Press Release: the BikeStow UpHaving moved to Loughborough University to study Product Design Engineering, BikeStow co-founder George Laight quickly encountered a dilemma when trying to store his bike in his small student flat.
It became clear storing it vertically used the least floor space, however he couldn’t even put blu-tack on the walls, let alone wall hooks! At the risk of losing his room deposit, George instead set about designing a solution. Welcome, the BikeStow Up: an elegant, freestanding approach to space-efficient vertical bike storage.
Key Features:
• Elegantly displays your prized bike horizontally or vertically.
• Space efficient storage perfect for your home, flat, office, garage, or bedroom...
• Roll and rotate - no heavy lifting involved.
• Completely free-standing - no screws, damage, or permanent commitment.
• Compatible with road, mountain, cross, fat, and e-bikes with up to 5” wide tyres.
• Family made and CNC routed in-house in Stourbridge, UK.
How Does it Work?
First, roll the bike in and lower the ‘v’ slider. Here some handy ride prep and basic maintenance can be carried out, or even left as is, for horizontal storage.
To advance to the vertical configuration, simply rotate the bike on its rear wheel until its seatpost lands on the seatpost-cradle. By using the back wheel as a pivot, no direct lifting is involved, therefore making storage near effortless. A provided hook-and-loop strap conveniently stops the handlebars and front wheel from turning, and features an interior section of soft foam to prevent frame damage.
The seatpost-cradle is flippable, moveable between five slots, and swappable for a tall version, giving plenty of adjustability so different bikes rest at the perfect balance point. Paired with BikeStow’s patented ‘v’ slots and ‘v’ slider arrangement, bikes of various sizes from graceful road bikes, unwieldy e-bikes, to mighty fat-bikes are always held securely.
The BikeStow Up is lovingly manufactured in-house in Stourbridge, UK, from CNC routed birch plywood, before being hand-finished and partially assembled. The brushed aluminium ‘v’ sliders are laser cut locally and hand-brushed just outside of Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter.
This is BikeStow’s second bike rack solution, having launched the
BikeStow Original almost three years ago. Equally, the Original was also conceived to solve a personal problem, after co-founder and father Simon Laight grew frustrated when transporting bikes inside his new van.
The BikeStow Up starts at £120 and is available direct from
BikeStow.com.
Important note: Marin R3ACT owners excluded from above statements.
You win!
Ps: you can buy a Thule rack with some kind of swivel, and besides being cheaper, you can mount it on a rack!
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Really........ I did a "Bike Wardrobe" spending as little as 20euros, and can park 6 bikes in less than 2m width
unfortunately i have 5... and i havent found a better solution than just carefully leaning them on each other with as much overlap as possible
We are looking at working with a bike bag / strap brand to offer a more in keeping strap - but the stars haven't quite aligned yet
That said, the current straps aren't a compromise!
@juicebanger it's solid birch plywood
Cut a V lengthwise in the 4x4, that's the bottom part where the rear wheel sits, add two 2x4 vertical posts at one end and add a piece of 4x4 (with a V cut) in-between at the height required for the seat to sit in, add two pieces of 2x4 screwed to the bottom 4x4 so the base is T.
Bonus: drill a hole in the vertical posts so you can lock the rest wheel in there using a plastic tube, this way you've got a way to easily keep the bike standing upright when working on it.
Beware though the Chinese copies will pop up in no time on ebay/amazon. If you haven't done so get some patents and copyright on it.
www.minoura.jp/english/storage/tower/p-600al-6s.html
Multifunctional stand for MTB / E-BIKE
Vertical bike position: Space-saving, free up to 1.1m in the garage, safety and stability in seconds, allowing maintenance of the front wheel
Horizontal bike position with rear wheel raised: allows maintenance of the rear wheel, crankset and chain
Horizontal position with front wheel raised: allows storage or washing of the bike
PRICE: 33€