Offered: Indoor bike hanging, storage and work bench structure

Hey all, in September I will be moving to Australia with my wife and so am in the middle of a massive clearout. One of the bigger items is the timber I used to build my bike hanging/workshop/storage area. If anyone wants this timber then it's yours as long as you come and pick it up from Clapham. Otherwise I will have to call the Council and get them to take it to the tip, which I'd rather not do.

The construction is currently 2.3m long, 2.0m high and with bikes is about a metre deep. I have 7 bikes hanging on it (hooks not included) and a workbench that is 0.8x0.8m (it's too deep really, should have been 0.8m wide and 0.6m deep). You could easily shorten it if you wanted. It is entirely freestanding and not fixed to the wall in anyway, yet is absolutely rock solid. Oh, and it includes lights over the work bench.

It's not available just yet as I've not taken it all apart, but will be in 2 weeks time. Would be nice to know I had somewhere to send this rather than to landfill.

Pictures below, any questions please ask.

This shows the right hand side with the workbench and shelving (you could rebuild it with this on the left hand end just as easily):

And with stuff in/on it:

The other side:

That is very awesome.... unfortunately 'er indoors would murder me dead if i brought it home.

I should have said, it's all screwed together, so will come to pieces really easily for transport and subsequent reassembly.

Interesting, wonder if I have somewhere to put this.

I shall check- might mean moving a bookcase, but it looks like it might be the solution to the "bikes everywhere" problem.

Dammit, let me know if you want any more dimensions or to pop over for an inspection. Give the way it's assembled, you could shorten/adjust this to fit whatever space you have. I built it as long as the room would allow...

Maybe easier to email me if you want to talk details? adammonline AT gmail DOT com

nicely done, DIY FTW

Forgot to mention that- hat is doffed for your DIY skills sir.

I'll email you in a second about coming to have a look at it, might need to wander around my house with a tape measure first.

That looks like an excellent facility, Adam! Will you be building something similar once you're in Australia?

Also pretty interested. Will measure my space this evening.

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Oliver, I may do as a short term transitional thing, but the plan is to buy a house and build a proper dedicated shed/workshop... :^)

Make sure you make the bike shed larger than the house, so that you don't get storage problems later. ;)

My wife wants the 'shed' to include the following:

• a shower, basin and toilet so that when I get back from an offroad ride I don't muddy up the house
  
• a sofa and TV
  
  

I think she wants it to be where I spend lots of time with our son so she can have the house to herself! I then need a work bench, bike hanging space, storage, etc. This is going to be a big shed... :^)

Anyone for a spare double garage?!

She is a practically-minded individual. :)

Oh, and she also accepts that the 'shed' might end up costing $20k to build too... I think she sees this as the big ticket bribe to get me to move to Australia with her. ;^)

AdamM
Any chance you still have your plans for this? I'd quite like to copy it/adapt it so the storage is at the other end, I am moving house soon and need to create something very similar.

I know there are a few people interested in the timber for this. Given only one person can have it, would there be interest in me drawing up some sketches and writing some notes on how I built this so others could build something similar?

For info, it took me roughly one day to assemble this using a drill, tape measure and a handsaw. The key is getting Homebase to do 90% of the cutting for you so it's all square and tidy.

D'oh, Skully, great minds! I'll put something together. My original 'plans' were a sketch on one piece of A4 (the joy of being a civil engineer is that's all you need). I'll produce something better for you. :^)

The key to this construction being stable is very much to build it in situ so you can brace against the wall and account for any wonkiness (a technical term) in the building.

I'd rather not have a huge number of people traipsing through the house while I've got a 7 week old baby trying to sleep, but if a few of you were interested in seeing this before I tear it apart, let me know and I'll see what can be arranged.

Some plans would be excellent, I would appreciate you drawing some up.

Good skills sir, I have been thinking of something like this for a while, where did you get the hooks from that your front wheels lock into? they look proper made for the job. . .

The hooks I used are Delta Leonardo Wall Mounts from Evans Cycles. I chose these as the hook part projects up from the bracket so they give you extra height without making the structure taller. Not that cheap at £9 each, but so worth it as they work so well.

They look like this and easily fit both skinny road and fat MTB tyres:

You could use something like these, if you wanted to do it more cheaply, but would need to be careful to get the wall high enough to have hanging space:

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