Bike rack for the Office.. Suppliers?

casurina99 said:

Hi All,

I'm trying to get my company to install a rack so I can lock up my bike rather than leave it in the fire stairs.. There are 5 of us that ride regularly so we think we can get them to install a rack.

Any idea of decent suppliers so I can ask for a quote and submit it all to the office manager??

Thanks,

Tom

Not sure where you are based but Bicycle victoria have a good range (and can do a quote)

bv.com.auDefault389.htmOpen ↗

Tom wrote -

Quoted message said:

I'm trying to get my company to install a rack so I can lock up my bike
rather than leave it in the fire stairs.. There are 5 of us that ride
regularly so we think we can get them to install a rack.

Been there done that, although in a "domestic" rather than office situation
(12 bikes in the household, barely enough really).

With the benefit of hindsight and having tried the commercial solutions
(which become compromised in my view after 2 bikes) my suggestion is to stow
the bikes vertically - my solution is -

Fix a wooden batten to a convenient wall with wall anchors and removable
screws - timber only has to be solid enough to accommodate and hold about
3cm of a screw in hook on a 45 deg diagonal - I suggest one wall anchor per
bike.

Position the wood strip at a height where all users can hook a wheel into a
screw in plastic coated hook (any hardware store, about $2 each) - separate
the hooks by a little more than a handle bar width (will be wider for
mountain bikes).

With the benefit of hindsight, put in more hooks in than you presently have
bikes (good also to hang other stuff like wheels to be repaired) - you may
influence others to follow your deviant, car threatening ways.

If security is an issue, fix a metal strip at typical bottom bracket height
and attach some chains or plastic coated wire to thread through the wheels
and frames of the bikes and "secure" with a padlock or bike lock - will
deter amateur thieves and provide a little light amusement to professionals.

If its a painted wall and someone cares about the paint you could put a
third strip to keep the lower wheels off the wall but that's really anal.

Cost should be less than $50 and less than an hours time for a home handy
person to install.

If you have to remove it its the cost of patching a few drill holes and some
touch up paint.

As I said, that's worked better and more flexibly for me than way more
expensive store bought devices - look at what your LBS does to store bikes -
most will adopt a variant of what I have proposed.

The residual question of whether to hang by the front or rear wheel is more
of a religious than an engineering question which you need to pose to your
favourite guru - "there are many choices on the path to enlightenment
grasshopper".

best, Andrew

Andrew Price said:

Tom wrote -
Been there done that, although in a "domestic" rather than office situation
(12 bikes in the household, barely enough really).

While Andrew's ideas are good for a domestic situation (I have multiple wall mounted hooks in my house), you're more likely to have success pushing a solution which meets the Australian Standards (AS2890). While it will cost more, there's much less chance of any legal recourse should something go wrong, plus it will be a more secure solution for both protecting bikes from damage and protecting them from theft.

BV are worth contacting, they have heaps of experience in optimising unused spaces.

casurina99 said:

Quoted message said:

Any idea of decent suppliers so I can ask for a quote and submit it all
to the office manager??

Visit your local bicycle shop and ask if you can have a look through the
Bicycle Oz trade list magazine. It has rack suppliers there. Or contact
them direct.

quote='Terry Collins'casurina99 said:

Quoted message said:

Any idea of decent suppliers so I can ask for a quote and submit it all
to the office manager??

Visit your local bicycle shop and ask if you can have a look through the
Bicycle Oz trade list magazine. It has rack suppliers there. Or contact
them direct.[/QUOTE]
One ov BV's solutions is as per Andrew's suggestion but far easier to install and use
(altho I might have a go at building his version for my place 🙂 )
Quite a few places in CBD melbourne use them (101 collins amongs others and BV themselves)

flyingdutch said:

One ov BV's solutions is as per Andrew's suggestion but far easier to
install and use

Unfortunately, that isn't a business solution.
Only caters for a certain style of bicycle.
Only caters for certain bicycle riders.
Creates a dangerous situation.

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OK THanks for the input.

SO far I have:
Corax - good cheap (relatively) stylish commercial racks. Sydney City Council uses them and BNSW recommends them.
BV - Good utilitarian and cheaper racks. But freight is a real issue for interstate...
Sefton - Safety supplier: Ugly racks, expensive, and sold by people who know nothing about bikes.
Securabike - A company an architect friend suggested. Cheapish - No contact as yet.
Andrews Homebuilt solution - Nice idea, but in the land of budgets, cost benifit analysis, insurance and registered tradesmen only, It just wont translate into my Office Managers head..

I think the Corax stuff is the way to go for me.

Thanks,

Tom

[quote="casurina99"]OK THanks for the input.

SO far I have:
Corax - good cheap (relatively) stylish commercial racks. Sydney City Council uses them and BNSW recommends them.
BV - Good utilitarian and cheaper racks. But freight is a real issue for interstate...
Sefton - Safety supplier: Ugly racks, expensive, and sold by people who know nothing about bikes.
Securabike - A company an architect friend suggested. Cheapish - No contact as yet.
Andrews Homebuilt solution - Nice idea, but in the land of budgets, cost benifit analysis, insurance and registered tradesmen only, It just wont translate into my Office Managers head..

I think the Corax stuff is the way to go for me.


Do you have you a web address for Corax? My Googling not up to finding them.

I'm interested in getting a bank of covered individually lockable cupboards to hold vertically arranged bikes for the carpark of the units in which I live.

Terry Collins said:

Unfortunately, that isn't a business solution.
Only caters for a certain style of bicycle.
Only caters for certain bicycle riders.
Creates a dangerous situation.

thousands would disagree Terry. And from the minagery(sp?) of bikes from mtbs to tandems, road bikes to 'bents I am yet to witness a bike that hasnt worked on them. And what's so dangerous? BV use them and they are just a copy of the millions spread around northern europe rail-stations...

flyingdutch said:

Terry Collins said:

Unfortunately, that isn't a business solution.
Only caters for a certain style of bicycle.
Only caters for certain bicycle riders.
Creates a dangerous situation.

thousands would disagree Terry. And from the minagery(sp?) of bikes
from mtbs to tandems, road bikes to 'bents I am yet to witness a bike
that hasnt worked on them. And what's so dangerous? BV use them and
they are just a copy of the millions spread around northern europe
rail-stations...

1) Hanging a bicycle on a hook? Well, for a start, the rider has to be
physically capable of lifting the bicycle into the air to hang them
there. That is two problems, and doing so creates problems. Think about
it.

2) Thankfully all the idiots that eat at McDonalds don't determine what
is good food.

3) Thankfully BV isn't my state bicycle group, but then the same
problems exist here.

quote='Terry Collins'flyingdutch said:

Terry Collins said:

Unfortunately, that isn't a business solution.
Only caters for a certain style of bicycle.
Only caters for certain bicycle riders.
Creates a dangerous situation.

thousands would disagree Terry. And from the minagery(sp?) of bikes
from mtbs to tandems, road bikes to 'bents I am yet to witness a bike
that hasnt worked on them. And what's so dangerous? BV use them and
they are just a copy of the millions spread around northern europe
rail-stations...

1) Hanging a bicycle on a hook? Well, for a start, the rider has to be
physically capable of lifting the bicycle into the air to hang them
there. That is two problems, and doing so creates problems. Think about
it.

2) Thankfully all the idiots that eat at McDonalds don't determine what
is good food.

3) Thankfully BV isn't my state bicycle group, but then the same
problems exist here.[/QUOTE]

BV has about ten different solutions on there web page, vertical hanging is just one of them.