Hi all,I'm looking to mount two bikes on individual bike hangers on a wall in my apartment. The hangers are these. I believe the wall is drywall. I live in an older apartment building in Brooklyn, but my unit has been renovated somewhat recently.So far I have tried a few things:I have used a studfinder and found a stud in the spot where I'd like to hang one of the bikes. I pre-drilled some holes in the drywall and met a lot of resistance when I hit where I thought the stud was. The drill wouldn't penetrate that point, even with a lot of force behind it. After a bit, it then shot through the point of resistance pretty aggressively. I put the mount in using the screws it came with (about 2 or 3 inches, but thin), and hung my bike. This held for a few days, but I noticed that the screws were starting to pull out, and that there was a growing gap between the rack and the wall, especially where the top screw went in. I took the bike down, for fear of it falling.I then tried to re-mount the rack in the drywall itself twice, using expansion bolts once, and EZ Anchor 'Stud Solver' self-driving anchors another time. With the expansion bolts I was able to pull the rack out of the wall with my hands alone, pretty easily. With the EZ Anchors, the rack felt solid to my hands, but when I went to hang the bike, the rack pulled out before I had even fully weighted it. These left some decent holes. I think the expansion bolts might have been too short, but I have no idea why the EZ Anchors didn't take.I've now spackled over ~6 holes in the wall. I really need to hang these bikes (it's a small NYC apartment and getting them off the ground is essential), which weigh about 28lbs, and I really don't want to hire someone to do something so simple.I'm most confused as to why the anchors tore out so easily, and why the screws seemed to pull out of the stud. Any help y'all can give is very much appreciated - I'm at a loss right now for what will work. I'm sorry I don't have photos to add -- I spackled over the holes before I thought to post here, and I didn't document the process because it seemed like a pretty basic task.Cheers and thanks. via /r/DIY http://ift.tt/2t4FfHC
