Hanging your bike up?
09-14-10, 02:49 PM
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Hanging your bike up?
If I hang by bike from the ceiling from its rim, will it damage or mishape the rim?
09-14-10, 03:22 PM
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You gonna eat that?
Yes. It will create micro-cracks that will propagate into your fork, causing your fork to wobble, which will increase the wear on your headset, which will cause a resonance in your bottom bracket that transmits up the seat tube which will cause a catastrophic failure of your seat rails. You don't want that to happen do you?
No, it won't hurt a thing. The wheel is used to supporting the weight of the bike PLUS you when you're on it, hanging just the bike by the wheel is no biggie.
No, it won't hurt a thing. The wheel is used to supporting the weight of the bike PLUS you when you're on it, hanging just the bike by the wheel is no biggie.
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09-14-10, 03:46 PM
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You gonna eat that?
09-14-10, 04:16 PM
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Ponder your own question for a bit. Then think about your weight when you ride the bike. Are you heavier than your bike frame?
09-14-10, 04:46 PM
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09-14-10, 09:31 PM
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You gonna eat that?
You'd be surprised how many times that question comes up. I don't see it as the question of an idiot; it's the question of someone who cares about their bike.
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Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
09-15-10, 09:38 AM
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09-15-10, 01:32 PM
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Some suspension forks don't like being upside for long periods of time.
09-15-10, 02:08 PM
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I don't like being hung upside down for long periods.
09-15-10, 02:26 PM
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I have always wondered if hanging a bike by the front wheel only will damage the headset
09-15-10, 10:30 PM
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Hang it by the rear wheel and all the blood will rush into the head[tube] and give the bike a nasty head[tube]ache.
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09-17-10, 08:38 AM
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If you're concerned about those Zipp 404's that cost you $2,500 +, maybe you can hang it by the top tube. Or alternatively, take off the front wheel and just use an old rim and put that on the bike and let that rim take the weight.
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Rumor has it that some guys' bikes are better hung than their owners!
09-17-10, 10:25 AM
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