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Old 12-12-19, 06:58 PM
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I need a bigger room.

I may be able to squeeze one more in and my wife said thank heavens.


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Originally Posted by robertj298
I may be able to squeeze one more in and my wife said thank heavens.


Never seen a wall hanger like that. Are they balanced on just one pedal? Its a nice effect, kind of floating in space. Seems like it would stress the bottom bracket or pedal bearings.
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I may be able to squeeze one more in and my wife said thank heavens.
She was being sarcastic and the world getting smaller all the time.

3 doubles and a triple. Nice. Are you using fishline tied to wall anchors? edit, now I see the wall cleat.
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We're going to need a bigger boat.
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Miyatas and Centurions.
my kind of room.
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We're going to need a bigger boat.
The only logical answer.
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@Slightspeed No more and probably less stress than riding the bike. I think you place more weight on a pedal than than 20-30 lbs!
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Not a bigger room, .... a 2nd bigger room.
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I was contemplating installing slat-wall and fabricating my own accessories as I finish off my storage room, but I think this would be considerably more cost effective. If I can go 3-high, I will have room for a funky old Peugeot and a Frejus.
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The average room can fit around 25 bikes if not more, if hung vertically. So you are just starting there. Keep buying! The C & V world needs BUYERS right now. In my bike room, I have 10 bikes hanging vertically along one wall, and I have three more walls to go! I've got plenty of additional space so I have gotten inefficient.
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Assuming you've got the yard space, the real answer is a drop-in shed, properly finished on the inside and wired for electricity.

It gives you both storage and a space to work on the bikes.
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Originally Posted by wrk101
The average room can fit around 25 bikes if not more, if hung vertically. So you are just starting there. Keep buying! The C & V world needs BUYERS right now. In my bike room, I have 10 bikes hanging vertically along one wall, and I have three more walls to go! I've got plenty of additional space so I have gotten inefficient.
To me hanging horizontally is much more aesthetically pleasing than vertically.
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Originally Posted by wrk101
The average room can fit around 25 bikes if not more, if hung vertically. So you are just starting there. Keep buying! The C & V world needs BUYERS right now. In my bike room, I have 10 bikes hanging vertically along one wall, and I have three more walls to go! I've got plenty of additional space so I have gotten inefficient.
Room dimensions matter. The room I've chosen to store them in is 6'- 6" wide The tiered, horizontal method here would allow me to get past them to more easily access the ones near the back. It also provides a more eye-pleasing display, imo.
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I use one of the spare bedrooms in my house as my "work on bikes room" and store them in another spare room. both rooms are really small. I got my work room pretty well organized, but still have limited space. The room with the bikes has 6 bikes, all on the floor, and my 7th bike, still tweaking, is either in the work room or my enclosed but non-heated/AC sunroom. The 2 spare rooms are adjoining and I, at times, think about doing away with the common wall to open it to 1 larger room with direct access to everything. However, I always decide to just leave as is and deal with it.

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need more walls ahhhhhhhhh
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