Recommended bike storage

I just installed four of these in my garage to hang my bikes from the wall and they seem to work great!!!

Also known as Gladiator Vertical Bike Hook (a Whirlpool product) - Google that if the link doesn't work.

Pretty simple to install the suspending bar (rigid plastic, but sturdier than a board; just screw into the wall studs) and the hooks just snap into it. You can also buy and hang other kinds of hooks and baskets for shoes, helmets, etc., off the same bar.

Not much more expensive than buying boards and c-hooks, and better built for the job, plus neater in appearance.

Recommended!! Someone could even put these into apartment walls if they had wooden studs and spackle over the holes without too much damage when moving out.

Fully loaded

Some incredible photos of touring bikes over at http://www.fullyloadedtouring.com/

(first seen at Biking Bis).

Amazing array of options for long-distance cycling travel - something I've always wanted to do. I think it may have to wait for many, many years now, though - if the girls want to do it when they're older! Today for the first time we took both their bikes over to the track and they each rode one full lap. It's a long way from a quarter-mile to across the country, though!