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Need some help with bike storage / limited garage space.

blackohio

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I don't have any photos of the garage at the moment. Just this one and its mostly obscured by my car.

So what i'm dealing with is. 4 bikes now, a 5th will be added soon. As you can see space is limited. I'd like to see some solutions (bought or made) some of you guys have used to solve the issue. I can't hang the bikes upside down either as the bars/fork hit the hood when pulled in. Also there's a 2nd car and I cannot trust my gf to park on the side with the bikes. seriously, I can't, at all. ever.

also I want to add the wall the bikes are currently hung on doesnt have many good studs to use and I doubt the current set-up will support 1 dh, 1 trail, 1 xc, 1 27.5 HT and a tiny womans bike.
halp.

edit. found one.


from this photo you can kinda see spacing. when my car is pulled in, if im 0"-5" awat from hanging bikes I clear garage door.
 
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stevew

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nothing useful to add other than the audi looks fvcking great.
 

blackohio

Generous jaywalker
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thanks.

Im wondering if im going to have to hang upside down from the ceiling? I dont really want that. but no idea on solution. I've had basements that access the garages in the past few years so i've just kept them all there.
 

eric strt6

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they also make a bike tree that is a floor to ceiling backbone that runs along the wall and stacks two bike one above the other parallel to the wall instead of perpendicular like you have them now which could free up a foot or so
 

stevew

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can you leave the garbage/recycling cans outside?

if so...bike tree in that corner for two....

or just leave the girlfriends car on the driveway....
 

stevew

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i'd say if you have a spare room/office.....just keep them inside if you can...

the house my brothers and i lived in in knoxville had 5 bikes on a wall in the kitchen....
 

blackohio

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Mar 12, 2009
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I live in a gated, community. theres a couple sides. Townhomes and houses. The entre place has limited parking in the sense that there are 500 unused guest spots that you get nasty notes left and threatened association action if parked in the guest spots. Basically a bunch of whiny/nosey old retired mall cops it seems like.

So, I dont technically have a driveway, theres a pad in-front of the garage and here's where things get interesting. I dont have spare room to store the bikes in that isnt a complete pita to deal with. 2nd floor, tight twisted stairs.

Trashcans probably cant be left outside, not without one of the mall cops calling the assoc.

Plus both bedrooms are upstairs and I dont want to lug bikes up/down

However there is a dining room off the kitchen that honestly never gets used and I had been thinking about building a rack to hold the bikes against one wall (the only useable one) the room has patio access on one wall, a bar, a breakfast nook and the one good wall which is currently occupied by my special lady friends mid-century bowl, plate what-ever-the-**** collection.

So thats whats working against me.

The obvious answer is break up with her right?
 
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stevew

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i'd stick the bikes in the dining room....sh!t...our kitchen had a foosball table in it.

fvcking apartments....i remember hiding my 65 beetle in our complex....couldn't let it sit in one place for more than three days without the threat of being towed...
 
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My bikes stay inside the house. My new one was in the living room for almost a week before I finally moved it. I like having them on display :thumb:
 

kickstand

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If you are running low on studs to mount the bikes to take a 2x4, paint to match walls and mount to wall parralell to floor at desired height, screw into each available stud. Now you have 8-12 feet of 2x4 to mount whatever you want to it, and its painted to match the wall.
 

ebarker9

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Trashcans probably cant be left outside, not without one of the mall cops calling the assoc.
Depending on outdoor space, a small, nice-looking shed for the trash cans might satisfy the the association clowns. Having trash cans in the garage is a waste of useful space.
 

blackohio

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blackohio lives in a gated community? oh lurdy :rofl:
Finding this place was literally the worst experience possible. I flew down for interviews, and needed to find a place if they offered the job. I was staying in oxnard and had a week while here to find a place to live as they wanted me back in like 2 weeks. This place ****ing sucks. I spent the week combing CL for a place. I needed a 2-car and dog friendly. It was either going to cost me $3K/month or I spent 1800 in a ****hole. Last day before flying out I called a place went ot see it, and told her i'll take it. it was gated. On forums I might appear to be a complete mess, but the reality is aside from the tattoo's I look dawson spent a summer eating cake before going back to the creek.

Now all I want to do is be back in portland.

Nick - I could relocated the back workbench I think, and was looking at that earlier. The orange frame is a canfield nimble 9.

CJSP - Not ever buying in california. I cant wait for my lady to finish up school and bounce back to portland, where at least the jobs suck but the city is cool.
 

jonKranked

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Finding this place was literally the worst experience possible. I flew down for interviews, and needed to find a place if they offered the job. I was staying in oxnard and had a week while here to find a place to live as they wanted me back in like 2 weeks. This place ****ing sucks. I spent the week combing CL for a place. I needed a 2-car and dog friendly. It was either going to cost me $3K/month or I spent 1800 in a ****hole. Last day before flying out I called a place went ot see it, and told her i'll take it. it was gated. On forums I might appear to be a complete mess, but the reality is aside from the tattoo's I look dawson spent a summer eating cake before going back to the creek.

Now all I want to do is be back in portland.

Nick - I could relocated the back workbench I think, and was looking at that earlier. The orange frame is a canfield nimble 9.

CJSP - Not ever buying in california. I cant wait for my lady to finish up school and bounce back to portland, where at least the jobs suck but the city is cool.
sounds like your username would more appropriately be "whiteohio". Have you ever been in a Gap commercial?


:busted:
 

OGRipper

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Move the workbench to the other side, then instead of fixed hooks, rig up a metal pole with movable hooks so you can tuck the bikes in very close. Kind of like a suit rack. I did that years ago when I lived in a small apartment, worked great. I could get 6 bikes in the space that would normally max out at 3 or 4 with fixed hooks.

Or just suck it up for a while and then move.
 

maxyedor

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Oct 20, 2005
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How much space do you have over the car? They make hoist jobbers that lift from the seat and handle-bars, kind of stupid, but may work for your situation.

sounds like your username would more appropriately be "whiteohio". Have you ever been in a Gap commercial?


:busted:
Well, he did say Oxnard, so if by "gated" he means ghetto bars on every window, and barbed wire, he's not that fancy.
 

buildyourown

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The issue with hanging them on them vertically is it causes issues on everything except road bikes. IME, it makes suspension and brakes go all wonky.
You have a sedan, so you should have room on the ceiling to hang them from the bars and seat with the fancy pulley system. Then the only issue is you can't get them down w/o moving your car.

I made racks for mine that hang them from the seatpost at floor level angled 45deg. Seems silly but you can cover all the floor space and still get them out and then I just hang the tires/ wheels overhead. Still uses almost all the cubic footage (I have really low ceilings)
 

Austin Bike

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Duh, Austin
One thing that would keep them in the right position is this:

http://www.garagecabinetsonline.com/Prostor-Ceiling-Mount-Bike-Lift.html

Some people swear by these (I am going through a remodeling and they were giving me tips):

http://www.garagecabinetsonline.com/Gorgeous-Garage-Monkey-Bars-Bike-Rack-Holds-3-Bikes.html

There is another hook somewhere that I saw that allows the bikes to "fold" against each other. Think of the way they used to display posters at things called "record stores" back in the day.
 

jimmydean

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Sep 10, 2001
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thanks.

Im wondering if im going to have to hang upside down from the ceiling? I dont really want that. but no idea on solution. I've had basements that access the garages in the past few years so i've just kept them all there.
I am just finishing a new over the garage door storage system for the ladies big totes of sh!t, then I will be doing something from the ceiling. I have 3 (DH, CX, and park bike) plus hers.
 

maxyedor

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Totally random, but I either saw you driving around Camarillo yesterday, or some dude stole your car and I spotted him making his getaway over by Establo's. Car looks really good, that guy who stole it is going to be stoked.