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Have just discovered that you can buy insulated sheds (was going to build a shed, but it's a lot of faff in winter), but the eves are lower than my planned storage (wide shelf 4' up, so can store my bikes on the top and wife&kids on the bottom).
Potentially I could build a 9" wall to boost the heights I guess, Anyways..
When stacking bikes vertically on hooks and the like how close together can you get them (with or without loosening the headset) please.
Hard to judge from pictures if the back of a garage/shed is 8/9/12' etc.
If you hange them alternating back wheel front wheel you can get closer, also helps to angle them off of the wall instead of 90 degrees if you more than 3
Might be nicer if you let your wife and kids live in the house?
I avoided the headset thing for ages, gave in and realised it's not that awkward. Certainly less awkward than trying to struggle getting a bike up on a hook by the back wheel.
😆Rich_s - MemberMight be nicer if you let your wife and kids live in the house?
Agree with cheers_drive. Alternate them, think my hooks are about 10" apart (but they are on the garage joists)
[i] trying to struggle getting a bike up on a hook by the back wheel[/i]
Heavy bike? Or weak man? 😉
Do those hinged feedback sports hooks help save space?
Heavy bike? Or weak man?
Both are allowed?
Might be nicer if you let your wife and kids live in the house?
😀
Nice work, now off to the apostrophe's thread with you!
If you hange them alternating back wheel front wheel you can get closer, also helps to angle them off of the wall instead of 90 degrees if you more than 3
Actual distance apart though?
Agree with cheers_drive. Alternate them, think my hooks are about 10" apart (but they are on the garage joists)
Aha, a measurement - so 7 bikes would be about 90"? Whereas bike length is ~70" so I'll be losing 20"...
That's quite a bit.
We've gone for steady racks. 350mm horizontal between each rack, 300mm vertically
[i]Aha, a measurement[/i]
I'l check it when I gets home 🙂
Cheers DezB.
Lapierrelady - I presume that looks massively spread out?
I made some hinged swinging things which i thought did a rather nice job of both hanging and swinging the bikes to get them of the way in a tight space.
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Alternating front wheel/back wheel hanging.
Hooks 13" (for 29ers) from the wall and 6.5feet off the ground allowing the back wheel to hand about 4-6" off the ground with the uppermost wheel against the wall.
Hooks 24" apart - tried 16" ie joist width but it was a nightmare getting bikes in and out and any movement caused the whole line to bump against eachother.
It's tighter than I thought it would be! But we have got 8, 4 high, 4 low.
lappierelady - That works out to 8' (2.4m) as opposed to 1.8 for my original plan.
8' height double stacked = 2.16m2 footprint (1.8m length)
Vertical stacked bikes = 2.88m2 footprint (2.4m length)
Dezb @ 10" = 2.04m2 footprint (1.7m length) - which sounds a bit narrower than everyone else is recommending.
Can I cheekily ask for a photo Lappierelady & DezB?
I've got my bikes hanging by the front wheels in the garage - wall mounted hook things..
I've alternated the height of the hooks by about 30cm - so that each 'level' is about 1m apart, with another bike 'sandwiched' below the bars of those above it.
Works well..
DrP
Is having the bikes on a pivoting hook really a good way of maximizing space?
I don't like alternating front/back wheel, but I do alternate the heights of the hooks so the bars can interlock.
If you want to loosen the stem without re-tensioning the headset, try one of these:
[url= http://www.woodmancomponents.com/Web/Product_Show.asp?Sel=PD&CAID=CA20101004141503&CBID=CB20101124170854&PDID=PD20101126174354&Page=1&Lng=EN&Time=2016/8/25%20%E4%B8%8A%E5%8D%88%2012:13:54 ]Steerer clamp.[/url]
APF
Mine are 18" - the joist spacing. I alternate and have hung tandems along with track bikes.
The trike stays on the ground though 😉
We have a line of 9 hooks at 280mm centres, bikes alternating bars up or saddle up. The hooks are high enough that there's 400-500mm space for storage under the wheels, which is pretty useful. The lower wheels sit against the back wall, the bikes can be swung apart a bit to get to one in the middle.
I like DrP's method of different height hooks on the wall, don't think I'd get the space below though.
@twisty got any plans for what you built - and any tips or improvements you wish you had made?
The Steerer clamp is certainly a good idea if you have to move bars for storage but this
Furthermore, when it’s time to reassemble the bike, properly adjusting the headset preload typically requires a qualified mechanic. Our Steerer Clamp eliminates all of these problems. Simply install the Steerer Clamp beneath your stem, have a qualified mechanic adjust the headset preload, and then tighten Steerer Clamp.
from the website makes me think that maybe i need to employ a properly qualified person to wipe my arse for me
I've got my bikes hanging by the front wheels in the garage - wall mounted hook things..
I've alternated the height of the hooks by about 30cm - so that each 'level' is about 1m apart, with another bike 'sandwiched' below the bars of those above it.
Works well..
I posted that first 🙂
However, I've found that I have to carefully choose which bikes go where. Between my variety of bikes and my wife's smaller shorter ones there's a lot of variation in where the bars and pedals end up. Especially as bars get wider it gets more of a pain in the arse. And as I change bikes and control setups it doesn't stay the same either.
Limiting factor is probably pedal to pedal outside width for clearance between bikes. You can try overlapping more by nesting pedals, but it could get awkward hanging and removing the bikes. Hanging at 90 degrees to wall will give you the best density. I have mine angled, which takes more length, but gives me more room in the centre of the garage.
Yes, pedal on chainstays/in spokes is a pita. Also adjustable height hooks helps, because the 29er is a lot longer overall than my older bikes.
my mate made a rail out of scaffold and key clamp.
All the bikes hang on big S hooks. You slide them along like hangers in a wardrobe to get the one you want.
Stores a lot of bikes in less space than wall hooks. You can also hang wheel bags.
Sliding hook idea is a good one.
This is 11" (I was a bit out!) apart. Yeah, I would need more width to the garage (ie. behind me when lifting them off) to have more than 3 bikes hung like that I reckon. The 3rd one is a bit further along. I would work, but only if you're strong and the bikes are light 😉
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Cheers Dezb - Still humming and harring (sp) but I think I'll buy the shed and adjust once I have everything in front of me... A least I know i can drop to ~11" if needed, my heaviest bike is only 34lb so no bother there.