Garage Bike Rack Recommendations

@LooseFur 132714 wrote:

After a thief entered the garage at work and stole some of parts of bikes (wheels and/or a frames) from the building’s 2 schoolyard racks, I’ve been pressing the building to invest in modern parking racks to accommodate the several commuters in the building with the aim of providing ample spaces to U-Lock secure at least a frame and wheel for multiple bikes. Trouble is, I don’t have experience with the racks I’m coming across and am unsure what to recommend.

A bit of research came up with these: http://www.belson.com/Square-U-Bike-Racks-on-Rails and http://www.belson.com/Phoenix-Rail-Mounted-Bicycle-Parking-Racks , which look pretty reasonable for an indoor garage space, enough to ward off the petty thief. I don’t want to make this too expensive or difficult for the building to install or they just won’t do it.

Any thoughts on these products or recommendations?

If you haven’t seen this thread:

http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?9726-Brand-New-Bike-Parking-Guide-for-Developers-Available

and this document:

http://www.commuterpage.com/pages/sp…ing-standards/

you might look at them. There are examples of different rack styles in the standards.

I like the inverted U racks, whether individually bolted or on a rail. Easy to use, can lock both the front wheel/frame and the back wheel, usually plenty of space. I’m sure some of those wall-mounted ones are necessary in space-constrained areas and probably work fine, but they seem like they’d be more difficult to use.

Noticed that the url for the rack standards changed.

http://www.commuterpage.com/pages/special-programs/tdm-for-site-plans/bicycle-parking-standards/