CrimsonEclipse

Guess it's time to upgrade my storage.
I've been using a cheap gravity stand that leans on the wall and it's good for 2 bikes and kind of... meh.
My goal is to store 6 bikes (one of which is a fat bike) vertically hanging by the front wheel and am looking for suggestions.
Right now I'm considering a simple wide hook from a hardware store for each bike into a stud.

Is there a better solution?

(didn't find a recent vertical storage thread)

icemilkcoffee 

I use this type:

It works fine. Unlike hooks you don't have to drill anything and you can move the stand around as needed.

Steel Charlie

Hang by the rear wheel. Getting the front into a hook is a righteous PITA and getting it out even worse
JMO of course

Mojo31

I use Gladiator GearTrack panels and hooks. It’s sold at Lowe’s. Inexpensive and has a finished look.

Koyote

Look no further. You can spend much more money and go to much more trouble for inferior solutions.

PeteHski

I don't find it any sort of challenge to hook my front wheels, but why would it be any easier to hook up a rear wheel?

staehpj1

I was thinking the same. It is a routine thing to stand a bike on the rear wheel to wheel it around the shop or anywhere in tight quarters. Quite quick and easy. From there it is an easy lift. I have a hard time picturing how you would easily lift the rear wheel to a hook.

ridelikeaturtle

Something like this, spaced approx 30cm apart, alternate the bikes up and down, works great.

ridelikeaturtle

Kabuki12

^^ Very nice set up. I store my bikes in a conventional bike rack in my shop where my machines are . I keep one or two bikes at my house . Usually one of them is on the stand for maintenance. Vertical storage makes more sense for residential storage .

PeteHski

I have my garage hooks set at a height that doesn't require lifting the bike off the ground. Just pop it up on the back wheel and roll it against the wall, hooking up on the front wheel. I have hooks set at a couple of different heights for smaller and larger bikes. Simple and effective.

Jeff Neese

Because the front wheel flops around, so you have to control it and line it up while you're hanging it up. With the rear wheel you can grab the frame literally anywhere and just lift it up and onto the hook, without worrying about the front wheel. If the bike is light enough you can do it with one hand.

Try it both ways. You'll see.

sweeks

Not if you're holding the bars while navigating the front wheel onto the hook.
I suppose if the hook is high enough this would be a problem though.

PeteHski

I just pop bikes up on the back wheel while holding the bars. I can see what you mean if you have to actually lift the bike up off the ground, but I don't have to do that with my wall hooks. The back wheel stays on the ground.

bblair

I have so much room now, I need more bikes.

Wileyrat

I hang a couple of rim brake bikes by the wheels from the garage ceiling, but beware if you don’t know, hydro disc brakes don’t always react well to being upside down.

staehpj1

I have had the same situation. Also I have had one where the hook was on a wall and higher up over something that the bike had to be lifted over. I find it easier to roll the back wheel over the bench, generator, machine, or whatever obstruction. Also I am likely to have to roll the bike down a narrow obstructed aisle to get to the wall it hange on and rolling it vertically makes sense.

Jeff Neese

Obviously. The point is that if you hang it by the rear wheel, you don't have to do that. But whatever works for you is what you should do.

Jeff Neese

Yes, my comment was for situations where you have to lift it off the ground. Your setup looks easy to use. How do you accomodate different types of bikes, with different wheelbases? I'd need to accomodate 700c and 26" wheels, and even within those groups there's a variety of lengths. Seems like a setup with adjustable hook height would be nice.

Maelochs

I stand the bike on the rear wheel, wheel it into position, and put my knee into the back of the seat for leverage. Easy to use a tilt of the foot to lift the bike while holding the bars ... bike goes right onto the hook. Lifting a heavier bike by the rear wheel has not proved to be as easy---I tried both ways. Also, harder to find a secure grip on an inverted bike--a hand can slide on the top tube pretty easily.

All my bikes hang clear of the floor ... because I have bikes of different lengths (plus my wife's bike) I would have to adjust each hook to each bike ... and I like to switch the hanging order so the bikes I am riding more are nearer to the end. Also, no studs---straight cinder-block wall. I decided to build an overhead shelf/rack combination. It was great when I built ti, but now there is so much stuff in the garage it takes a wrestling match with an octopus to extract a bike.

What I wanted was sort of what @ridelikeaturtle has. What I got looks like three chimps on speed got into the power tools. Oh, well.

PeteHski

I simply have a few hooks set at different heights but they are adjustable on a long slot. I find that they don't have to be set super accurate for different frame sizes. There's quite a lot of leeway in where the front wheel is actually hooked. We have bikes ranging from XS to L.

SoSmellyAir

This Amazon.com: Leonardo Bike Rack Wall Mount with Tire Tray by Delta Cycle – Elegant Vertical Hanger Hook Design Provides Easy Bicycle Storage Access – Hassle-Free Installation – Vertical Mount Holds Up to 40 lbs : Home & Kitchen

... works better than something like this: Project Source 1-Bike Horizontal Bike Hook in the Bike Racks & Storage department at Lowes.com

mpetry912 

this. just space the hooks 16" apart and alternate front and back wheel in the hook, head to foot so to speak

/markp

smd4

In the shop we hung them by the front wheel. Conveniently, bikes come with these built-in hand holds that allow for easier lifting.

JanMM

I hang two short wheelbase recumbent bikes on a wall with supports from Amazon - very similar to what I’ve seen in home improvement stores. Rear wheels not far above the floor, which makes it much easier to hang up compared to ceiling mounted hooks.
https://www.amazon.com/Storage-Verti...8&sr=1-16&th=1