Comments on: Up in the air!

By: Muki

Muki — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:33:15 +0000

More current link: http://www.dwell.com/articles/.....ement.html

By: CrimsonCrow

CrimsonCrow — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:05:28 +0000

Garage. Garage. Garage. Some of us don’t have a garage!

By: Talii

Talii — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:38:16 +0000

At my parent’s lakehouse, they recently got kayaks for Christmas. They cluttered up the dock, causing stubbed toes and lost paddles, until we did a similar thing and hoisted them to the eaves right above the water. Just let down the pulley, splunk, and you’re off.

By: Seth Werkheiser

Seth Werkheiser — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:10:51 +0000

My father in law built this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sethw/495510333/

Tiny brooklyn apartment, so it’s not quite as elegant as bikes hanging from the ceiling, but it works ; )

By: Bex!

Bex! — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:28:04 +0000

I like the hooks (e.g. http://www.rei.com/product/743901) that allow vertical bike storage, similar to hanging a bike on a commuter train. I’ve just moved into a new place and will be getting something similar up and going once things are put away enough for a home improvement project. I will likely run a 2×4 across so that the whole system is more secure and each hook doesn’t have to go on a stud. This vertical storage is better than the horizontal racks if you are really space challenged.

Many folks have suggested the folding bikes, but they aren’t really the best for extensive usage. Perhaps if you ride infrequently, renting a bike would be a better clutter buster.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:12:52 +0000

Here in LA there is no way I’d have that hanging over my head when the next earthquake hits!

By: Linus

Linus — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:58:01 +0000

My wife and I lived in a small (under 400 sq. ft.) cabin for a year and a half before getting married. I refused to leave me road bike out in the elements, and it was constantly getting in the way, so we came up with this arrangement: http://home.cwru.edu/~pml3/ima.....inside.jpg

The rack is a Saris Bones (http://www.saris.com/p-300-bones-2-bike.aspx), and all it took was two bolts and a little adjustment to mount it on the wall.

This may offend some folks’ aesthetic taste, but when you have so little space to work with, getting things that are not in use out of the way is, in itself, beautiful.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:24:50 +0000

Yeah, this looks pretty nice to me… but I actually RIDE my bikes. My mountain bike gets muddy. My commuter is FILTHY. Even my nice-weather-only bike gets kinda dirty, especially on the underside. They’d drip dirty water everywhere, and all my houseguests could get a nice view of my gunky bottom brackets. No thanks.

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:04:57 +0000

I don’t like the idea of a bike hanging above my head in the living room either – only because I live in earthquake country. That, and the look isn’t for me. I would, however, consider hanging them from the ceiling in the garage. I know some people that did that at their old house, and it worked very well.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:25:03 +0000

We store our bikes off the floor using a pulley - but it's in our garage. I wouldn't want to see this inside the house. Less than $20 from Amazon. Here

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:54:56 +0000

With the price of some racing bikes, I can see how you’d want them where you could keep your eye on them.

By: erin

erin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:50:30 +0000

My first thought when seeing the picture was discomfort – I would be worried about the bike randomly falling down! I think that is because they are hanging free – if they were secured against that bit of wall above the opening to the next room, it would make me feel more secure. However, I don’t have a bike so I don’t have to worry about storage!

By: Jen (SLC)

Jen (SLC) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:17:51 +0000

I’m in the same boat as Carolina. We have two bikes for commuting that we keep on a gravity rack right by our front door. I’d love to free up that space with a solution like this. Unfortunately, our ceilings are pretty low.

Folding bikes are great for storage (I have one tucked away), but they don’t always have the best ride. They also don’t always work for long or hilly commutes.

By: Carolina

Carolina — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:12:27 +0000

We’re actually looking to hang our bikes from the ceiling or walls to save space since we don’t have a garage or the room for it. And no, we will NOT sell our extra bikes, they are our commuting vehicles.

By: hak

hak — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:04:29 +0000

Now, now. One man’s art is another man’s junk.

There are some gorgeous bikes out there, particularly time trial or triathlon bikes that are simply works of art. Just check out the Orbea Orca as one example: http://www.orbea-usa.com/fly.a.....;taxid=512

I would love to hang my triathlon bike (also an Orbea, but alas, nowhere near the beauty or price tag of the Orca)in the ceiling in the house or even put is square in the middle of the wall like a fine painting. It says more about my lifestyle and philosophies than any painting would.

My wife, on the other hand, would agree with the previous comments that bikes are not art.

There are lots of “toys” (in my case, guitars, long bows, recurve bows and bikes) that would be adorning my walls if I were a single man. Since I like being married, I will just have to wait until I can get my own play room!

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:01:25 +0000

@Some Dude — As we’ve said in the past, just because something isn’t your style doesn’t mean that you can’t get ideas from it.

http://unclutterer.com/2008/05.....n-for-you/

Maybe this is something that would work in your garage, if you’re not into the industrial look of it being in your living room.

By: Some Dude

Some Dude — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:33:06 +0000

Art? What do these people take us for? It’s not art just because you say it is, and it’s not edgy, chic, or cute either. Bikes don’t belong on the ceiling of your living room. This flies in the face of everything unclutterer stands for – just because it’s not on the floor doesn’t mean it isn’t clutter.

A clever way to get rid of your “cluttering” bike would be to find a way to store it in a closet or to buy one of those folding bikes for people with small spaces. Hanging it from the ceiling is just tacky and reeks of college.

By: ClickerTrainer

ClickerTrainer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:02:05 +0000

I modified the standard bike pulley storage system to hoist my kayak up into the garage rafters for storage. You just need to mount it on some fir strips so the pulleys can be spread further apart.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:15:39 +0000

Artwork? Sure, okay. As long as they’re clean. Sorry, but I don’t see art. But I do see a utilitarian system for hanging stuff from the ceiling. I’m not sure it needs to be more than that, but whatever blows your dress up. So to speak.

By: lana

lana — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:49:58 +0000

I like the idea of storing bikes off the floor, but this just doesn’t look or feel right to me.