{ "id": "swivel-bike-wall-mount", "sku": "swivel-bike-wall-mount", "title": "Swivel Bike Wall Mount (2 Pack)", "slug": "swivel-bike-wall-mount", "price": 186.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "bike-wall-storage", "category_label": "Bike Wall Storage", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "1.8 kg", "images": [ "https://bikestand.co.nz/dropship-images/bike-wall-storage/swivel-bike-wall-mount/main-swivel-bike-wall-mount.jpg", "https://bikestand.co.nz/dropship-images/bike-wall-storage/swivel-bike-wall-mount/swivel-bike-wall-mount-2.jpg", "https://bikestand.co.nz/dropship-images/bike-wall-storage/swivel-bike-wall-mount/swivel-bike-wall-mount-3.jpg", "https://bikestand.co.nz/dropship-images/bike-wall-storage/swivel-bike-wall-mount/swivel-bike-wall-mount-4.jpg", "https://bikestand.co.nz/dropship-images/bike-wall-storage/swivel-bike-wall-mount/swivel-bike-wall-mount-5.jpg", "https://bikestand.co.nz/dropship-images/bike-wall-storage/swivel-bike-wall-mount/swivel-bike-wall-mount-6.jpg", "https://bikestand.co.nz/dropship-images/bike-wall-storage/swivel-bike-wall-mount/swivel-bike-wall-mount-7.jpg", "https://bikestand.co.nz/dropship-images/bike-wall-storage/swivel-bike-wall-mount/swivel-bike-wall-mount-8.jpg", "https://bikestand.co.nz/dropship-images/bike-wall-storage/swivel-bike-wall-mount/swivel-bike-wall-mount-9.jpg" ], "description_short": "A two-pack of powder-coated alloy steel hangers with a 150 degree swivel, rubber-lined wheel cradle and a 30 kg capacity per hook, with fixings for timber studs and masonry included.", "description": "The problem with bikes on the floor\n\nA bike takes up a surprising amount of ground. Lying on its side it eats about two square metres. Standing on a kickstand it is worse, because nothing can go near it without knocking it over. Put two bikes in a single garage alongside a car, a bin, a lawnmower and the usual pile of boxes, and you end up shuffling things sideways every time you want to get anything out.\n\nThe floor is also the worst place for the bike itself. It gets knocked, scraped by car doors, leaned on, and in a damp garage it sits in whatever water tracks in under the door. Chains rust. Derailleurs get bent by a bike toppling over. Most of the damage a home bike takes has nothing to do with riding it.\n\nWall space, meanwhile, usually sits empty from waist height upward. That is the gap a vertical bike hanger fills.\n\nHow a vertical bike hanger works\n\nThe idea is simple. A steel arm bolts to the wall, ending in a cradle shaped to take a wheel. You lift the bike, hook the front wheel into the cradle, and let go. The bike hangs nose-up with the rear wheel a few centimetres off the ground. Its whole footprint shrinks to roughly the width of the handlebars.\n\nThat part is standard. What separates a good garage bike wall hook from a basic one is whether it swivels.\n\nA fixed hook holds the bike perpendicular to the wall, sticking straight out into the room by the length of the bike's own width plus the pedals. In a tight garage that is still in the way. A swivel mount lets you turn the hung bike left or right until it lies almost parallel with the wall. This mount gives 150 degrees of movement, 65 degrees one way and 85 degrees the other, on a rolling system. You hang the bike centred, then push it sideways with one hand.\n\nThe practical result is a car door that opens all the way. If you have ever squeezed out of a driver's seat sideways because a bike was in the way, that is the problem being solved.\n\nLoad, materials and what the numbers mean\n\nThis mount is alloy steel with a powder-coated finish. Powder coating is a dry finish baked on rather than sprayed wet, and it gives a harder, more even surface than paint. It is the reason the listing describes the mount as rust resistant, which matters in a garage that gets condensation.\n\nEach hook is rated to 30 kg. To put that in context, a typical road bike is 8 to 10 kg, a hardtail mountain bike is 12 to 15 kg, and a common commuter e-bike runs 20 to 25 kg with the battery in. So 30 kg is generous for almost everything. The exceptions are e-cargo bikes and some heavy full-suspension electric models, which can get close or go over. If your bike is in that category, weigh it before you buy rather than hoping.\n\nOne bike per hook. The rating is per hook, not per pack, and the cradle takes a single wheel.\n\nThe cradle itself is rubber coated. This spreads the load across the rim rather than pressing bare metal into it, and it stops the hook scratching anodised or painted rims. There is also a stopper that the tyre rests against, which keeps the tyre off your wall paint and stops the bike swinging into the plaster every time someone walks past.\n\nThe measurement that decides everything\n\nBefore anything else, measure your tyre. This is where most returns come from with any wall mounted bike rack.\n\nTwo numbers matter. First, the height from the top of the tread down to the hub, which needs to be 8 cm or less. Second, the tyre width, which needs to be 9 cm or less. Deep-section rims over 90 mm will not sit in the cradle. Neither will fat-bike tyres, which are often 10 cm or more across.\n\nStandard road, gravel, hybrid, touring, cyclocross, cruiser, BMX, kids and most mountain bike tyres all fit comfortably inside those figures. Bikes with mudguards are fine too, though it is worth doing a dry fit before you tighten everything, because some mudguards sit very close to the tyre and can catch on the cradle lip.\n\nMeasure with a tape, not by eye. A tyre that looks chunky might be 6 cm wide, and a road tyre on a deep aero rim might be the one that fails the test.\n\nWhere to put it, and what you can bolt it to\n\nThis is a load-bearing fixing, so the wall matters more than the mount.\n\nTimber stud walls are fine as long as you hit the stud. Plasterboard on its own is not. No anchor rated for a picture frame is going to hold a 25 kg e-bike swinging on a lever arm, and the instructions are clear on this point. Find the stud with a stud finder, mark the centre, and drill there.\n\nConcrete, brick and masonry are the easiest surfaces because the whole wall is solid. The pack includes bolts for these as well as screws for timber studs, so you are covered either way.\n\nFor height, the usual method is to hold the bike up by its front wheel against the wall and mark where the cradle needs to land so the rear tyre clears the floor by a few centimetres. On most adult bikes that lands the hook somewhere near head height. Go a little higher if you want to store a toolbox or tyres underneath.\n\nIf you are fitting both mounts in the pack for two bikes, stagger the heights by 20 to 30 cm. The handlebars then sit at different levels and the bikes can be spaced much closer together. Side by side at the same height, you need enough gap that the bars and pedals do not clash.\n\nWho this suits\n\nGarage owners sharing space with a car get the most from the swivel. So do people in narrow sheds, where the usable room runs along one wall.\n\nApartment and unit dwellers are the other obvious group. Indoor bike storage in a flat is nearly always a wall problem, and a hanger in a hallway, spare room or balcony nook is the only way to keep a bike inside without it dominating the room. Check your lease before drilling if you rent.\n\nFamilies do well out of the two-pack. One hook low for a child's bike, one higher for an adult, and the floor stays clear.\n\nIt suits people who ride regularly, too. A bike that is easy to grab gets ridden. One buried behind boxes does not.\n\nKeeping it in good shape\n\nThere is not much to do. Wipe the arm and bracket with a dry or slightly damp cloth when dust builds up. Skip solvents and abrasive pads, which will dull the powder coat over time. The one part worth a bit of attention is the rubber cradle, because grit trapped there sits directly against your rim.\n\nEvery few months, check the mounting screws and give them a turn if they have loosened. Walls settle, timber moves with the seasons, and a quick check costs nothing.\n\nThe short version\n\nA swivel bike wall mount gets your bike off the floor and turns it flat against the wall, which is the difference between storing a bike and merely moving the problem. This one is alloy steel with a powder-coated finish, rated at 30 kg per hook, with 150 degrees of rotation and a rubber-lined cradle to look after your rim.\n\nTwo things decide whether it will work for you. Your tyre must be no more than 8 cm from tread to hub and no more than 9 cm wide, and your wall must be masonry or have a timber stud you can reach. Get those two right and the rest is a drill, a few screws and about five minutes a hook.\n\nYou get two mounts in the pack, so that is two bikes off the garage floor in one afternoon.", "llm_summary": "Each hook is alloy steel with a powder-coated finish and is rated to hold up to 30 kg. The arm swivels through 150 degrees (plus 65 and minus 85) so a hung bike can be turned flat against the wall. A rubber-lined cradle protects the rim and a stopper protects the wall. The mount fits tyres up to 8 cm from tread to hub and up to 9 cm wide. Product dimensions are 18.5 x 8.1 x 24.9 cm, item weight 3.97 lb. Screws and bolts for timber studs and masonry are included.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Change-of-mind returns accepted for 15 days from delivery under this shop's own published policy: original packaging, proof of purchase, buyer pays return postage. The guarantees of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 apply to faulty or misdescribed goods, with repair, replacement or refund and return postage covered by the shop.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Bike Stand Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://bikestand.co.nz/product/swivel-bike-wall-mount/", "canonical_url": "https://bikestand.co.nz/product/swivel-bike-wall-mount/", "json_url": "https://bikestand.co.nz/api/products/swivel-bike-wall-mount.json", "updated_at": "2026-11-08", "compare_at_price": 223.99 }