Joined: May 2008
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Bikes: ? Proteous, '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, 'Litespeed Catalyst'94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster
I don't have that many but do have the same problem. I have too many other hobbies that take up room. My hooks are spaced enough to prevent the pedals from hitting the next bike. I have a shelf under the bikes for storage and must remove the front wheel to clear it. I then hang the wheel on the drive side pedal. After installing the hooks, 10 I think, I discovered that the spacing was such that a MTB bar interfered with a RDB handle bar. To be able to remove any given bike, I was forced to determine the best hanging order. The bikes are different sizes for the family members.
My last solution was to use the mini bungy cords that are about 8" long to rotate the handle bars to the non drive side and hold them in place. Like a 90* left turn. This gave me lots of clearance without the MTB bars hooking into the drops on the RDB. I used string prior to finding the mini bungy's.
My previous house had high ceilings in the garage that allowed hanging above the garage door. I used a long pole with a Y "hook" on the end to get them up there. I needed to hang from both wheels to clear the door. That was a great arrangement and kept my arms in shape!
Last edited by SJX426; 02-02-10 at 09:51 AM.