Gear Reviews

Beautiful bike storage solution

Finding an elegant storage solution for our bikes can be a challenge. Since my garage is currently in even more of a shamble these days, space is at a premium. While I would love to have El Lobo Gris proudly displayed in my living room, my wife does not appreciate the fine, sensuous, sculptured curves of Spanish aluminum and carbon fiber.

Rather than the Home Depot generic storage hook, the Delta Leonardo Wall Mount Front Wheel Bike Rack has caught my eye. Although it’s a bit pricey at $14 to have hidden away in the garage, this would have been perfect in my old bachelor pad. Heck, it would look great in any college dorm room or apartment. Just think how cool you would be if you were like the guy in this photo? Your art deco bike hanging on your art deco hook while you lounge in your tragically hip black ensemble reading Slate.com on your Apple Powerbook.

If that ain’t cool, I don’t know what is.

Seriously, this a nifty piece of gear and I’m racking (get it?) my brain out trying to figure out a way I can convince my wife that we need one…and that my bike needs to hang on that hook…and since it’s such a pretty hook, well, it would be a shame to hide it in the garage….

You think it would work?