mikejavo

Our garage ceiling is less than 8 feet high, and I'm having a hard time mounting bikes with hooks to the ceiling. The baby bike was easy, and without wheels, the mtb is fine vertically, in front of the car.

Does anyone know an elegant way to store 5 sets of 26" and 700C wheels, and mount bikes horizontally, flush against the ceiling, (with the handlebar loosened and parallel to the frame)?

Thank you in advance.

waterrockets 

Ropes and pulleys.

Praxis

I have the same problem (low garage ceiling). I really wish there were more resources online about bicycle storage--how do you fit them in the garage, etc. and still have other stuff in there? bikes aren't all that big, but they're bulky.

At the moment, I have my bikes hanging vertically on the wall--they stick out into the space more that way but they don't take as much space on the wall as a horizontal hang. If you're stuck on a ceiling mount in those conditions one thing I've thought about is to put up the traditional ceiling hooks for the rims and then rotate the bike around them to lay flat on the ceiling. If you're keeping the handlebar loosened maybe you could use a mini bungee cord and secure it to the frame so it doesn't rotate.

I suppose you'd have to use longer hooks or mount the hooks on a spacer as the cranks/pedals would likely get in the way and hit the ceiling too early as you rotate the bike up.

But it seems like a bit of a hassle unless you never use the bikes. A suggestion I considered is to make purpose-built bicycle storage outside, in a small shed.

mikejavo

Thanks Praxis, those are all great suggestions. I'm going to have to look for some longer hooks and mount the bikes horizontally on the ceiling. I wish we had an area for a shed, but we live in a townhouse, so there's no backyard, as the lane behind the house leads to the garage.

Another thought I had for the wheels is a big flat net bolted to the ceiling, but the wheels would be a pain to get in and out, with skewers and sprockets getting tangled in spokes.

Halloween

Park the car outside.

waterrockets 

Maybe short chains with hooks on them would be easier to work with than long hooks. They could swing to allow easier fit to multiple hooks.