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Old 06-25-13, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by BigJeff
I've also seen some of the latest rims from bontrager are so light weight that they bend with a finger press... hanging would break them, even if it was a 14lb bike.
I'm not riding on any rim that would break from a 14lb weight.

170lb rider, 14lbs of bike, 25 mph into a small rock or pot hole is going to generate forces several orders of magnitude higher than hanging the bike from a hook.
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