Storing bikes by hanging from front wheel?
03-11-09, 09:34 AM
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Storing bikes by hanging from front wheel?
Hello all
I've stored my bikes inside the house here so far. It's kept them from the humid salty and sandy air. (Anyone seen the pictures of the sandstorms we've been having?)
We have a sealed garage storage space, dust free. I'm thinking of putting up a batten on the roof there, and hanging the bikes up by their front wheels by S hooks.
Is this inviting damage?
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I've stored my bikes inside the house here so far. It's kept them from the humid salty and sandy air. (Anyone seen the pictures of the sandstorms we've been having?)
We have a sealed garage storage space, dust free. I'm thinking of putting up a batten on the roof there, and hanging the bikes up by their front wheels by S hooks.
Is this inviting damage?
Thanks
03-11-09, 09:39 AM
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Only if you bang your head on the rear tires like I do......
03-11-09, 10:07 AM
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If you are able to put a batten up there- Hang the bikes from the saddle.
The weight of some of my bikes would ovalise a wheel after a couple of months so I don't do it.
The weight of some of my bikes would ovalise a wheel after a couple of months so I don't do it.
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I've been hanging bikes by the front wheel for 20 years with no problems.
03-11-09, 10:41 AM
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What makes you think this would happen? I have never heard of a wheel being damaged by hanging a bike from it. I store several of my bikes by hanging them from the wheel, including my tandem. I have never had a wheel become ovalized from this. Have you seen it happen?
03-11-09, 11:01 AM
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Thanks all for responses
I should have specified..
We have a covered space like a 'car port', covered but open 360 degrees around. I don't want to leave the bikes there because of the windy salty circumstances.
At the back of the car port, there's an enclosed and lockable space about 8 feet tall, 3 feet deep, 6 feet wide. It'd take all the bikes (3 singles, 1 tandem) vertically but not horizontally.
So far, I'm encouraged to hang some butchers hooks to get the bikes out of the house. Mrs Beloved earns more than I do by running painting courses in the house, and the space currently bike occupied would give space to about 5 other paying art students!!!
I should have specified..
We have a covered space like a 'car port', covered but open 360 degrees around. I don't want to leave the bikes there because of the windy salty circumstances.
At the back of the car port, there's an enclosed and lockable space about 8 feet tall, 3 feet deep, 6 feet wide. It'd take all the bikes (3 singles, 1 tandem) vertically but not horizontally.
So far, I'm encouraged to hang some butchers hooks to get the bikes out of the house. Mrs Beloved earns more than I do by running painting courses in the house, and the space currently bike occupied would give space to about 5 other paying art students!!!
03-11-09, 11:15 AM
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We have a covered space like a 'car port', covered but open 360 degrees around. I don't want to leave the bikes there because of the windy salty circumstances.
At the back of the car port, there's an enclosed and lockable space about 8 feet tall, 3 feet deep, 6 feet wide. It'd take all the bikes (3 singles, 1 tandem) vertically but not horizontally.
So far, I'm encouraged to hang some butchers hooks to get the bikes out of the house. Mrs Beloved earns more than I do by running painting courses in the house, and the space currently bike occupied would give space to about 5 other paying art students!!!
At the back of the car port, there's an enclosed and lockable space about 8 feet tall, 3 feet deep, 6 feet wide. It'd take all the bikes (3 singles, 1 tandem) vertically but not horizontally.
So far, I'm encouraged to hang some butchers hooks to get the bikes out of the house. Mrs Beloved earns more than I do by running painting courses in the house, and the space currently bike occupied would give space to about 5 other paying art students!!!
8' tall is fine for single bikes but I suspect it'll be too low for a tandem because you need to allow room for the hook the front wheel hangs from.
3' deep is also probably not going to be enough. My bikes take about 43" from the wall to the top of the saddle.
I don't think that my friend, stapfam, has thought that wheel ovalizing thing through. A wheel that isn't stout enough to support a 60 pound mountain bike tandem hanging from a hook won't be adequate to support two adult riders bounding down a singletrack trail either.
03-11-09, 11:15 AM
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Hang 'em high!
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That's how I hang mine…
RG is right about the three-foot depth being insufficient. I have a 34" cycling inseam, and my saddles are 40½" from the wall.
RG is right about the three-foot depth being insufficient. I have a 34" cycling inseam, and my saddles are 40½" from the wall.
03-11-09, 01:28 PM
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Maybe it is a peculiarity of British handbuilt wheels.
03-11-09, 01:43 PM
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If you hang a bike by the rear wheel, all the blood rushes to the head(tube) which
can cause a head(tube)ache.
Hang it by the front wheel. Your bike will thank you.
can cause a head(tube)ache.
Hang it by the front wheel. Your bike will thank you.
03-11-09, 02:47 PM
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I hang mine like tsl, except I alternate front-back wheels so I can squeeze in more bikes. If it's good enough for a bike shop, it's good enough for me. Like others have already mentioned, I think you're going to need a deeper space.
03-11-09, 04:03 PM
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BTW - allows excess oil to go down the chain and not accumulate on the cassette
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We tie poms to the rafters, get them to hold the front wheel and rotate it 1/8th of a turn every 2 hours. We tried using yanks but they couldn't handle more than a quarter turn rotation and the 1/8th is more effective ... besides which, they keep dripping pie juice on the saddle
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Oh, fer CHRISESAKES! The guy asks a serious question and it turns into a jokefest!
Anyway. "S" hooks won't work. Go to the dollar (or dinar) store and buy "Bicycle hooks". You're hanging bicycles, not Ss. DUHHH!
Anyway. "S" hooks won't work. Go to the dollar (or dinar) store and buy "Bicycle hooks". You're hanging bicycles, not Ss. DUHHH!
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No problems here. I have heard that some bikes with suspension forks should be hung by the rear wheel, though, since some forks might tend to weep oil past the seals. YMMV.
Single bike hooks are cheap at places like Home Depot.
Single bike hooks are cheap at places like Home Depot.
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Man you have a lot of bikes!!! Impressive