multiple bike storage!

[caligurl]

we finally decided how to go about storing our bikes! some of you may remember i was asking for ideas, suggestions, opinions.. how you all store yours!

well we decided on the leonardo bike holders http://www.performancebike.com/shop/....cfm?sku=17340... seven of them lined up on one wall of the garage! since we were trying to best utilize space.. we didn't want to just hit studs for each rack... so hubby bought a board and attached that to the studs... then measured and attached the leonardo's.... we put closet mirrors between each bike (for checking position when doing weight workouts)

getting the expanse of wall space meant getting rid of two more shelves.... i work out in the garage... so we also had to keep that in mind... we used to have 2 old dressers across another wall of the garage for storing stuff and holding the tv and dvd player, etc.... well.. we moved two shelves over.. one for fitness stuff and the other for more cycling stuff... got ride of the old cycling stuff storage shelf and replaced it with the white closet maid stacking thingies http://www.closetmaid.com/Look/Produ...em_number=8501 so we have cubbies instead of messy shelves for gloves, helmets, shoes, etc..... (plus the other shelf for tubes, trainers, misc bike stuff) got a wall mount for the tv and dvd (like what they use in hospitals)...

we've now covered the whole floor with puzzle mat instead of just 75% of it!

it's surprising how much more room we have with the bikes up off the floor

now we just have to clean off the remaining wall of shelves (as hubby likes to ask: "if you haven't used it for 10 years... do you REALLY think you need it?" uh... YES! lol! ok.. not really... i'm going to declutter! i promise!)

now if it just wasn't so cold out there at 4:30 in the morning when i'm working out!

bike wall



bike stuff storage (i need a couple more baskets!):



workout wall (i haven't figured out where to put my dry erase board!)

[Grog]

And you call this...

a garage????

Wow! Good Job Caligurl!

[KSH]

WOW! Looks great!

[sydney_b]

I think I'll do this for the bikes too. Right now, we have individual little racks with shelves that hold a bike, but that limits the garage wall to four b/c of a large window. If we do like you, I can get more bikes. hmmm..... Better not tell hubby that part.

[jobob]

And you call this...

a garage????

Hah, that's exactly what I was thinking !!

Very nicely done.

[RoadRaven]

Really efficient way of storing bikes Cali, but I am wondering about the pressure on the wheels... how are they attached to the wall? Do the wheels have much weight/pressure on them?

Just thinking, wheels are made to have pressure on the rim/spokes from the road up and the rider down... if your bikes are hooked up by wheels wouldn't that put "un-natural" stresses on them? I think your mtbike wheels would be robust enough... but I wouldn't put my $1000 ksyriums anywhere near that if any weight went on the wheels...

Any chance of a close up shot of how they are locked onto the wall? Cheers.

[tattiefritter]

Wow, we need a garage that size! We moved from a small (small by UK standards, so miniscule by US standards) house with a very large and long double garage attached to it, to a larger house but with a smaller and shorter (i.e. standard uk sized) double garage. We can barely get all of our required stuff in - 10 bikes (including a tandem), the SO's motorbike, the SO's friend's kit car and all the other garage paraphernalia. We have hung four of our bikes on the wall supported by the frame, like a car bike rack, the expensive bikes are all locked together tidily and to the wall only the commuters are "loose". I could barely swing our cat in our garage with all our stuff in it, never mind do a workout. Once again wow!

[Dogmama]

All those bikes! And they're all so CLEAN!

[caligurl]

Really efficient way of storing bikes Cali, but I am wondering about the pressure on the wheels... how are they attached to the wall? Do the wheels have much weight/pressure on them?

Just thinking, wheels are made to have pressure on the rim/spokes from the road up and the rider down... if your bikes are hooked up by wheels wouldn't that put "un-natural" stresses on them? I think your mtbike wheels would be robust enough... but I wouldn't put my $1000 ksyriums anywhere near that if any weight went on the wheels...

Any chance of a close up shot of how they are locked onto the wall? Cheers.

i can try to take a picture of them close up this weekend... (i'm at work now) but i don't think there's too much unnatural pressure.. heck.. people hang them upside down from ceilings! that puts the whole load of the bike on the wheel (not that either of the two carbon bikes weigh that much) i think there is probably less pressure on the wheels the way they are hanging than if they were sitting on the floor leaning on something...

i know when i was asking different forums (including this one) about ways to store... it seemed that these style of hangers were very popular with people....

here is the link to what the leonardo's look like: http://www.performancebike.com/shop/....cfm?sku=17340

here's a pic at another website that shows how they hang: http://www.rackoutfitters.com/store/...?idproduct=447

and delta's site (they are the manufacturer): http://www.deltacycle.com/product.php?g=57

(actually.. i think the last two are the same picture!)

[caligurl]

Wow, we need a garage that size! We moved from a small (small by UK standards, so miniscule by US standards) house with a very large and long double garage attached to it, to a larger house but with a smaller and shorter (i.e. standard uk sized) double garage. We can barely get all of our required stuff in - 10 bikes (including a tandem), the SO's motorbike, the SO's friend's kit car and all the other garage paraphernalia. We have hung four of our bikes on the wall supported by the frame, like a car bike rack, the expensive bikes are all locked together tidily and to the wall only the commuters are "loose". I could barely swing our cat in our garage with all our stuff in it, never mind do a workout. Once again wow!

it's just a double! we don't park our car, truck or motorcycle inside! they stay out in the driveway!

if we didn't have the smith machine (not shown in the pics... except for barely seeing it in the mirror... we could pull both in, if needed (well.. probably one now with the bikes hanging like that! cuz they do stick out a bit!) but we decided a while ago.. when i outgrew being able to workout in the living room with all my paraphanalia... that the garage could be a fitness.. then bike area! the opposite wall from the bikes still has metal shelves with.. uhm.. stuff.. ya.. stuff! not junk! lol! on them! he keeps trying to get me to go through it and through a lot of it away!

what we need is a basement! but i don't know of anyone in california that has one! (or a bigger house with a dedicated workout room!!!!!)

[caligurl]

All those bikes! And they're all so CLEAN!

that's hubby's job! to keep the bikes clean and washed! lol! (well... i'm actually really good about wiping ruby down after each ride! gotta keep her looking purdy!)

[RoadRaven]

Thanks for the links Cali

We hang our bikes up in the shed (read 'garage') on the rafters... will get the digital camera from my daughter when she returns from holiday (summer holidays here)

We have two "hooks" which the top/horizontal cross-bar of the bike hooks over... no pressure on anything except the frame which is built to take that type of pressure anyway. (Most like the "performance hang 2 plus" option in your first link, except we have made these ourselves)

If your 'braces' are like those in the last two links, no need to take a pic... those are good photos to show me how they work... thanks.

[caligurl]

yep... mine are exactly like that! the leonardos!

we have a friend that hangs his bike in the rafters in his garage... unfortunately.. ours is finished.. so no visible rafters! has good and bad points! lol!

another issue with the rafters woulda been me getting my bike(s) down.... we actually test the height of the holders several times to make sure i could get down and put up my own bike!

we originally had the mountain bikes upside down hanging from the ceiling.. and they were wicked to get down (i only did it once cuz he was at work and i REALLY wanted to go moutain bike riding!)

until we got the hooks.. we had the performance (actually supergo brand) hang 2..... my dolce was always on the bottom! once i got my ruby i just used a portable little stand that sat on the floor and the rear thingies hooked on it.. trouble was.. too many bike took up too much floor space! (hubbies other road bike and tri cross were leaning on the smith machine!) that's why i started asking about better ways that used less space! too many bikes! ACK! (no.. i didn't say that.. one can NEVER have too many bikes!)

some people even suggested hanging them from the ceiling by one tire.. with the ceiling hooks.. but this shortie wouldn't have been able to get her bike down and it woulda sat on the floor anyways!

ultimately i'm really happy with the way both the bike storage and workout wall turned out! and i have even MORE room for my kickboxing and hi/lo workouts! (well... and for weight workouts.. but don't need a lot of room for that!

[DirtDiva]

Ooo. I have definite garage-envy.

Thanks for the links Cali
We have two "hooks" which the top/horizontal cross-bar of the bike hooks over... no pressure on anything except the frame which is built to take that type of pressure anyway. (Most like the "performance hang 2 plus" option in your first link, except we have made these ourselves)

Heh. When my bro and I were in high school (walking distance), our bikes were hanging in the garden shed from s-hooks "hand crafted" from Number 8*. The front one (mine) was pretty easy to get in and out as long as the mower had been put away right. Bloody kiwis...

*translation for non-New Zealanders: fence wire

[LBTC]

Cali! What a garage! I'm hoping our new one will be like that! (once I get my new job, sell this house, move to Vernon, etc)....although I actually hope to have a room for the gym!

What brand and model is your weight rack? I definitely need one of those!

Love the idea of the bins instead of shelves! Fabulous!

Namaste,
~T~