how do you store your bikes?

[Pax]

Queen, are you getting a scooter? Sorry for the thread hijack, just had to know about the new addition to the family.

I decided against the scooter, I'm getting a small-ish dirt bike. I'll ride it to work (free parking for MC's) and take it over to a friends farm and act young and stupid.

[TsPoet]

The inexpensive answer for me has been the Rothko bike stand
http://www.rivbike.com/search/run?qu...product=19-071
Keep my 3 bikes in the garage using these to keep them from falling over, and since they are wheels the bikes can be shuffled a bit.
I love some of the beautiful wall art/bikes, though. Great photos of very neat living quarters for your bikes!

[spokewench]

Our system is similar to Bouncy Bouncy's - we have 4 bikes hung on rubberized covered hooks that hang from the ceiling in the garage. Just one hook per bike on the ceiling and the rest of the bike just rests against the wall.

Of course, we have more than 4 bikes, so the rest of the bikes are in our storage area under our house resting up against boxes and all the other stuff that is in storage, you know, like christmas ornaments, barbeque grills, etc.

[SadieKate]

We're re-working how we store our bikes because we just moved to a house where we can have all the bikes in the garage. The road bikes, the BOB trailers, and maybe the tandem will be on wall hooks. We're considering the Rubbermaid rack/hook system because we can adjust the width between bikes as we buy/sell new ones with different width requirements.
http://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid...d=HpdCat190026

Anything with suspension will be stored upright on the floor with either store-bought metal racks or a homemade wood rack that just takes the rear tires. Suspension doesn't like to be hung. It isn't designed to bear weight in an extended position.

[GLC1968]

Ours is very similar to SK's...except it's from Sears.

The wall studs in the available walls in our garage were not in the right place to hang multiple bikes. So we got this track system with a gift card we'd gotten for Christmas. It works well. We use the 'wheelbarrow' hook in the photo below for the two mountain bikes (hung by handlebars) and we have plain hooks that we use for the road/touring/retro bikes. They slide laterally, so you can accomodate multiple sizes of bikes. You can also get baskets and stuff to store gear...

[Geonz]

I decided against the scooter, I'm getting a small-ish dirt bike. I'll ride it to work (free parking for MC's) and take it over to a friends farm and act young and stupid.

OH, it's an act

Right now I have 25 bicycles in my garage. My friend's car is in the driveway (she's staying there with her four kiddos). They're just sitting there; no equipment for efficiency, though I've thoguht about it. I haven't been there long enough to have clutter grow and take over the garage (give it time!).

When the bike coop folks take the 20 Huffies to Chicago there might be room for the car... I considered taking some of my bikes over to where I'm staying now but there's no garage there, so I'd rather have the one I'm using locked in the carport and then ride the half-mile out and switch off at the garage. (Hey, it's more mileage towards my 10K goal).

When I am in my house often one is in the living room ... oh, and when I decorate the one on the trainer...

[Pax]

OH, it's an act

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[Aquila]

What a great thread! Good help here.

I'm going away for a while, and am thinking about what to do with my bike. I COULD probably hang it in the garage, but the garage is less secure than inside. When I asked the bike shop folks, they suggested I leave it upside down inside.

What do you folks think?