Bike rack for a garage?

[Zzapper]

We now own 5 cycles, which are stored pell-mell in our
single width garage. When I come to get mine I sometimes
have to move two others. Has anyone got a practical solution
for storing bikes in the minimum space, easy for kids,
resonably priced???

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[Phil Himsworth]

Cheap at half the price: There are three bikes suspended
from the roof beams in our garage, held there by nothing
more than hooking the front of the seat over a beam.

They haven't fallen down yet... :)

It wouldn't be easy for kids, but you could leave theirs on
the ground with just yours at the top.

Phil

zzapper wrote:
> We now own 5 cycles, which are stored pell-mell in our
> single width garage. When I come to get mine I sometimes
> have to move two others. Has anyone got a practical
> solution for storing bikes in the minimum space, easy for
> kids, resonably priced???
>
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[Anonymous]

zzapper posted:
> We now own 5 cycles, which are stored pell-mell in our
> single width garage. When I come to get mine I sometimes
> have to move two others. Has anyone got a practical
> solution for storing bikes in the minimum space, easy for
> kids, resonably priced???

Garage roof beams for Adults bikes, hung up by front of
seat, small U-shaped, similar to U-locks, brackets hung from
beams to allow kids to hang their bikes up too .. hand-made
from Alloy bar bought from... ahem .. a company I worked
with once .. but also available at B & Q etc .. ;)

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Paul ...

(8(|) ... Homer Rocks

[Zog The Undenia]

zzapper wrote:

> We now own 5 cycles, which are stored pell-mell in our
> single width garage. When I come to get mine I sometimes
> have to move two others. Has anyone got a practical
> solution for storing bikes in the minimum space, easy for
> kids, resonably priced???

The joists in most garages are exactly the right distance
apart for me to screw in two hooks and hang a bike by the
saddle nose and stem. Of course, if you don't ride a 22"
frame with an 11cm stem and the same saddle setback as me,
this is probably useless information!

[Dave Kahn]

On 13 Jun 2004 01:53:02 -0700, david@tvis.co.uk (zzapper) wrote:

>We now own 5 cycles, which are stored pell-mell in our
>single width garage. When I come to get mine I sometimes
>have to move two others. Has anyone got a practical
>solution for storing bikes in the minimum space, easy for
>kids, resonably priced???

Large hooks in the wall, positioned horizontally. Hang the
first bike by the front wheel with the tyres resting on the
wall (as if spiderman were riding up the wall). Place the
second one similarly but hanging by the back wheel. This
allows you the get them closer together. And so on along the
wall. You can get special hooks for this at about 9 quid a
throw or just use cheap plastic covered hooks from your
local hardware store. These will bend a bit where they exit
the wall but that doesn't really matter.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. -
Mark Twain

[Just Zis Guy]

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 19:12:12 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
<hrothgar19@yahoo.com> wrote in message <40cc9a39.0@entanet>:

>The joists in most garages are exactly the right distance
>apart for me to screw in two hooks and hang a bike by the
>saddle nose and stem.

Leaving the bike right way up, which is all-important. As
Alan Lee posted Some Time Back, hanging a bike by its wheels
is a really bad move, all of the free ions in the rim sink
to the bottom of the wheel, stretching the top spokes,
compressing the bottom spokes, and leaving a definite bulge
where the hanger was.

In addition, the butyl of the inner tube gradually
deteriorates at the top as the nitrogen sinks to the bottom,
allowing the pure oxygen to attack the black colouring of
the butyl.Apparently only black inner tubes are affected, so
clear ones will be fine.The front forks are also affected,
as they are made to be in compression, and once the
compression is released, the kinetic tension is released, so
lengthening the forks.

The only way to keep the bike in good condition is to use
it everyday!

Guy
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[Steph Peters]

david@tvis.co.uk (zzapper) of http://groups.google.com (http://groups.google.com/) wrote:

>We now own 5 cycles, which are stored pell-mell in our
>single width garage. When I come to get mine I sometimes
>have to move two others. Has anyone got a practical
>solution for storing bikes in the minimum space, easy for
>kids, resonably priced???

Decathlon have some offerings: http://www.decathlon.co.uk/u-
kstore/famille.asp?int_DeptId=25409&int_DeptPereId=455 Or
have a look at the single bike hooks, Wiggle have some.
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[Simon Brooke]

in message <3l8pc0df67k9flan4h93h7qtneerpf5683@4ax.com>, Just zis Guy,
you know? ('outlook.bugs@microsoft.com') wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 19:12:12 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
> <hrothgar19@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> <40cc9a39.0@entanet>:
>
>>The joists in most garages are exactly the right distance
>>apart for me to screw in two hooks and hang a bike by the
>>saddle nose and stem.
>
> Leaving the bike right way up, which is all-important. As
> Alan Lee posted Some Time Back, hanging a bike by its
> wheels is a really bad move, all of the free ions in the
> rim sink to the bottom of the wheel, stretching the top
> spokes, compressing the bottom spokes...

And this is a terribly bad thing for the wheel, which as we
all know has to stand on the bottom spokes.

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ll
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e

[Zzapper]

Steph Peters <urcy@sandbenders.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message news:<mpepc09un1ok8mlkhbf244h9pl86aali7v@4ax.com>...

>
> Decathlon have some offerings: http://www.decathlon.co.uk- (http://www.decathlon.co.uk-/)
> /ukstore/famille.asp?int_DeptId=25409&int_DeptPereId=455

This looks good but I don't have a handy Decathlon,any
other stores?

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