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So I didn’t have a lot of room to have the bike just sit against the wall that is behind me, so I took it upon myself to come up with an alternate solution. As such, I present the Cubicle Wall Bike Rack. The solution is pretty straight-forward and is really easy to make. Here is what I did.

1. Went to a lumber store and picked up a nice looking 6ft. 1×3 board. ( I forked out a bit extra for a nice piece that wasn’t the cheapo pine) $5.98

2. Went to REI and had them give me 2*(ht of cube wall) + 10 in. of web/mesh cord (this is the stuff that your backpack straps are made of), and a clip. $4.25

3. Also bought @ REI the Leonardo Wall-Mount Rack (Again, a bit spendy but looks nice. I’m in a new office space after all). $15.00

[Advance part]

4. Cut the 1×3 to 65.5in.

5. Sewed the “base” end of the clip and web cord.

6. Took bike in question and estimated how high up the wood the rack would need to be mounted. [You may want to put it a bit higher so that at worst the cube wall would be supporting your bike, if it is too low you could have issues with your bike fitting properly.]

7. Eye-balled the center of the wood with the rack and screwed the rack on.

8. Verified that the bike would fit in ok.

9. Unscrewed the rack and put the webbing between the wood and rack. [Note: I placed the ends about 2ft from the bottom “front” of the wood. This is so that the clip wouldn’t be on the other side of the cube wall, but would be on the “inside” for appearances. You can sort of see this in the lower photo near the rear wheel/ crankset]

10. All done.

Total cost : $25.23 + tax.

The biggest place you can save money would be the actual rack. Supergo has an in-store one for $9.95 that is ok, but doesn’t look as nice. Even more so is one from Storables that is $5.95. The other place to save would be to get the cheaper pine for around $2.33 or so.

How does it fare? Very very well. I’m surprised at how sturdy it is. As you can see I sort of have it setup to have the handlebars lean a bit against the adjacent wall for support, but that isn’t needed at all. Being the ever observant employee I also put some cardboard behind the wall and on the floor for dirty tire marks.