Bike Rack - Easy Build Wall Mounted Bicycle Rack

I've built many bike racks and settled on this design as the simplest and best for racking my bikes.

Racking on the wall uses less floor space and you can stagger heights so you can pack more bikes into your garage or where you keep your bikes.

You can watch the full build here:

• Vertical base - one piece wood 70cm long 7cm wide 3.5cm high. Has to be wide enough to fit your tyre.
• Horizontal arms - two pieces wood 60cm long 3.5cm wide x 4cm high. You can use a larger width and depth if that's the wood you have.
• Tyre rest - one piece wood 13cm long 4cm wide 2cm high
• Supports - two wire coat hangers. Plastic coated is probably a bit friendlier to your tyres but not essential.
• Arm pivot screws - two screws 6.5cm long. Just make sure the pivot screws are long enough to reach half way into the base.
• Wire anchor screws - four screws 3cm long
• Tyre rest screws - two screws 5cm long. You can use more than one screw each side if you want extra strength.
• Wall attachment screws - Depends on what type of wall you have. Use at least 2 or 3 attachment points.

It's important to stick with the length of the Vertical Base and Horizontal Arms listed above. But you can vary the other dimensions to match what wood you have available.

The base should be wide enough to fit the width of your wheel.

Drill wall mount screw holes in base. 

I'm mounting my racks onto a brick wall so I'm only using 2 long screws. You should decide how many screws are required for mounting onto the type of wall you have. Then drill the holes into the base.

Round the 2 edges of the tyre rest that come into contact with the tyre so there's no sharp edges.

Predrill the holes and screw on with one screw on each side.

The arms are attached 2 cm (1 inch) from the bottom of the base at right angles. Predrill the holes and screw on with one screw on each side. Screws shouldn't be too long to avoid them colliding in the middle.

Attach the top wire anchor screw 4 cm (1.5 inches) from top of the base.

Repeat on the other side.

Straighten the hangers and trim off any wild curly bits.

Lay wire across arms and base and mark an angled line to guide you when you drill. The hole should be 33cm (13 inches) from the wall.

Drill the angled hole in arm.

Wrap the wire around the top anchor screw.

Thread wire through arm and set the arm angle at 90 degrees to the base before bending the wire under the arm.

Attach the bottom wire anchor screw 1 inch from the hole on the underside of the arm.

Wrap the wire around the anchor screw and trim off the excess.

Repeat for the arm on the other side.

The build is now complete so time to mount the rack onto the wall using the attachment method best suited to your type of wall.

You can position the rack low with the back wheel on the ground or higher with the whole bike in the air.

Its easier to rack the bike when the back wheel is on the ground so I only 'air' mount them when trying to pack them in and stop the handlebars clashing.  

So it's probably best to keep frequently accessed and heavier bikes lower.

Lift your bike up so the front wheel is in the air. The easy way to do this is to pull the brakes, take a few steps backwards, and the bike will stand up on it's back wheel.

Then wheel the bike into the rack.