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Sure, though it's not a scaffold pole that I eventually used. That seemed a bit overkill, so I got one of these instead.
8 foot x 2 inch steel aerial mast
All that's used to keep it in place are two of these rubber coated bicycle hooks, screwed into some reasonably solid timbers and angled down slightly, so that the mast rolls down into them.
The rear wheels of the bikes touch the floor, so there's really not much weight for the hooks to support. You can't put stuff underneath them, but it's much easier to simply roll your bike(s) into place, without lifting them up high.
Apart from that, a few hooks, rings and silicon tubing for covering the hooks and that's all you really need. Very little construction required ( drilling two holes and sawing the aerial mast to length ) and it's easy to remove if needed :-)