Vertical bike storage solution

Diddums · 22 May 2015 at 06:10

Morning

I'm sorting out our balcony for summer and this means hanging the bikes up on the wall. They'd need to be vertical as we have floor to ceiling windows, so not enough space to hang them horizontally. Ideally it'd be something I can pick up in store today as I'd like it done by the time my wife comes home for a couple of man points.

Any ideas?

neil_g · 22 May 2015 at 07:18

A red storage hook?

There are bike specific hangers which encorporate a wheel slot but I don't think you'll get them on the high street?

Diddums · 22 May 2015 at 08:26

Thanks for the reply. The main concern was the weight of the whole bike hanging on the wheel, not too keen on that. That said, I've done a bit more research, this time with a tape measure, and decided to buy a cheapo jobbie like this.

If the bike gets damaged, it only strengthens my argument to get a Speciallized Allez

neil_g · 22 May 2015 at 09:08

my ~30lb mtb has hung from a red hook for months from a shed roof

you could get something like this from halfords:

http://i1.adis.ws/i/washford/819748?$pd_zoom$

arknor · 22 May 2015 at 09:55

Diddums said:
Thanks for the reply. The main concern was the weight of the whole bike hanging on the wheel,

Cycling cafe near me

Anyway the force on the wheel will be almost nothing compared to when your riding.

touch · 22 May 2015 at 10:32

I have a similar setup to the photo above but with the hooks offset high/low so that the bikes can be much closer together without handlebar interference.
Never had any problem with the weight hanging on the front wheel. It's a tiny percentage of the forces it'll be subjected to when i'm actually riding it.

grudas · 22 May 2015 at 11:17

look at clug! they're like 12ish/each.. http://www.getclug.com/

wont be today tho

Derek W · 22 May 2015 at 13:15

Diddums said:
If the bike gets damaged, it only strengthens my argument to get a Speciallized Allez

Just chuck it off the balcony in a non suspicious manner instead

SoliD · 22 May 2015 at 13:34

I've got 4 of these.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/cv501-1-bike-hook-wall-ceiling-id_3760125.html

Diddums · 24 May 2015 at 20:46

Cheers all. I got the cheapo Halfords jobbies, they do exactly as expected.

Derek W said:
Just chuck it off the balcony in a non suspicious manner instead

What, the wife or the bike?