Bike Rack in the Garage

I've got to keep a couple 20" bikes accessible in my garage space. Something my wife or an 11 year old can manage.

Some of the stuff online is pricey to me. What are you guys using to keep bikes neatly out of the way while still being able to move the cars in and out?

No bikes, but I hang two kayaks off the ceiling with two pulleys (front & rear of the boat) and some clothes line.

Clip a caribiner to each end and hoist away. Tie it off on the hook bolted to the stud.

These. Screw them into the joists spaced to match the bike wheelbase. Hang bike upside down by the rims. Dunno if that meets the "wife or 11 year old" criteria...

I hang bikes in my basement for the Winter, but when I need to keep them in the garage, I have a couple of these folding hangers from Home Depot:

Thanks guys.

John I've got those hooks out in the shed for the mountain bikes. Wife struggles to get hers off of them.

Woody, your solution is perfect since I have that load bearing, half wall running the length of my house.

Easy solution- by your wife a 17lb carbon Mtn bike. She'll have no problem lifting it!

I use the aforementioned hooks and a $7 2-hook storage rack thingy

Excuse the dark pic:

I've seen the type that lean against the wall with a couple of arms to hold the bikes. Seems like a good solution.

Another is to get a couple of those bike hoists to hang them from the ceiling. Could even build a couple of ersatz winches out of electric drills to make it even easier (add a couple of pulleys to lighten the load)

I built a shed. No kid or wife stuff in my garage except for hiding Christmas presents.

I built a bike rack a couple months ago. It is ridiculous. The design was based on two requirements: 1. I had to use the pieces of scrap wood I had on hand and 2. the fact that I wanted to store two bikes above my riding mower.

I ended up making something with a single post and attachments to the walls on the other3 corners.

T.J. wrote: I built a bike rack a couple months ago. It is ridiculous. The design was based on two requirements: 1. I had to use the pieces of scrap wood I had on hand and 2. the fact that I wanted to store two bikes above my riding mower. I ended up making something with a single post and attachments to the walls on the other3 corners.

Turn the Miata around and use it like a ramp.

Joey

I've moved the majority of the non-car gear to the shed but I'm afraid my kid will never ride if he has to go all the way to the back yard to get his bike. I have to kick him in the rear just to get him outside. The slingshot I got him for Christmas has helped

In reply to VWguyBruce:

Bikes in a shed? Hell no. Of course, my bikes are worth more than most of my cars... Plus, its cold out there. Most live in my basement and the ones I ride more often or am working on are in my living room. It helps I live alone.

If I had a larger back yard, I'd have jumps and a pump track.

If you're interested, I have a couple of folding wall racks similar to the above I'd sell for cheap. I'll never use them again...

Harbor Freight sells a "Cycle Tree." I can hold six bikes on this and it rolls for when I want to put them somewhere else.

I use the L (technically L_____I ) brackets from Harbor Freight. They are like $4 and work great.

Woody wrote: I hang bikes in my basement for the Winter, but when I need to keep them in the garage, I have a couple of these folding hangers from Home Depot:

having worked in a shop for 5 years, these were the best hangers I ever saw for someone who may not have a lot of upper body strength. Regular screw in hooks are great, but I have had trouble at times getting my road bike down if Im not directly under it, and I consider myself reasonably competent in the upper body strength category.

The double hooks Woody posted are far more manageable and less awkward to remove a bike from.

HF has the pulley thingys for $9ea

Woody wrote: I hang bikes in my basement for the Winter, but when I need to keep them in the garage, I have a couple of these folding hangers from Home Depot:

I use a version of this bracket, and they work very well. Don't put them too high, and the wife and child shouldn't have trouble if they can lift the bike easily.

What's the difference from just leaning the bikes up against the wall? Those look like the floor space is still taken up. Looks like not much gain to me.

I have too many bikes too. I bought a Husky Track Lock system from Home Depot. It is an excellent product if you're not trying to hang 4 bikes on a single section. I ended up making my own wall section from some 3/8 angle iron and a steel plate and use the track lock bike hangers, which are just hooks that hold the front or rear wheel of the bike (or handlebars of smaller bikes).

With all of that said, I think the easiest way for a wife/child to access a hanging bike is the pulley system.

T.J. wrote: What's the difference from just leaning the bikes up against the wall? Those look like the floor space is still taken up. Looks like not much gain to me.

In my garage I can go 2 high and still have storage room underneath.

T.J. wrote: What's the difference from just leaning the bikes up against the wall? Those look like the floor space is still taken up. Looks like not much gain to me.

A couple of things. When you hang them on the wall they are less likely to get knocked over. Getting them off the floor allows other stuff to be stored underneath. The hangers I have allow for two bikes to be nested onto the same rack in a pinch.

JohnInKansas wrote: These. Screw them into the joists spaced to match the bike wheelbase. Hang bike upside down by the rims. Dunno if that meets the "wife or 11 year old" criteria...

This is the best solution. It gets the bikes off the ground and frees up floorspace. I hang both of my bikes from the ceiling and never had a problem with it.