What's the best and simplest bike rack for a mtn bike in a small apartment?

Question

For a wall mounted rack, preferrably putting the bike up high on the wall and out of the way.

Answer 1

I suggest not putting holes in the wall. You will also have to find studs to make it sturdy. Hopefully the stud is wood, metal will more difficult. I bought a rack at Target when it was on sale for $49. But I have two bikes and I had a vacant wall.

http://www.target.com/Racor-Quad-Freesta...

http://www.target.com/Delta-Design-Leona...

http://www.target.com/Delta-Design-Monet...

Everything is from Target. The first one is usually in stock at the store. The others are available through the website. Currently free shipping.

Answer 2

A large hook attached on the ceiling.

Answer 3

I'd consider ceiling mounting (since whether you wall or ceiling mount you will have to fix the holes later), using two simple $1 padded hooks. They are readily available from Home Depot, Lowes, Rona, etc for garage use and could easily be screwed into the ceiling joists in an apartment.

Simply put two about 4 ft apart and about 1 foot out from the wall (or a bit more than half the width of the handlebars). The bike then hangs by the wheels upside down. I've seen them in black, grey and various colours, but they could be wrapped in white plastic tape if you want them to be less obvious.

Answer 4

I have racks from the container store. they s***w into the wall; can fold out of the way; and have a shelf you can throw your shoes, helmet, gloves, etc. on. your bike will stay flat against the wall. if you have more than one bike, you can hang one under the other. I'm using mine in my shed, to keep the floor clear for the mower, table saw, etc. I also have the s***w hooks for a fourth bike, so those work as well, but the racks from the container store have a finished look, and hold more than the bikes. I think they were less than $20.

Answer 5

I don't have a space problem, but if I did, I always liked the looks of this type of rack.

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?categ...

Answer 6

I have simple "wall hooks". They are the kind you bolt to a wall and then hang your bike's front wheel  from them.

Mine have a small metal support to hold the front wheel in line with the hook and keep it of the wall. Not bad, but still, the rear wheel will hit/touch the wall and eventually get it dirty.

Take this into consideration if you are to worried about the wall where you bike wheels might touch.

In my case, no problem, just a little paint every year or so will leave the wall in mint condition.

Another idea, go to different bicycle stores or shops and see how they solve their space problems as far as storing bicycles.

Answer 7

Get the Michaelangelo by Delta.  Easy and uses gravity to support the bike.

Answer 8

Many good answers here and I would tend to lean towards a bike rack solution that doesn't mount to the wall. There is one rack at discountramps.com that is free standing otherwise you could get the wall mounted single bike rack shown here: http://www.discountramps.com/bicycle-sto... . One nice feature that is great about that wall mount is that the rack part can be quickly disconnected from the wall mount by pulling out a pin in case you're going to have your bike somewhere else for a while you won't have to have the rack sticking out from the wall the entire time.