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This Schwinn tandem would be good for an antique bike enthusiast who would not mind dropping $500 and spending the time and money to keep it running. I would not pay $500 for it, personally. Like any bike, fit is the most important criterion. If you're not looking to spend a lot of money, and not interested in performance, new, halfway decent tandems can be had for under $300. If you opt to upgrade later, you can likely sell them for $150-$200. Here is an example: http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Dualie-Bicycle-26-Inch-18-Inch/dp/B00AWNI232/ref=zg_bs_3405161_1
Again, not a great bike, but components are from this century, and it should be fine as a starter tandem.

I got a spare-tire mounted car rack (like this except mine was used) and bolted it to the wall in the garage with masonry anchors. I keep two steel tandems on it (and I have the other wall lined with half bikes.)

I hung my tandem right in my dining room with one of these. My wife hated it, which made me like it even more. I screwed a board to the ceiling studs, then screwed the pulleys onto the board so I wouldn't have to worry about spacing. Make sure you're lifting by something sturdy like a rear rack, brake bridge, or the handle bars. Don't use the back of the saddle, as it might get pulled loose from the seat rails. I lost a tandem off a wall mount once, and it cost me a TV.

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I used a Gladiator Gear Track wall channel for the half bikes. It's a bit pricier than the above setup, but allowed me to store 6 bikes on a 12 foot wall. Pro tip: measure the height of your longest single, and mount the track an inch or two above that. You want your bikes to hang, but you don't want to lift them more than a foot or so to catch the wheel hook. Also, if you're putting them on a finished wall, I would mount the track on a board. The four foot lengths will accentuate any irregularities in your walls. If you don't want to repaint, I would run another board along the bottom for the tires to rub on. Wet tires will pull off paint once they're dry.

I always hung the suspension MTBs facing down. This way, you don't introduce air bubbles into the brake lines, and your fork juice stays at the bottom where it should. Road bikes facing up, MTBs facing down.