Wall Mounts
Browse used wall mounts for sale from riders across the UK. Wall storage holds a bike by the front wheel, the top tube or the frame, on anything from a single rubber-coated hook to a rack that pivots flat against the wall when the bike is not on it, and almost all of it needs fixing into masonry or into studs at 400mm centres. It suits hallways, sheds and flats where a bike lives against a wall rather than in the middle of the floor.
Vertical or horizontal wall mount?
A vertical mount hangs the bike by its front wheel, takes about 400mm of wall width and needs close to 2m of height. A horizontal cradle holds the bike by the top tube and frame, needs around 1.8m of wall, and keeps a muddy tyre away from the paintwork. Swing-out racks such as the Steadyrack hang the bike vertically and then pivot it sideways flat against the wall, which is what makes a narrow corridor workable. Tyre width decides compatibility more often than people expect, as road, mountain and fat bike versions of the same rack are not interchangeable.
Wall mount or floor stand?
A wall mount is the right answer in a flat or hallway where nothing can sit on the floor, but it means drilling, which rented housing may not allow. A floor stand props or leans instead and moves with you, while ceiling mounts suit bikes that come down rarely. The rest of the bike storage section is worth comparing before you commit to holes in a wall.
What wears out on a used wall mount?
The rubber sleeve on a hook goes first: once it perishes and splits, bare steel sits against the rim or the top tube. On plastic cradles, look for hairline cracks radiating out from the bolt holes, which is where the leverage of a hanging bike concentrates. On pivoting racks, check the hinge for both slop and grit-induced stiffness, and on adjustable arms check nothing has seized in one position. Assume the wall fixings are missing or wrong, and budget for the correct ones.
Will it hold on my wall?
Nearly every failure is a fixing failure rather than a rack failure. Plasterboard alone will not hold a bike hanging off a 200mm lever arm, so the bolts need to reach masonry or a stud, and that means the wall decides the position of the rack rather than you. An 8kg road bike and a 25kg e-bike are very different loads on the same two screws, so check the stated capacity against what you are actually hanging.
What should a used wall mount cost?
Plain steel hooks are cheap enough new that buying used only makes sense in multiples. The ones genuinely worth buying second-hand are the pivoting and shelf-style racks, where the mechanism and the finish are most of the cost, so inspect the plastic first because a cracked cradle cannot be repaired. Buy new when the tyre width you run is outside what the rack was made for.