Bike storage rack recommendations

[mattvanders]

Anyone got a bike storage rack recommendations? At the moment I need something to be be able to store 4 bikes in a space effective way in the mancave, the 4 bikes are a mix of road bikes and mountain bikes or tyre widths carry from 1.0” to 2.6”. I would try vertical storage but my mountain bike is very long and slack so only got 2” before it touches the ceiling will be a struggle to fit.

[missing the VR6]

If you have a tow bar mounted bike rack, keep them on that? We do that, works fairly well.

[Gren]

I've got a couple of road bikes on one of these in the garage :

https://www.thule.com/en-gb/bike-rack/accessories/...

It is though a bit tall to get under the sectional garage door rails where I have space so I'm looking at a couple of these for the mountain bikes :

https://uk.steadyrack.com/products/mountain-bike-r...

Realise that the second one is vertical but the swingarm design makes it very space efficient if you do have the height

[Julian Scott]

If you can make vertical work, I've got 10 of these in my garage. I think they averaged at about £4 each and work superbly. I don't have the ceiling issue, but I do have a shelf above some of them with at best 2" clearance - the way you hang a bike means it rolls in on the back wheel so doesn't need any vertical clearance.

[simonpieman]

Matt, have a look at the website linked in my profile, for another option to consider. Hope this doesn’t offend the rules.

[Fluffsri]

I bought 4 of these to hang my bikes in the garage. In the end I put 2 in the garage and 2 in the shed as I ran out of room in the garage. To be honest I bought 1 to start with as they were cheap and I wasn't sure they would be any good. They do the job OK, the one issue I have is the arm is a little too lose when trying to get my 2.6 MTB tyre.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0845WVXB8?psc=1&r...

[mattvanders]

missing the VR6 said:

If you have a tow bar mounted bike rack, keep them on that? We do that, works fairly well.

I don’t have a toe bar mount rack (roof rack on the car most of the time) but under stand what you mean. Previous have had issues on brother rear rack getting my bike on it due to it being very llloooonnnngggg and have had contact issues with the wider forks and frames

[mattvanders]

Gren said:

I've got a couple of road bikes on one of these in the garage :

https://www.thule.com/en-gb/bike-rack/accessories/...

It is though a bit tall to get under the sectional garage door rails where I have space so I'm looking at a couple of these for the mountain bikes :

https://uk.steadyrack.com/products/mountain-bike-r...

Realise that the second one is vertical but the swingarm design makes it very space efficient if you do have the height

Might take a look at both in a bit more detail but I think both might not be suitable (because I will be ending up with a lot of bikes for the first one and due to the long bike/low ceiling for the second one). Friend has the second one but only has gravel bikes to deal with

[Harpoon]

I've got 6 of the Steadyrack hangers in my garage. Five Classic and one Fender for a bike with mudguards. I alternated them at two heights to offset handlebars. The pivot works really well for getting a bike easily out.

[mattvanders]

simonpieman said:

Matt, have a look at the website linked in my profile, for another option to consider. Hope this doesn’t offend the rules.

Just speak with a riding mate that has one of these for his van, he has a four bike rack version but now does not need such a large on so may buy him a two bike rack and get the four rack off him.

[mattvanders]

Well I ended up buying my mates 4 rack stand so he can get the 2 rack stand. So far got 3 of my bikes in of which they were placed in order of access required most often but it also helped that they were in the same stepping up in length order. Rack looks good quality and is easy enough to fold up and move if needed. Thanks for alls help

[missing the VR6]

That's a cool piece of kit. Who's it made by?

[mattvanders]

missing the VR6 said:

That's a cool piece of kit. Who's it made by?

https://bikestow.com/

Bought this one off a mate but he will buy the smaller version to suit his needs

[missing the VR6]

Thanks mate, I'd be keen to get one when we move and have a bit more storage space.

[sma]

I ended up with a https://www.stashedproducts.co.uk hanging/sliding rack, as I have a limited amount of space. Works quite nicely.

[paulrockliffe]

I've been through various options over the years, I have 7 bikes and loads of other stuff that demands space in my 10m x 5m man cave. Currently I have 4 bikes in t he back of a project van, my old DH bike hung from the roof and the two I actually use hung from those wheel hanger hook things above another project car.

In terms of absolute space saving, the best way is to hang the bikes off the rear wheel or the front forks, alternating. Then hang the removed wheel between the bikes. Handlebars turned. By removing the wheel you almost certainly end up with enough room to put all your biking kit in a cabinet underneath the bikes and alternating lets the bikes squish up tightly and by getting storage underneath, you've practically lost no floor space.

I keep getting adverts for those sliding rail systems, probably because it's the only thing I've not tried. They are insanely expensive! I'm sure they're really good but the only benefit over those £10 hooks on the wall is that you can slide bikes out of the way to get the middle ones down. I found that you could rotate the bikes away easily enough, especially with a wheel off, that you could lift any of them down without being bent over. Good flexibility if you change bikes a lot though as I found minimising the space required really needs the hook spacing set bespoke to the bikes.

That system linked looks reasonably cheap, but when I checked the details it's £100 for a length of rail and £50 per hook. So £100 per bike if you remove a wheel. And if you need the rail, you have more bikes than a single rail will cope with, they're not much more than a metre in length! So 6 bikes is £800 (£500 if you leave the wheels on) vs £60 in hooks.

But the concept isn't bad, especially if you use the space for other stuff and I can see the benefit of running a 5m run and being able to move the bikes from one end of my workshop to the other - above the workbench when the car is in, where the car is when I'm working on something. Luckily sliding door tracks also exist and cost button, so I would look at that if the sliding option appeals.