We stored bikes overhead and accessed them with either a stick (a length of blackpipe actually) or by ladder. Use of the ladder was always dodgy for us as well; we used a full size normal ladder, but I think a platform ladder with the appropriate load rating would have been a better fit:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/3-ft-Fiberglass-Podium-Step-Ladder-9-ft-Reach-30...
Platform ladders come in a wide variety of shapes, heights, load ratings, and prices. I'd recommend a 300lb load rating or higher, in expectation of heavier staff or volunteers potentially using it.
The bikes at the ceiling were hung from hooks embedded in pressure treated 2x4's, which were anchored into the concrete ceiling by either one masonry screw at least every 1.5', or masonry expansion bolts at least every 2'.
We always wanted to implement a pulley or crane system, but never ended up having the time to complete the work we started on various designs. The coolest one was basically a cherry picker using a garage spring as resistance for the weight of the bike.
Attached are pictures of the bikes hanging in our front room/sales area.
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2021-02-13 06:53, Jean-François Caron wrote:
I wrote this advice before I realized how freaking huge 18 feet is:
J-hooks on the ceiling and strong pegs on the walls are great for wheels, bare frames, and tires, but I strongly suggest never putting whole bikes above head-level. We used to do this at the UBC Bike Co-op and it always felt really dodgy taking down whole bikes with the hook-stick. I would even say to take tires and tubes off of wheels for overhead storage, a mountain bike rear wheel with cassette and a big tire is pretty heavy on the end of a stick.
With such a high ceiling you could probably also hang some threaded rod from whatever ceiling anchors you have. Then you could put several rows of wood into which to put J-hooks to make a multi-level storage system all the way to the ceiling. The lowermost level could be used for entire bikes which would hang barely touching the floor.
Upon realizing the 18 feet thing: Could you build a mezzanine? E.g. like these but obviously smaller and DIY: https://www.kabtechusa.com/mezzanine-photo-gallery/ https://www.kabtechusa.com/mezzanine-photo-gallery/ You might need some pro-bono engineering work to make it legal though.
Jean-François
On Feb 12, 2021, at 23:58, Alexander Lazar alexandazar@gmail.com wrote:
Not sure exactly how tall our ceilings are at Bikerowave, but we use a long stick with a hook to hang bikes on the ceiling. Easier to manage than pulleys.
We have two tiers of wheel/rim/tire storage on a wall. They hang perpendicular to the wall using. We have hooks that hang from a wooden rack - https://www.instagram.com/p/CIKI1s_F8ZU/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CIKI1s_F8ZU/ since the hooks can move side to side, we can always slide things to make full use of the space. Hook-stick helps reach the upper level of this.
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 7:52 PM Mark Rehder <mark@re-cycles.ca mailto:mark@re-cycles.ca> wrote: Hi all,
We’ve just moved our shop, and the front part of the main room has an 18-foot ceiling! We are looking into an overhead grid system from which to hang the usual tires and wheels, but there’ll still be those tall walls…
So I’d love to find out what others may have done with a similar room. Hang stuff way up and lower it by pulley? Or just fill the upper half of the walls with art and cool old bikes?
Mark Rehder - Coordinator re-Cycles Community Bike Shop http://re-cycles.ca http://re-cycles.ca/
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