Hey all, my wife has been on me for years about getting my bikes out of the living room / off the patio / out of the bedroom / etc. for quite some time. After a recent home renovation, I now have a dedicated “bike room” that’s about 11 feet long by 7 feet wide with 7 foot ceilings. It has a dedicated entry/exit to the outside world and an unfinished concrete floor.
I’m thinking I’ll epoxy the floor and hang bikes lengthwise on the walls. I’d like to keep the center clear for some late night trainer sessions. Beyond that, I’m at a loss for what else I can do or should be thinking about.
At this point, I’m looking for any sort of bike storage or bike-centric design ideas. This is the one room in the house my wife has given me carte blance to paint or design however I’d like. Anyone on ST have a dedicated bike room? If so, would you be comfortable posting pics? I’ll gladly post pics of my setup when I’m done.
I have a utility room in my basement that stores 7 bikes. Its an unfinished room, so I just use hooks on the ceiling (floor joists) to hang our bikes vertically . It only costs a few dollars per hook. If the room were to be a bit more finished, I would opt for something more like this.
I’ve got some Ghram Watson posters and some TdF ones on the walls along with some tri memorabilia (poster signed by PNF and an autographed shirt from Dave Scott). I’ve also got a workstand and tool chest in there. If you have an old TV and DVD player, or an old laptop they are great for making the trainer sessions more bearable.
Sufferfest (great workout videos btw) has a “Bike Torture Chamber” section of user submitted pictures on their website. A few tricked out rooms but most are just a bike and trainer squeezed into random spaces. Whatever you currently have, these pics will make you feel good!
Don’thave any pics, but if I had such as space it would also include a modest sized counter/workbench for wrench work and a place to store tools. I’d also include some shelving for bins of parts and accessories, a faucet/hose for washing bikes.
I installed Rubbermaid Fastrack rails in my garage/workout space with vertical bike hooks and love it. Once the track is installed you’re free to move the hooks and adjust the space any time you want without drilling. They also sell horizontal bike hooks if you want to better display your bikes.
They also sell tons of accessories for further organization. I bought a basket and use it to store helmets, pedals, etc.
I have a similar size room, and the one thing that I’m still playing with is adequate ventilation. I’ve got a A/C return and vents into the room, but I’m thinking about an exhaust system to clear out the humidity from those longer training rides (e.g. 3+ hours). Anything less than that seems reasonably tolerable, but the humidity can build up. If your renovation crew is still around, it might be worth talking it over with them or at least doing a test run to see how your room clears the humidity. Once you turn on the computer, TV, etc, it only adds to the heat/humidity in the room.
My bike room is nothing special, just the furnace/work room in the basement. One thing to think about if you haven’t already is also using your space as a “locker room.” I keep all my workout clothes in there too and use it as a changing room. I’m operating on the cheap for clothes storage with a couple sets of plastic drawers. a small amount of dedicated shelf space for gear and a clothes basket for dirty stuff. If I was ever to do it up right, I’d go for some built ins and a pro style open locker stall.
22 bikes?? I am betting there are at minimum a half dozen lined up that haven’t been ridden in over a year, clear that junk out.
My wife and go through our “stuff” often and if hasn’t been used in a year, off to Goodwill. I guess that’s why I can still park of our cars in my small two car garage with 7 bikes and my neighbors all have at least one car in the driveway.
2 x 3’s are your friend…you can make all the shelving in the world for next to nothing.
I hung my bikes vertical in the garage with the one I use the most set up for the easy “grab and go”. I have room enough for - 1 more bike to hang on the wall.
2 x 3’s are your friend…you can make all the shelving in the world for next to nothing.
I hung my bikes vertical in the garage with the one I use the most set up for the easy “grab and go”. I have room enough for - 1 more
I need to go buy some 2x3’s. What do you have on top? 1/2" board or something?
2 x 3’s are your friend…you can make all the shelving in the world for next to nothing.
I hung my bikes vertical in the garage with the one I use the most set up for the easy “grab and go”. I have room enough for - 1 more bike to hang on the wall.
Love it. For that second shelf, I’m assuming you have a 2x3 nailed to the for the length, but what about where it intersects with that vertical piece? Do you have anything there for support? Maybe a pic from below would help.
2 x 3’s are your friend…you can make all the shelving in the world for next to nothing.
I hung my bikes vertical in the garage with the one I use the most set up for the easy “grab and go”. I have room enough for - 1 more
I need to go buy some 2x3’s. What do you have on top? 1/2" board or something?
yea, 1/2 particle board or something like that - Price is like $7 a sheet a Lowes.
not sure what/where your talking about, but the set up is pretty simple. Build the shelving rectangles. I did mine 16" deep so I could cut the 4x8 sheets of plywood into thirds. I used 3" screws and screwed the shelving frames into the wall studs (I used screws for everything - no nails). Attach the vertical supports as/where needed, throw the plywood shelving on and your good to go. If this was going in the house, I would probably paint everything to make it look a bit more “finished”. Not sure I would go climbing around on any of these feeling all that confident, but they are definitely sturdy enough to hold anything I could want to store on them. I just finished up doing another section on the other side of the garage. next will be some added shelving on the front wall…then off to the basement.
Also, if you build shelving rectangle (like on that second shelf in the first picture) do you put another support piece in there to make it more like a square? I bet you don’t need that much support.
Also, what thickness plywood did you use and are you happy with that thickness?
I installed Rubbermaid Fastrack rails in my garage/workout space with vertical bike hooks and love it. Once the track is installed you’re free to move the hooks and adjust the space any time you want without drilling…
+1 on the Rubbermaid Fastrack rails. I have these and as long as they are anchored into a couple of studs, they will hold even my heaviest bikes with no problems. I have heard that for mountain bikes with hydraulic brakes, sometimes it is best to hang your bikes upright because that is the way your brake system and master cylinders are intended to work and hanging them otherwise could result in air in the line, brake fade, etc. It is perhaps an old wives tale because this hasn’t been an issue for my bikes but, ya never know. Also, every pain cave needs at least a small flat screen tv.
to hang on the wall.
