Bike storage in a flat.

[Ynox]

Hi all,

Got 2 mountain bikes (both hardtail XC/AM).

Currently they're stacked against the wall in my spare room. It's not a great solution.

Has anyone got any good solutions for storage? Unfortunately it's not ideal to store them outside (living in a flat). I've considered a Saris Bike Bunk - anyone used one? I'm able to drill walls etc if required.

Cheers.

[C0ffin D0dger]

Had one of these in a flat I rented http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Mottez-2-Bike-Folding-Wall...

Did the job.

Flat I was in prior to that had the bike by the front door, must have knocked it on the way out as I heard a crash as I pulled the door to, tried to open the door but the bike was wedged against it so only a gap that you could just about get your hand through. Luckily I'd left a window open so managed to find a mate with a ladder to get back into my flat

[Watchman]

Some flats I've been in have quite high ceilings in the hallway, which led me to consider whether you could implement ceiling hooks to store bikes nice and high up, like this:



Would only really work if the ceiling was both high enough that you could still walk under the bike but not so high that your reach wasn't enough to hook the bike on. Two problems I could envisage would be whether there was enough room for you to rotate the bike within the space available and your bike wasn't so damned heavy that you couldn't lift it (not a problem for PHer I'd have thought).


Or, if the ceiling is too high, then maybe something like this:

[Celtic Dragon]

I'll be picking up the parts for 2 of these at the weekend.

http://www.coolthings.com/turn-your-stripper-pole-...

[Kell]

From Spearmint Rhino I hope.

[GaryGlitter]

Balcony?

I spotted this high up on a balcony next to East India DLR last month.




Nerdy pointless points for correctly identifying.

[Celtic Dragon]

Kell said:

From Spearmint Rhino I hope.

Sadly not, the url is misleading as its an Ikea hack.

[Ynox]

Sadly no balcony.

Think the plan will be to get my tape measure out and see what Chain Reaction et al sell!

[upsidedownmark]

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

No drilling / marking of the flat / walls involved, it just sits between the floor and ceiling with a 'over centre' type lever that extends/pushes it between the two. Absolutely brilliant.

[donfisher]

GaryGlitter said:

Nerdy pointless points for correctly identifying.

Is that a Reef?

[GaryGlitter]

donfisher said:

GaryGlitter said:

Nerdy pointless points for correctly identifying.

Is that a Reef?

[j00pY]

I bought one of these on Amazon as a bit of a stop gap when I suddenly got n+1'd and wanted to keep my girlfriend happy.



http://www.amazon.co.uk/GearUp-Lean-Machine-Gravit...

Given how cheap it was, its actually not that bad. Its pretty stable. And I do some maintenance on it. I will be moving to a house with a garage soon, and this will be great for inside there. The carrier bag on the crank is to stop my cats getting covered in chain oil. That makes my girlfriend unhappy.

[Magic919]

upsidedownmark said:

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

No drilling / marking of the flat / walls involved, it just sits between the floor and ceiling with a 'over centre' type lever that extends/pushes it between the two. Absolutely brilliant.

I've got a couple of those and would recommend it.

[K1909]

I nearly bought one of these at the bike show this year to use in my flat. Looked pretty sturdy

http://cycloc.com/cycloc-pictures.html

[okgo]

Bless the understair cupboard. Reason enough to buy a conversion flat.

[Herman Toothrot]

j00pY said:

I bought one of these on Amazon as a bit of a stop gap when I suddenly got n+1'd and wanted to keep my girlfriend happy.



http://www.amazon.co.uk/GearUp-Lean-Machine-Gravit...

Given how cheap it was, its actually not that bad. Its pretty stable. And I do some maintenance on it. I will be moving to a house with a garage soon, and this will be great for inside there. The carrier bag on the crank is to stop my cats getting covered in chain oil. That makes my girlfriend unhappy.

I'd go with this, even securing it drilling painted walls is no problem for most landlords as smear of filler and paint and all happy. That post one from wiggle however says it requires fixing to floor and ceiling, I'd be mighty pissed and having some deposit back if a tennent drilled the wood or tile floor.

[Matt_N]

K1909 said:

I nearly bought one of these at the bike show this year to use in my flat. Looked pretty sturdy

http://cycloc.com/cycloc-pictures.html

I bought one of those but never fitted it as I didn't like the way all the load would be concentrated through 3 narrowly spaced fixings in the centre of the bucket.

I'm going to fit it in the garage at cross bar height just to use as a lock up point now but in the spare room I fitted a Kenovo Dura in the end, came to about £25 from B & Q and is rock solid with 8 fixings in the track:

[upsidedownmark]

Herman Toothrot said:

I'd go with this, even securing it drilling painted walls is no problem for most landlords as smear of filler and paint and all happy. That post one from wiggle however says it requires fixing to floor and ceiling, I'd be mighty pissed and having some deposit back if a tennent drilled the wood or tile floor.

Do pay attention at the back

As I said, it has an over centre type lever, and does not need any drilling/marking to fix, specifically why I recommended. It simply pushes against the floor and ceiling with two big soft plastic pads. There are two poles inside each other which you slide out to touch both floor and ceiling, position it, then step down on the lever which pushes the ends apart by maybe 5-10mm wedging it in place. It may be a bit pricy, but is also really sturdy - went through a few iterations to find that, and would buy again, no messing.

[Gruffy]

I managed to get agreement from the other freeholders to install two traditional bike loops in the space under the communal stairwell on the ground floor. This is where the cheap winter bike lives, which means I also avoid bringing a wet/muddy bike up through the building and into my apartment. It's not going to work for everybody but if you don't ask…

[anonymous-user]

j00pY said:

I bought one of these on Amazon as a bit of a stop gap when I suddenly got n+1'd and wanted to keep my girlfriend happy.



http://www.amazon.co.uk/GearUp-Lean-Machine-Gravit...

Given how cheap it was, its actually not that bad. Its pretty stable. And I do some maintenance on it. I will be moving to a house with a garage soon, and this will be great for inside there. The carrier bag on the crank is to stop my cats getting covered in chain oil. That makes my girlfriend unhappy.

3 Bromptons would have been easier!