I am thinking of setting up a work area in the cellar, so I can do some tuneups and other nonsense down there, it's a completely unfinished space in a 100+ year old house, I rent so I just want to be able to do a little work down there over the winter, temperature is not an issue, given the number of heating pipes down there.

I can't afford to add a bike stand, so I am wondering about installing a few hooks and then suspending bikes from the ceiling to work on them, thinking a length of chain that would catch under the top tube, at each end with some rag around to protect the finish, yeah I know it will be able to move a little, that is okay. Suspended I can move around the bike without moving the bike. Since some of the bikes here have slanted top tubes (parish the thought, I know), it can be adjusted so that bike is still the right height to work on, and can be raised or lowered a link at a time. I will probably get a work light to provide some more illumination, since it is a little dingy. I can then give each bike a good tuneup over the winter and get them ready for spring.....

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