As I've added to my bike collection, I find myself cramped for space. My pain cave is the garage and I share with three sports oriented kids so my bike are constantly getting banged with soccer, football and baseball stuff. As we use our wall for a lot of shelf storage, I can't use any wall hangers. Lastly, I only have 10' ceilings so when I hang my bikes from ceiling hooks, I hit my head constantly walking into the tires. Soooooo, I decided to try to build a pivoting roof rack that would allow me to load my bikes vertically but pull it horizontal to the ceiling for out of the way storage.
The following is what I came up with. Still working out the kinks. Mountain bike is a bit heavy and I have to use sturdier PVC. You can see it bending but works fine for my road bike. Also need better hooks to hold the bike frame on the carrier frame.
Bikes rest mostly in on the seat and very close to the crank when horizontal. On the head tube at the front. Tried to keep the weight off the chain-stays or at least close to the downtube where the designs differ. PVC hooks that hold the bikes onto the wood frame need a little rethinking. Sturdy when vertical, swivel when horizontal.
Thoughts, comments, critiques appreciated.
http://i43.tinypic.com/33cxc9u.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/2q1tg74.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/10531pj.jpg
The following is what I came up with. Still working out the kinks. Mountain bike is a bit heavy and I have to use sturdier PVC. You can see it bending but works fine for my road bike. Also need better hooks to hold the bike frame on the carrier frame.
Bikes rest mostly in on the seat and very close to the crank when horizontal. On the head tube at the front. Tried to keep the weight off the chain-stays or at least close to the downtube where the designs differ. PVC hooks that hold the bikes onto the wood frame need a little rethinking. Sturdy when vertical, swivel when horizontal.
Thoughts, comments, critiques appreciated.
http://i43.tinypic.com/33cxc9u.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/2q1tg74.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/10531pj.jpg