Is it OK hang bike from hooks?
 

I know - kind of a lame question, but I really don't know...
Its like this, see - got a new bike and a new place - without much space. So I want to put 2 hooks in the ceiling to hang my spiffy Mikado Kensington (roadbike).
Should be OK...right?
Thanks for any suggestions y'all

Yes, go forth and hang 'em; been doing it that way for years:
http://home.att.net/~mark.livingood/garage.html

Upside down, rightside up, from the front wheel, or the back wheel. Just be sure that you screw the hooks into a joist or, better yet, attach a 2" x 2" to the ceiling and then screw your bike hooks into the 2" x 2". That way you aren't constrained by the exact location of the joists. You also might want to put a small (3") section of heater hose over the coated hook to prevent your rims from getting mared. The plastic and foam coating on bike storage hooks tends to split after only a few months and that leaves your rim hanging on bare metal which will start to leave marks on your rims.

Of course, there are also many affordable, free-standing bike stands on the market that allow you to store your bike with a minimum amount of floor space that don't permanently mar the ceiling.
http://www.nashbar.com/results.cfm?c...it=y&pagename=

Yep, we have been hanging them that way for twentyfive years.

This sounds like a rec.bicycles.tech joke about hanging bikes and ovalised rims. :) Although hanging bikes upside down shouldn't really harm them, I have heard that prolonged inverted positions of some suspension components can cause problems.

Make sure you empty out your water bottles.

I have been hanging all my bikes by the front wheel for 2 years now and haven't had any problems.

Yeah that.....LMAO!! :lol: :roflmao: :D :roflmao: :lol:

Please indulge me and elaborate on your concerns....

I think a half a mile ride around the block on my bike puts more stress on my wheels than having them hanging at the wheels for decades.

George

Ya... let's see:

170 lb rider + small pothole = (usually) no wheel damage.

~22 lb bike + hanging on a hook = wheel damage!?!?! I don't think so.

are you kidding? you are going to ovalize the tubing! :)

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

Had one hung by the wheels for about 10 years. Filled the tires, lubed it up, rode it. No problems.

really it doesnt matter where you hang it. ive seen bikes hung by one wheel, both wheels, seat rail (this was the stupidest thing ive ever seen), top tubes, hand bars, etc....and all of them rode away with no damage. so just pick the most convinient way for you (just not the seat rails :D).

How about by the cables, chain, derailleur cage, spokes? :D

Well with the quality of home construction around here in the past 10 years I'd be hesitant to hang a 20 lb bike from a hook in the ceiling. Might pull the house in on top of you.

I suppose that's a possibility and I would even guess it's probably happened. After all, people have been known to ride-off with a quick release improperly fastened only to find out later at an inopportune moment. I believe Darwin called this the natural selection process.

Anyway, just how many bike frames do you suppose have dropped from their wheels while in suspended storage? Hmmm. I smell a government grant for a special study just waiting to be awarded!!!

In the mean time, I guess this begs a follow-up question: Has this happened to you or someone you know?

I'll take on that challenge! I'll even go so far as to tell you what happens to the penguins when they see the bike falling. :D

Darn......I shouldn't have filed off all those lawyer tabs...

...that's not a bike falling....that's the sky! Run chicken little! Run!

QR's have to be intentionally loosened up beyond the point of being opened before they'll come out, the lawyer tabs ensure that. In fact, first time I used a QR, I was puzzled as to why the wheel wouldn't come off, I had my bike upside down and literally lifted the bike from the wheel with the open QR till I realized I had to loosen the nut AND open the QR.
The reason why they're called lawyer tabs is the same reason why there's a label that says "Caution: Product may be harmful to your health" when I buy dynamite. So people don't forget to close the QR and ride off. BTW: point your front QR backwards in case it snags on something and gets ripped open, unless you're going backwards...

Hang it by the bell. :p

The computer wire?

Lawyer's tabs? You mean the excess material that you're supposed to grind off your fork the minute you get a new bike or fork home? Funny, I rode bikes for 20 years before there was such a thing and never lost a front wheel.

Actually, I think the more commonly used deroggatory term is "Lawyer's Lips". Quoting from Sheldon Brown's Glossary entry under "Lawyer Lips, Lawyer Tabs, "Since this extra stuff was installed as a defense against frivolous lawsuits by ambulance-chasing shysters, the extra bumps are sometimes known as "lawyer lips" or "lawyer tabs." Lennard Zinn has, on occasion, also referred to them as "Nader Hooks" which REALLY upsets a few people; perhaps friends of Ralph???

Actually, the best orientation for a front wheel quick release it is up and perpendicular with the front fork or just slightly off-center, such that the lever end falls just behind the fork, but still up. This ensures it is fully closed and also affords it the greatest protection from being accidently flipped open while moving the bike around, while riding, or in a FDGB (Fall Down Go Boom). The rear quick release skewer should likewise be closed with the lever falling in the crotch formed by the seat and chain stay in front of the left rear drop-out, or just above the the chainstay/swingarm. This also ensures it is fully closed and protects the QR lever from being flipped-open by accident. If you've never raced bicycles and experienced a crash in the peloton the rationale may not be as obvious. In short, as you untangle your bicycle from the rest having your QR levers protected ensures you don't end up having to deal with a missing or loose wheel as you try to remount and ride-off to bridge back with the peloton as quickly as possible.