4 bike rack for under $15

[rogerdoger]

Wana make a simple 4 bike rack for under $15. Heres how.

Take a length of 2x4 and divide it into as many bikes as you want to hang. I had 4 bikes and a set of race zipps. I divided the spaces between each hook to 16 inches which racks the bike close but not so close to make them hit each other. Screw in the hooks to the 2x4. Drill two holes in each end of the 2x4 about 12 inches in. Take a length of threaded rod. this length depends on how deep your ceiling joists are, attach a nut and washer at one end and slide through the holes in the 2x4. Id already marked out the placement of the holes in the ceiling and drilled those. the beauty of using the threaded rod over say a lag bolt is that it only makes two very small holes in the ceiling, which can easily be repaired when you remove the rack.

Next take two more pieces of 2x4 long enough to span the ceiling joists, Drill a hole in each of these in the middle. You will need to measure out your ceiling joists and make sure that you drill between them into the drywall up though to the attic.

ahh fuck it this is taking longer to write than it did to put the damn rack up. Look at the pics and if you want more info, comment.

The finished job


you can only just see the holes


making sure everything fits


support brackets in the attic

Comments

[teaser.livejournal.com]

I just LOVE the colour of the wall in the room :)

Cute rack - but it definitely shows that you don't have a female living with you. She'd never allow you to hang those bikes in the house. They'd have to be in the garage.

[rogerdoger.livejournal.com]

Yeah thats the same colour I did the outside of that other house I had. Before Id even finished, people were coming up to ask what the colour was so they could copy it.

Nice to see you know how to spell colour :P

Lol yeah that whole room is taken up with bike stuff, but I also have a tv and dvd player in there with the trainer, so I can watch tapes and spin, so its like a whole workout room.

[hallorachel.livejournal.com]

I need that! Right now 1 of my bikes is stuffed in my closet. My other two bikes are at the foot of my bed and are used strategicly to stop the dog from getting onto a chair which has clothes on it. I have a feeling my upstairs neighbor would not allow the support brackets though.

[rogerdoger.livejournal.com]

I think it would work if you hung it from the wall too. You'd have to use lag bolts into the studs that way.

[small-chicken.livejournal.com]

Shame that I live in an apartment...it'd be kind of hard explaining to the person who lives above me why I'm screwing 2x4s into his floor :-)

Are all those bikes yours? Holy shit, you must be loaded....

[rogerdoger.livejournal.com]

you forget Im much older than you, so Ive had longer to collect things. :)