[TheThinkTank] bike storage ideas

[Liza Mattana]

we just went though the bike-hanging conumdrum where i work, and it was
painful and scary, but ultimately we came up with a good solution for all of
us. we decided to go with a nice steel ladder, probably like what Mark
mentioned, and a colapsible fiberglass one. the steel one was expensive.
when you step on it, it locks into place. nice rolling wheels for easy
movement, and a gaurd rail. really the colapsible fiberglass ladder with a
gaurd rail is great too. looks like this :
http://www.wernerladder.com/catalog/results.php?page=2&category_id=1&type_id=86
it's nice because it folds and you can put it away, unlike the big steel
ladder that is usually in the way.
this is what the steel one looks like, ol' GSW 2405:
http://www.lkgoodwin.com/more_info/louisville_ladders/louisville_rolling_ladders.shtml

the background is we have 14 ft ceilings, and we were asked to use a 10 ft
aluminum pole with two hooks (picture two letter "U"s) welded to the top of
a cross bar at one end of the pole. the technique we used was to hold the
bike's seat tube, rear wheel pointed up, in one hand, insert the hooks into
the rear wheel of the bike (or have someone else do it, usually this was a
two person job), and slowly hoist the bike up to the hook. spotter close by,
just in case. the problem was that only a few of guys at the shop could do
this. if you have anyone working at your place that lacks upper body
strength, is short, older, disabled, tired and hungover that day, or
whatever, forget about it. the system worked ok for our lightest bikes, but
most collectives see their share of heavy bikes.

we also had chained a 2x4 with hooks attached to the ceiling studs. just be
positive the chain is attached to a closed loop, not an open hook. probably
sounds obvious to do so. ours was not, and it came unhooked while someone
was getting a bike down, a very scary near miss.

these links are just quickies i found, may not be exactly what we have at
work, but i fcan find out the specifics if needed,
liza




On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:51 AM, plan b <nolabikeproject at gmail.com> wrote:

> We have very high ceilings in our space and have two lofts made entirely
> of wood that work just fine. It can be a bit sketchy at times and access to
> the lofts is (ideally) restricted because of the inherent danger of heights,
> but it works well for us.
>
> Oh yeah. We have a lot of hooks, too.
>
> -Victor
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Jonathan Morrison <
> jonathan at slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
>
> > We use a combinations of used Bicycle Display Fixtures (
> > http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bicycle_Display_Fixtures)
> > a ceiling full of hooks for wheels and some bikes (we just took a 8' 2x4 and
> > screwed hooks into them, and then used two chains to screw into joists) and
> > tall saw horses for temporary storage(hang bikes by seats).
> >
> > If our ceiling was higher, we would build a loft.
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Jonathan Morrison
> > Executive Director
> > Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective
> > 2312 S. West Temple
> > Salt Lake City, UT 84115
> > w: 801-328-2453
> > c: 801-688-0183
> > f: 801-466-3856
> > www.slcbikecollective.org
> >
> > Get Addicted to Crank!
> > http://www.slcbikecollective.org/crank/
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Mark Rehder <mark at re-cycles.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm sure talk about storing excess bikes has come up, but I haven't
> > > been able find any messages of such using the search function, and
> > > there strangely doesn't seem to be anything on the wiki.
> > >
> > > We're about to move our shop into a new space, and with its high
> > > ceiling there's room to build a perimeter mezzanine level for storing
> > > extra bikes and other stuff.  Some of us are a bit nervous about
> > > having one built of wood (resuming building code allows), and are
> > > instead thinking of buying a custom steel set-up(expensive!), or
> > > keeping the bikes on the floor (taking away room for other things) or
> > > outside in a container (not doable at the new location).
> > >
> > > I'm still into the mezzanine idea, as is one of the other members.
> > > I'm wondering what other shops have done for their storage needs.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Mark Rehder - Director
> > > http://re-cycles.ca
> > >
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-- 
Liza Mattana
www.pedals2people.org
Spokane, WA
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