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I know I’ll need something to brace the wall sufficiently which is directly screwed into the studs.
I'm not sure this entirely true. A normal bike weighs, what, 15kg max? Two good anchors should hold that without pulling out the wall. You'd need to be a bit careful when pulling the bike in / out though.
You could give it more strength by increasing the area that's fixed to the plasterboard, i.e. mount the hook to a larger piece of ply, then mount that into the wall to spread the load. The base doesn't have to mounted to studs.
You also need a solution for protecting the wall against the marks tyres will leave. Left long enough they stick to the paint and then pull it off when removed.
Howard-
Interesting, I was worried that having multiple in a row fairly compact might be an issue. Think I’d rather be safe than sorry so think having an additional base might be the way to go, kind of don’t want to be super careful every time I put a bike up or down. Good to know it doesn’t need to go into the struts.
Any thoughts on the thickness of ply to use as the base?
haveo
Looking for some tips on a DIY project I’m planning. Basically I want to put up 5 bike hooks on an internal plasterboard wall. I know I’ll need something to brace the wall sufficiently which is directly screwed into the studs. I’ve seen before people just attach horizontal strips of plywood across the wall and then attach the hooks to that. Think this might look a little ugly though.
I was perhaps thinking about covering the wall top to bottom with a plywood board instead, which I think could look good. I’m not quite sure how to deal with the intersection with the skirting board at the bottom though, as well as the right side of the wall is not a right angle so there won’t be a flush join.
Anyone got any smart ideas of going about this? Also worried that the screws I’d need to use to mount the hooks on the plywood would have to be quite short to not go through the back and through the plasterboard, or is that not an issue?
Photo attached, is the wall the bikes are leant against.