rumrunn6

liberating. planning more now. holes had to be drilled 18" apart then you have to pick up the bike and climb a step stool, not ideal. I can get a better look at it now and have realized it needs a clean and lube. I was able to move another bike where this one was, thus freeing up some needed real estate in a cramped basement. I know where I can put another one immediately. and a third is not out of the question. got the hooks at Walmart for less than $2 ea.

vtdougie

You didn't notice that bike needed to be cleaned and lubed until you hung it from the ceiling?

HillRider

Unless you need the bikes high enough to be able to walk under them, extending the hooks with a length of light chain will make hanging the bikes more convenient. Yes, it's quite possible to not see how dirty they are at ground level and having them elevated makes cleaning much more convenient, particularly chain and rim work.

Andrew R Stewart 

I just did the mounting of about 14 bikes and 4 wheels worth of hooks in my house. But I took the easy routs and will hang the bikes by their wheels, upside down. Vastly easier to get up and down as well as less dependent on the spread between the hooks. The hooks are screwed into 2 pairs of 2x4s, which then are bolted to the overhead joists. Andy.

woodcraft

Insulation is upside down.

rpenmanparker 

If you can't walk under them anyway, it is easier to hang them just by the rear wheel by a single hook. You can use nearly the full length if the bike to reach it up to the hook without any step stool. And it takes less ceiling space.

Velocivixen

This is exactly what I did. They take up a lot less space that way vs just leaning up against things. I alternate the direction from which I hang them.

HillRider

I hang mine from the ceiling hooks by their top tubes. It's not as convenient to put them up but lets me turn the cranks and wheels to wipe and lube the chain, clean the drivetrain and rims and fix flats without taking the bikes down. It's a bit like storing them on repair stands.

Binky

Be careful. That is how it starts....

My wife started out with 4 or 5 hooks with a bike on each and in no time she was up to over 50...... and she hangs them all by one wheel !!


Bink

Andrew R Stewart 

Wow! All 50 by just one wheel. Must be quite some wheel

So here's a shot of my old garage hanging. Bikes are too close together but otherwise the 8 play nice with each other. Note the Kurt trainer and Krietler rollers in the back round. Andy.

79pmooney

I've been hanging them by the front wheel, rear resting against the wall for years. Easy. Wheelie the bike, lift and drop the front rim onto the hook. Space the hooks so the HBs overlap. Stagger the hooks vertically say 16", low hook so wheels are a couple of inches off the floor. Put the heavy bikes on the low hooks. Spare wheels can hang over the low hooks. Boxes or shelves can be under the high bikes. This system is easy with 30-35 pound bikes. It is equally easy to get the bikes down.

Ben

rpenmanparker 

Another case of, "Their are two kinds of people..." Some folks see hanging a bike by one wheel as a front wheel thing, others a back wheel thing. I have to conclude there is no real difference, just a difference in perception. I like the rear wheel, because it doesn't rotate around the head tube when you are trying to aim it at the hook. If you are short, but the ceiling is high, and you can't reach the wheel that is attached to the hook, you don't have to worry and the rear wheel flopping around and making handing the bike hard. You just push the bike up from wherever you can reach lower down on the frame like the down tube.

rumrunn6

:-) well I kinda knew it but when it was in my face, I was like, oh shoot gotta hit that!

rumrunn6

well, that's a grey area cuz it's a heated basement

rumrunn6

I do want to preserve floor space and or access to storage under them even if I won't be "walking" under them

woodcraft

You could remove the insulation then- improve the ambience.

oddjob2

If your joists are 8", I wouldn't be drilling too many 1.5" deep x 3/8" holes into them from the underside. Long term, it can't be good for structural integrity.

rumrunn6

haha good one

rumrunn6

yeah I was wondering about that as I was drilling and screwing the hooks in listening to the sound of expanding compressing wood fibers ... don't know if they are 8s or 10s. I should measure just for kicks. I won't be putting any others in that particular joist. I had thought about one hook pr joist with the bike perpendicular to the joists but this was easier

JanMM

Depending on the weight of the bikes and the load rating of the hooks, you might be able to use hooks with slightly smaller diameter threaded ends.

davidad

Hanging. Isn't that cruel and unusual punishment?

1 Miyata Biker

I am curious about whether hanging a bicycle using the seat nose as a hanging point is safe/hard on the seat? That seems like a lot of weight to be supported by the seat rails, especially when weight on a seat is always exerted on the opposite side of the seat downward. I've read posts about people trying to find ways to re-attach their seat to the rails after just picking up the rear of the bike to swing it around by using the seat and it detached from the seat rails. It looks as if it could be easily knocked down using the nose of the seat as an attachment point.

bent-not-broken

The natural variation in a wood beam is far greater than the impact of such a small hole.

rumrunn6

I went that route cuz I saw it done by another BF member. It seems OK. The saddle holds by 200+ lbs over road bumps, etc so hanging 1/2 the weight of a 25-30lb bike should be OK. It's out of the way so I shouldn't be bumping into it.

Centaurious

Whenever I see a bike hung by its back wheel I think it's about to have it's throat cut and bled out prior to skinning.