I’m very happy with my bike rack that I built last fall. I want to refactor it a little bit and move the sliding rail closer to the wall. The current design has 5” of clearance between the tire hanging in the hook and the wall with a 29” tire. I can’t see wheels getting significantly larger. The issues I want to address are that the bikes flop a little left to right and I’m wasting space by having the bikes stick out towards the car. I’m thinking I should leave 1” of space and go 4” closer.
Has anyone been down this rabbit hole with a similar style rack?
by MassSkiGuy
8 Comments
Great design!
Where did you get the rail and hook system?
Reminds me of Mahalo My Dude’s old setup. Really cool
That’s a really smart design. You don’t have to lift the bike all the way to the ceiling. I love the additional storage.
The idea to move the bikes closer to the wall would give you a little more space. If it’s easy enough, I’d do it.
Overall, this is really efficient and looks easy to use. Nice job.
I’ve seen that video before (for others looking it’s this link: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_deob4L4AEY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_deob4L4AEY) ).
Hey OP, I do have a question. Do those swivel? Or are the hooks fixed once you thread into the rollers? I’d love to have a version of these where the hooks are able to swivel even just 20-30 degrees. If others have looked into this please chime in here.
First… the way you’re letting those bikes contact each other is just… criminal 😂.
Minizing contact is part of the reason I bought the Velocirax tilt and pivot system – (https://www.velocirax-ca.com/products/tilt-pivot-rack-4-bike-storage-rack). With the secure hold it allows it to easily pivot all the bikes without contact and free up space. Also the loading/unloading is super easy so my wife and kids can do it by themselves.
Anyway, yes I agree that I don’t see a problem with you moving it back 4” and freeing up some space. You might end up with some wall contact now and again as you’re loading/unloading/moving bikes which will put black marks on that nice white wall. Maybe through up a couple sheets of 1/4 inch ply to protect the wall… or just even a couple 4 to 6” tall strips of ply where the wheels are?
You don’t need any space there, tires can touch the wall. My old system used similar hooks to yours, coming horizontally out of the wall, zero issues
Great work! I love the hanging storage rack design but I’m not spending $1500 on a Stashed rack.