Venzo Bike Bicycle Cycling Pedal Wall Mount Indoor Storage Hanger Stand - Hook Rack Holder - Great for Garage and Shed

 Fantastic!Cyclists love to joke about “The Formula”. The N + 1 Formula. You know…the correct number of bikes to own is N + 1; where N is the number of bikes you currently own. Get it?Hang around the cycling community very long and you may end up with more than one bike, or five, or seven. I’d love to be able to say there is one bike to do it all, the so-called “quiver killer”. As a Mountain Biker, Gravel Rider, Road Rider, Commuter there is not one single bike that can do-it-all.In building up the bike hangout/studio I wanted to be able to hang my primary rides in the studio space. A Mountain Bike and a dual purpose “Groad Bike” (Gravel/Road Bike). The Mountain Bike is an Orbea Occam AM, the Groad Bike is an Orbea Terra with two sets of wheels. One set is 700c with 28c road slicks and the other set is 27.5/650b with 42c Gravel Tires.There are many options when it comes to mounting/hanging/storing bicycles. There are the vertical mounts, mounts to hang the bikes from the ceiling with the wheels, bike parking racks. I was looking for a solution that was inexpensive and space efficient.The vertical mounts do allow you to store several bicycles in a fairly small space but the bicycles still protrude into the room space a fair amount. The ceiling wheel hangars also take a lot of space and also can cause issues with Mountain Bike suspension components and dropper posts when the bike is left hanging upside down.After a bit of searching, I found the concept of the bicycle pedal wall mount. The first product I saw looked great. It was made of plastic and came with color matched wheel trays to keep the bike level on the wall and to protect the walls from dirt and rubber marks. But they were a bit out of my price range at $70 per set. That’s $70 per bike!A little more searching and I found the Venzo Bicycle Pedal Wall Mount on Amazon (see link below). There are not many reviews, but they were good reviews. The product looked sturdy in the photos. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I could buy three for $28. Sold! I placed my order and waited.The package arrived. The pedal mounts are very solid steel with a tough Rhino-Liner like coating to protect the mount, your crank arms and your pedals. There are no instructions but package included three wall anchors and three screws for each pedal hangar.OK. Let’s figure this out. Word of caution: I would not even think about mounting a bike to the wall using only drywall anchors. So I set out to get these bikes up on the wall.Installation:1 Measure the height of the lower mount. This was the most challenging step as I had to hold the bike up against the wall, hold the hangar in one hand and put a mark on the wall with a pencil. The freshly painted wall definitely suffered a few rubber marks from the tires.2 Find the studs using a stud finder. 3 Match the marked height in step 1 with the actual stud locations in step 2. 4 Drill the holes. First problem! It was readily apparent that only 2 of the screw holes were going to match up with the stud. The remaining hole would have to use a drywall anchor. 5 Secure the pedal mount to the wall. Did I mention how sturdy these things are?6 Cranks vertical and pedals horizontal/level. Hang that sucker up! Wow, that was easy and it looks great. But, the bike keeps slipping on the wall as the center of gravity is not at the bottom bracket. The wall is suffering more rubber marks.7 Spend about an hour in the workshop fabricating some simple wheel shelf/wall protectors.8 Level the wheels up and pencil in the position. Attach the shelf/wall protectors to the wall. BINGO!Summary:The setup is very sturdy, easy to install and it looks fantastic.Pros: Price. The price can’t be beaten. Compare these at less than $10 each to the plastic variety that sell for $70 each. Build. Very solid steel with a Rhino-Liner like coating to protect the mount, your cranks and your pedals.Cons: No instructions Screw holes will only allow you to secure 2 of the holes to studs.

If you take your time and plan carefully you can stack multiple bikes on the wall. This product does not include the little shelves for the tires--I bought those separately from home depot. If you have bikes with really wide bars you may need to add a spacer.UPDATE: I bought two more.

First, the good. These are quality items. Well built, with a good finish.Now, the bad.1. You will absolutely get black tire marks on your walls. I even put up some little "shelves" that I picked-up at a local big-box home improvement store, and I still get marks on the wall to some extent. Without the shelves, it is guaranteed the walls will get marked-up with black tire marks. If you're OK with that, then there's no problem.2. The hole configuration (two side-by-side) and one below means that, at best, you're only going to get two screws into a stud...and that will happen only if you measure the center of the stud accurately. If you're off a little to either side, one screw will pick-up the stud, but the other two may not.3. I was not comfortable with the idea that if only one screw picked-up a stud, the other two would be held in place with hollow wall anchors. So, I used some 1x4 and picked-up studs on either end, and then attached the bike holder in the middle of the 1x4 (you can see it in the attached pictures).4. Lastly, if you live in earthquake country (as I do in Southern California), there's a good chance your bike will pop out of one of these during a good shaker. If it's in the garage, that means it will likely land on your car. I have secured mine with some Bungee cords (which you should also be able to see in one of the pictures).Bottom line: If I had to do it all over again, knowing what I know now I would not purchase these bike racks.

Strong, simple, functional, no frills design. As with other products of this sort (DaHanger for example), the upper drilled holes are too wide apart for both screws to make solid contact in standard U.S. wall studs (2x4's which are actually 1.75x3.5). If you're a U.S. purchaser, be sure to research and use one of the hanging techniques that other customers have come up with to deal with the issue and achieve a solid, reliable anchor that will safely hold the weight of your bike. One other minor issue to mention (and suggestion to the manufacturer): the length of the lower section is sized to fit anything from a small clipless pedal to an oversize flat. While this single "one size fits all" works, overall, and is certainly an economical solution for the manufacturer, it means that if you have small pedals, your bike hangs at a steeper angle from the wall than absolutely necessary. A product specifically sized for smaller pedals (or designed with some adjustability in the length of the lower section) would allow a more upright hang position and save space.

Pros:1. These mounts are made of thick metal and are strong.2. The mounts are coated with a thick rubbery material to avoid scratching your bike.3. Bikes look nice hanging from these mounts.Cons:1. The mounts are to be screwed into a wall via three holes that are arranged in a “V” shape. The distance between the top two holes (center to center) is approximately 1 3/16 inches, barely less than the 1.5 inch thickness of a 2x4 stud. It is therefore very difficult to attach a mount to a typical wall stud because the holes are spaced too far apart. I decided to drill a new hole between the top holes and I used two substantial deck screws to mount them, which worked fine.2. This method of hanging bikes on the wall works well for lightweight road bikes but not for mountain bikes. My full suspension mountain bike will not hang level on the wall as it is too front heavy. I needed to devise a method to support the front wheel to hang this bike.Overall impression: I would recommend these mounts if you are willing to make some modifications to make them work.