Easy To Build Garage Bike Rack, Simple & Clean Design
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Turns out the best designs are usually the simplest. I searched for a bicycle rack design to clean up the garage and found a lot of ideas that were overly complicated and really didn't look all that great. In the end I came up with this and have been really happy with it. No more kids' bikes all over the garage floor or leaned up against walls, or worse, the motorcycle. Fits all bike tire sizes. I haven't gone into great detail making this a step-by-step since it is so basic of a solution. Good luck.
My lumber is all 2x6s. The long boards are 6 feet long and the short boards are 23 inches long. Make all your cuts at 15 degrees and you'll be happy you did when you load it full of bikes.
Entire project took about 20 minutes.
Just built this for 7 bikes. 15 degree cuts are a huge improvement over my previous DIY bike rack. Thanks a ton!
I just got done building this for my sons family. 15° angle is genius. Wish I could post a pic.
Just built this. The 15 degree cuts are genius! So simple but makes it work very well.
Thank you for the Demo. Did your version for 3 bikes. Perfect solution. If I could add pictures I would do it.
THank you for posting! I browsed youtube looking for a simple, sturdy bike rack for when all the neighborhood kids pull in. This one takes the blue ribbon. Love the 15 degree mod that makes all the difference! No more sprockets in the dirt or bikes behind my car!
Cool! Glad it helped.
I agree, the almost 'rectangular' form of the rack, without any vertical beams to help keep the tires/bike straight, also means that if you needed to move the bike rack out of the way, it's as easy as pushing it up against the wall somewhere. Or you could even hang it up on a wall with those kind of ladder hooks.
Simple but brilliant. Well done
Great idea. Would there be any problem with using something like 2 x 2 boards spread apart? So that there is still the effect of a 2 x.6, but with less cost and less weight? I would simply rip 2 x 4s in half.
This looks great! I wonder if you have any idea what the minimum rack size would be before they fall over? I’m considering having two smaller racks rather than one large. I wonder if you think it might work for two bikes. Thanks for sharing! Kate
If you made one of these that was only for two bikes it wouldn't fall over if two bikes were always in it, but as soon as you remove one, it might if the rack is too light and the remaining bike is too heavy. It might be okay though if you make the tire slots tight enough that the bikes stand perfectly straight up and don't lean to the side any. If the bikes aren't leaning any, I could see it staying up with just one bike though a bit precarious. If you did two bikes wide and put a lot of space between the bikes, so it was say 3-4 feet wide still that would provide the extra weight to keep one bike upright. I'd play it safe and make it at least three bikes wide.
Specifically, how did you attach all the boards? I'm not super handy and need lots of help. I have an electric drill.
screws
Why are the 15 degrees cuts for?Thi bike rack is great .I will do it .Thanks
If you don't do the 15 degree cuts it will still work but not as good. The angled cuts make it so that the bike handlebars are slightly staggered and don't interfere with each other. If you don't do the angled cuts and want the handlebars to not interfere with each other you will want to allow a lot more space between each bike. This makes it needlessly big.
@@kirkearl I've got the same question. I've studied this and I don't see how the 15° keeps the handlebars from hitting each other. Straight cut or 15° you still have the same distance between bikes.
Vern Frier If you don’t do the angle cuts all the handlebars line up and you have to put the handlebars farther apart like this: - - - - - so they don’t interfere with each other. You can do it that way but it takes up more garage width and the rack has to be bigger for the same amount of bikes. If you angle them the bikes can be closer together because the handlebars can overlap without touching, less garage space and less wide like this: \\\\\. Most bicycle stores display their bikes at an angle for this very reason if they have a large inventory.
Vern Frier another way to think about it is this. If you and I stood next to each other while both facing straight north and with our arms straight out we could only be as close to each other as our arm length allowed. Our finger tips would hit and we’d be two arm lengths apart. If we both turned just 15 degrees clockwise our arms would no longer be on the same plane/line and we could keep getting closer until our bodies hit even though our arms were still straight out.
@@kirkearl I'm missing something. There is obviously something simple that I'm not understanding. In my mind why not just make the boards (front to back) a tad longer? I don't get the angle thing. I'll watch the video again. Maybe it's real simple and I'm just not seeing it.
Hi I’m going to try this but just looking for clarication on the angles cut. It’s only the cross boards that the bike will fit into that are cut on an angle correct? The outside frame are 90s?
There are no 90s on the entire rack. Everything is 15 degrees. You could make the outer perimeter squared with 90s, but the spots on the ends would have bikes parked at different angles than the ones in the middle which would look bad and possibly cause handle bars to interfere with each other. Good luck.
What distance did you use between each “wheel holder?” Thanks.
Tyler Staggs about 20 inches. I should have made a few tires slots bigger now that so many mountain bikes are close to 3 inches wide.
There are many similar projects in Woodglut's plans.