ISO: upright wall rack/mount for fixie sized rims
07-08-15, 09:56 AM
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Dang y'all...I'm just glad it's not another "Which bike do I get?" threads.
So check it...I'm no physicist (hard to imagine I know), but I have mine mounted such that the back tire is a few feet off the floor when the bikes are hanging. My guess is that if you're trying to leave the back tire on the ground it simply will not work, unless you've accounted for the raising and lowering. There has to be some room for the bike's top tire to be raised when hooking it, then lowered "onto" the tray. Try doing like so:
https://youtu.be/hNvabZU7T_s
If that doesn't work...you may need the hammer or channel locks
So check it...I'm no physicist (hard to imagine I know), but I have mine mounted such that the back tire is a few feet off the floor when the bikes are hanging. My guess is that if you're trying to leave the back tire on the ground it simply will not work, unless you've accounted for the raising and lowering. There has to be some room for the bike's top tire to be raised when hooking it, then lowered "onto" the tray. Try doing like so:
https://youtu.be/hNvabZU7T_s
If that doesn't work...you may need the hammer or channel locks
Also, Bill Nye > Beakman. Though I did watch both when they were on.
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I liked Beakman, I watched it when i was younger. By the time I discovered Bill Nye, I already knew everything that poseur was pushing, thanks to Beakman, who was aimed at a younger age. Bill Nye was aimed also at parents who were science deficient.
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i loved both beakman and nye, if they were on netflix id watch them both right now, beakman had a rad af high vis lab coat and wacky hair, nye has a soothing voice and gentle eyes
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i would watch just about any show hosted by bunson and beaker. "B&B on the TDF", "Good Morning America with B&B" basically endless possibilities
i loved both beakman and nye, if they were on netflix id watch them both right now, beakman had a rad af high vis lab coat and wacky hair, nye has a soothing voice and gentle eyes
i loved both beakman and nye, if they were on netflix id watch them both right now, beakman had a rad af high vis lab coat and wacky hair, nye has a soothing voice and gentle eyes
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Got one today, along with another type of bike hook from another company...I think this will be the winner in the end. Simple and my tire goes on easily.
Tried the method you demonstrated in the video when I got home. It worked much better but was still not seamlessly easy - and is definitely because of the height of the rims. Lifting the bike just a little too get it in was also awkward.
Dang y'all...I'm just glad it's not another "Which bike do I get?" threads.
So check it...I'm no physicist (hard to imagine I know), but I have mine mounted such that the back tire is a few feet off the floor when the bikes are hanging. My guess is that if you're trying to leave the back tire on the ground it simply will not work, unless you've accounted for the raising and lowering. There has to be some room for the bike's top tire to be raised when hooking it, then lowered "onto" the tray. Try doing like so:
https://youtu.be/hNvabZU7T_s
If that doesn't work...you may need the hammer or channel locks
So check it...I'm no physicist (hard to imagine I know), but I have mine mounted such that the back tire is a few feet off the floor when the bikes are hanging. My guess is that if you're trying to leave the back tire on the ground it simply will not work, unless you've accounted for the raising and lowering. There has to be some room for the bike's top tire to be raised when hooking it, then lowered "onto" the tray. Try doing like so:
https://youtu.be/hNvabZU7T_s
If that doesn't work...you may need the hammer or channel locks
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