Bike Storage: Wall mounts, stands, lock-ups, sheds, etc.

Following a discussion with my girlfriend I'm going to be getting rid of my Stolman bike stand.
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There are bits and fittings for three bikes (I may have some of the bits for a forth). My design could be visually neatened up a bit by colour coding the square steel supports and selecting slightly shorter bolts for the cross pieces. But over all its solid and works.

I think it cost me about £50-£60 to build all in, so £30 seems fair.

If anyone's interested let me know.

managed to make my own "point Pedal parker" from a piece of steel I bought from a fabricator for £1.50..:)

I made a couple too, from these:

£2.50 from Wickes, hammered into shape and hacksawed the pedal bracket in.

Anyone got any of these before I order?

Where'd you get these?

I think Amazon stock them.

Last time I checked, they wanted £60 for one!?..

Did you manage to get the correct angle using those? Due to the strengthening in the middle of it at the 90 degree bend. I had to bend mine to around 120 degrees

I made a couple too, from these:

£2.50 from Wickes, hammered into shape and hacksawed the pedal bracket in.

Yep, popped it in the vice, hit it with the hammer. jobs a good un - although my ones didn't have (and don't need) the strengthening bit in.

Hello all. Just getting clued up into the world of bike storage. Have narrowed it down to two options.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/minoura-bike-tower-10-bike-stand/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/topeak-dual-touch-bike-stand/

My intention is to store two bikes on the pole and a third one leant against the wall beneath the other two. Is this feasable? Does anyone have any experience with the minoura one? I know the Topeak is popular but I'm feeling tarty and like the brushed aluminium pole of the Minoura one a bit better.

I've searched the thread and didn't see much so, has anyone got experience of using a Cycloc?

Specifically in fixing it to the wall?

I have one I was gifted and want to put it up but a bit worried about tearing the wall down.

What's your wall made out of?

retro_di_corsa has them, I'd guess his were in supporting walls. I've always liked them, it's just the cost and not being sure about their compatibility with OS carbon tubes.

Maybe drop him a PM.

Mounted the bike using the point (german) wall mount mentioned above; very easy to fit, seems solid, no problem whatsoever. Cheap as chips too.

Nice bike

I've got a spare pedal TUV hanger thing - I bought two to reduce my % of the postage costs - it worked out at £12 each inc postage, PM me if you're interested - £12, pick up in central London or I might possibly deliver.

What's your wall made out of?

retro_di_corsa has them, I'd guess his were in supporting walls. I've always liked them, it's just the cost and not being sure about their compatibility with OS carbon tubes.

Maybe drop him a PM.

Not sure, drilled the wall I'll be moutning it to near the outside wall and it seemed pretty solid, brick or something. But I want to use the Cycloc further into the room and the wall sounds more hollow there. Is that even possible?

hmmmm... I guess its what your wall can take. With proper monkey(?) screws, etc. I reckon it should be good, especially given the surface area of the cycloc, but it's been a while since I've done any meaningful DIY. Are there any joists(?) in the wall that you can make sure you screw into?

My intention is to store two bikes on the pole and a third one leant against the wall beneath the other two. Is this feasable? Does anyone have any experience with the minoura one? I know the Topeak is popular but I'm feeling tarty and like the brushed aluminium pole of the Minoura one a bit better.

These look to be the same design as the ikea-hack stolman stand I had. If so it really comes down to how high your ceilings are. In one of my old flats (a converted pub) I had giant ceilings so could fit 3 bikes on it.

Does that help with that part of your question?

One thing you should think about is the length of the bikes, specifically their length in accordance with where they'll be gripped - if that makes sense? One thing that looks useful is the ability to slant the cross poles to counter the changing lengths you end up with from different top tube slopes and inefficient use of height when they're at different angles (although you can counter that with the hacked versions by changing the order your bikes sit).

Thanks hugo. Yeah that does answer my question. I just wonder if I am tall enough to lift a bike that high off the floor thinking about it.

Both the topeak and the minoura stands both have holders that can be slanted so that should hopefully take care of that issue.

Hello all. Just getting clued up into the world of bike storage. Have narrowed it down to two options.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/minoura-bike-tower-10-bike-stand/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/topeak-dual-touch-bike-stand/

My intention is to store two bikes on the pole and a third one leant against the wall beneath the other two. Is this feasable? Does anyone have any experience with the minoura one? I know the Topeak is popular but I'm feeling tarty and like the brushed aluminium pole of the Minoura one a bit better.

I have the Minoura one and it works fine. I think the answer to your question depends on how high your ceilings are. If the two on the pole are high enough off the floor such that the third will slide underneath, then yes it should work (the bars will rest agaist the wall, just need to protect against accidental contact of the TT against the pole). Hope that makes sense.

has anyone ever used one of these?

Wall Mounted Repair Stand: Amazon.co.uk: Sports & Outdoors

Looks like the same hardware as the Lidl workstand. Flimsy but useable for the price.

Just finished my Stolman rack - thought I would share a couple of tips that would have made building mine a lot quicker that weren't mentioned in the ikeahackers.com guide, which might save others some time

A couple of these might sound patronising - not meant to be, but the guide was a bit vague, and if I'd known a couple of these things first I could have done it all in one pleasant afternoon as I had imagined

1. buy the 20mm aluminium square pipe before you go to Ikea - they don't have any. I was impatient and bought 1m for £10 from B&Q, although you could probably get some cheaper from ebay. Hardware shops generally don't have it, around SW anyway - I asked quite a few. 1m is a comfortable amount for 2 bikes

2. For the bolts I used an M8 for the one in the centre, and M6 for the hooks on either end of the square pipe. M6x50mm and M8x50mm is what was written on the labels, to save you umm-ing and ahh-ing in the shop. Looking at it now, you could get away with 40mm quite comfortably, I just wanted to make sure. They didn't have 40mm in that shop anyway

3. so if you use the same size bolts as me, you need a 6mm drill bit, and an 8mm drill bit (and make sure they are for drilling metal). I didn't realise my set only went up to 5mm for metal, and irritatingly had to postpone building this after getting all the other bits. Yeah, I basically ruined a 'wood' bit trying anyway. I bought a mixed 18 pack for £6, they are shit, spend £20 on the 8 pack of Bosch or DeWalt or whatever

4. Don't waste time trying to tension the pole correctly by sizing it up and just twisting the pole - this only does it 90% - instead use the little spanner that came with the pole to add extra length at the bottom (you might have read the pole instructions properly by this point, and not need this reminder)

5. if you are putting it on carpet, like I am, you might want something hard to put it on so the carpet doesn't compact over time. I used half a floor tile the landlord conveniently left in our airing cupboard for us

excluding tools the complete cost for hanging 2 bikes was £46 - I am sure you could save a bit more if you have the time to pre-order stuff online or have spare bolts lying around already.

Here's a couple of photos - it was immensely satisfying in the end

The home-made piece, especially the hooks, always looks flimsy in the photos and it almost put me off trying this, but don't worry - it's all strong enough

That's all really good info.

Prior preparation is a really good idea. I really struggled to find alu square tubing and ended up getting steal... which bumped up the cost. Same with faffing about with different sized bolts etc. and trial by error.

I'd also add that you can use double sided sticky pads for the Celling bit rather than screws if you lived in rented accomedation.

Anyone use or heard any reviews about these new storages?

http://media.chainreactioncycles.com/is/image/ChainReactionCycles/prod105734_White_NE_01?locale=en&id=aSvrU0&wid=500&hei=500&fmt=jpg

really helpful tips there ^^^

moving into a much smaller flat in a month so might need to investigate the stolen.

stole this image from the 'stolen bikes' thread. anyone got tips for nice minimal, shelf-type storage?