Not everybody has enough space around there home for dedicated cycle shelters and most of us have to make the best use of the space available in our sheds and garages. In many cases that will mean using a bike rack in the garage to free up floorspace which can then be used to store other items or bicycle related kit. There are many garage bike storage ideas but simple rack is often the quickest and most convenient to install, this article takes a look at wall mounted bike racks for garage use.
Fixed Wall Mounted Bike Racks
The most common types of bike racks for garage use are the fixed type, the reason for this being that they are the cheapest and on the face of it look the most robust. Most of these bike racks will have two arms and are fixed width – the bracket is then screwed to your garage or shed wall using either one or two screws. For storing children’s bikes or laddies bikes – which have sloping top tubes – you may like to consider the option a bike rack which comprises two individual arms. Having the flexibility of individual arms means that you can position them on the wall in the best location to suit the frame of the bike.
Fold Up Wall Mounted Bike Racks
This type of garage bike rack makes the best use of space in your garage when the bike is on and off the rack. When the bike is on the rack the floorspace of your garage is preserved and when the bike is off the rack you can fold it up to make the most of your garage space. One of the best selling racks on Amazon is the Racor Pro PSB-2L Double Folding Bike Rack
Wall Mounted Bike Racks with Shelf
Although rare these types of bike racks for garage use make great use of the space in your garage. The are between the two arms of the rack is bridged usually by a wire rack and it this part that makes up the shelf part of the rack. Because the bike rack is already taking the weight of the bike you definitely wouldn’t want to over load the shelf – but it will easily take the weight of a pair of cycling shoes and a helmet.
The above bike storage racks are ideal solutions for sheds and garages as long as you have a solid wall or a solid timber baton to fix the racks to. Plastic sheds will not support the weight of a bike and if your garage wall is dry-lined then you may need to look at a free-standing bike rack and this brings us on to the final type of bike rack.
Free-standing Bike Racks
Bike rack garage storage solutions do not come a lot more simpler than a free standing rack. A simple rack will not save you any space but it will prevent your bike from being knocked over. If this low effort way of storing bicycles appeals to you though you may be pleased to hear that you can get free-standing bike racks that will store up to four bikes and this does make excellent use of space.
Efficient bicycle storage not only makes the best use of the space in your shed or garage but also preserves your bicycle by preventing it from being knocked over and also stop people from being injured by a falling bike. The above bike racks garage storage solutions all solve this problem in a very efficient manner.
