multiple bike storage!

[Dogmama]

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

[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~

[bouncybouncy]

Cali...YOU ROCK!!! I showed my STBH (soon to be Hubby...hehe) the pics and out the door we were to pick us up some white shelf thingys...but OH NO...no stopping there, went right on into my closet (we have separate walk in closets in our master bedroom...who knew how much closet space you could get????) then into his home office...now into the masterbath....WHERE DOES IT END????

We are going to be sooo organized it is sickning!!!

...hope you don't mind your ideas being duplicated...it was just toooooo good!
Thank You
bouncy*no longer living in chaos*bouncy

[caligurl]

LBTC: i'm gonna have to look at the weights when i get home.... i see the name every morning... but i can't for the life of me remember the brand! lol!

we got them at sam's club a while back... it was a good deal for what you got... 5 pounds up to 40 pounds!

now if you had asked about my cute little barbell.. i could tell you that!

bouncy: no problem! that's how people get ideas.. from others! we did our closets and pantry using closet maid's white wire stuff! that stuff rocks too! uber adjustable! if we had a bigger house with bigger closets.. i'd get that fancy stuff that looks like dressers and stuff inside the closet... but alas... ours are small!

we did see the closet maid makes a heavier duty grey wire shelving (like the closet stuff) for garages.. now i want to change the remaining wall (that i didn't take a pic of) over to that! but i can't justify the expense right now *pout* since there's really nothing wrong with the shelving on that wall

have fun organizing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RoadRaven]

Ooo. I have definite garage-envy.

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

LOL, Kiwi... we have hand crafted these... not from No.8, but from old pipe lying around and unused handle-bars... then covered in old tubes...