standalone.

These people used standard hooks and turned them, but it only works because the rear wheels are set on the ground:

I need to have my bikes higher up on the wall and without a support for the rear tire, simply twisting a standard bike hook 45-degrees won't be enough--once the weight of the bike is on it, it will want to twist back to straight.

Anyone ever tried using two hooks spaced a couple of inches apart at an angle? You might need bigger hooks for large MTB wheels, but it could work.

Anyone found a DIY solution that resembles the Velocirax method?

Anyone get rear ended and have the top half of a broken Velocirax rack that they'd be willing to part with?

You could also do the wheels straight, but just offset every other bike higher off the floor, so that three bikes fit in the width of ‘two handlebars’. Wide bar MTBs up high with the narrower drop bar bikes in between.

I’m working through the same things, as I’ve added a new bike to my personal fleet, and the kids are now on (nearly) full-size bikes as well; my single bay garage is getting crowded.

It's not the same thing, but I like these harbor freight bike racks. Not too expensive and you can hang 6 bikes in a pretty small footprint. I have one in the garage and two in the basement. The picture shows bikes hanging from the rear wheel. I hang mine from the front, which makes it a lot easer to load and unload.

These are not cheap, but I absolutely love them. I use the Steady rack and it allows me to swing them back out of the way. As you can see, I have flatbar, and road bikes, I have 6 bikes in a 10ft run. Then you can swing them out to get to the one you want. They keep the rear tire about 1/2" off the ground. The other thing I like is that you can just roll them into place, no lifting and placing like hooks. My wife always complained about the hooks and having to lift her bike off of it.

I usually alternate handlebars up/handlebars down to get more space.

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I can get 6 bikes in maybe 7 ft,

I took a shuttle recently whose vertical rear rack hooked on the handlebars at an angle and held the bikes tires-out.

Wow, those steadyracks are really appealing, but at $80-90 a pop it adds up FAST. Maybe if this were a long term home rather than a rental, but who knows what my next situation is going to look like so I'd rather DIY up something using $2 hooks and lumber.

Yep get that entirely. They are pricey, but worth every penny.

Get threaded hooks, big washers, and crank 'em tight.

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The relative strength, or resistance to spinning has nothing to do with it. The weight of the bike will pull down, causing the front wheel to straighten.