Build Your Own Bicycle Rack

I carried two bikes in my car taking up half of the seats. This looks good to me as I can ride whenever I want and save valuable space at home. The downside is some inconvenience in case I need to carry more passengers.

You may wonder why I didn’t use external car mount.

Like most of the people in Hong Kong, I live in flat and don’t have the luxury to have my own garage to keep my bikes in a safe place. External car rack for storage is not an option to me.

I plan to put them back at home but due to the limited spaces, I have to work out a space efficient bike storage solution.

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Well, every successful project starts with a good project plan, here is mine:

Objectives:

• Utilise off-the-shelf rack or storage system to minimise the building work
• Re-use existing materials whenever possible
• Equip with flexibility in future expansion to carry more bikes 🤣

Draft design:

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Building Works

After some research works, I have selected the Ikea IVAR Storage System and the Shimano PRO bicycle Wall Hook as the basic building blocks.

To fix the wall hooks to the IVAR storage rack, some customisation is required. Here the re-use of wooden boards left over from an old Ikea MALM chest comes into play.

With few hours of hard work, my DIY bike rack is ready for use.

By the way, looks like I can add the third wall hook … 🤣