Elegant, stylish wall-mounted storage created for road, mountain and hybrid bikes – company signs four distribution partners and two international retailers

CLUG has announced its elegant, stylish and tiny bike storage clips are now available to buy in 15 countries through four distributors, two international retailers and direct from the CLUG online store.

Three versions have been announced, for road, mountain and hybrid bikes.

The great-looking wall-mounted brackets use an innovative design to hug the bike tyre securely. When the bike is mounted, the weight is transferred to the ground-based wheel with very low rotational force.

The CLUG Roadie is the world’s smallest bike rack and measures just 42mm x 42mm x 32mm (1.65" x 1.65" x 1.26"). The CLUG Hybrid is similarly discreet, measuring just 58mm x 58mm x 39mm (2.28" x 2.28" x 1.54"). The CLUG MTB measures 82mm x 82mm x 51mm (3.22" x 3.22" x 20.08").

The Roadie, for tyres that measure between 23-32mm (0.9-1.3"), are rated to hold a bike of between 9kg (23mm tyres) and 13kg (32mm tyres) under typical tyre pressures (>80psi).

The design is available in eight colour options: blue, green, black or orange insert with a black or white outside.

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The Hybrid, for tyres that measure between 33-42mm (1.3-1.65"), is rated to hold a bike of between 12kg and 19kg under typical tyre pressures (>60psi).

The MTB, for tyres that measure between 43-62mm (1.7-2.5"), is rated to hold a bike of between 13kg and 20kg under typical tyre pressures (>40psi).

The Hybrid and MTB are available in four colour options each: blue, green, black or orange inserts with a white outside.

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The wall-mount bracket comes in two parts, the strong outer Clipper, which attaches to the wall using two screws; and the rounded Gripper insert, which hugs the bike tyre securely.

The elegant design was first seen as a 2014 Kickstarter project. This saw significant demand and received over three times its $32,000 target ($107,947) to take it into production. It has been shortlisted for awards in both cycling and style / fashion magazines.

CLUG’s CEO, Jon Winebrenner, said: “We developed the CLUG to help us solve a problem, our team cycles into the office every day and before CLUG, bikes were everywhere. We looked around for a solution but felt there wasn’t an elegant system at the right price. Hanging them from our high ceilings wasn’t an option, which led to the idea of keeping the back tyre on the ground and gave the CLUG its tiny size.

“The response from the Kickstarter project shows there’s strong demand out there and the months since the campaign have been a roller coaster; sorting production, organising distribution, and fine tuning every aspect to everything about it fits with the simple, elegant, functional design that is at its heart.”

All three are available through CLUG’s growing list of international distribution and retail partners and direct from CLUG’s online store, where they are priced at $25 each including international shipping (£16, €22), $45 for two or $80 for four.

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