Originally Posted by
alanf
Excellent idea as long as you put a hook on the end of it so the bike doesn't slide off.
Another thing I forgot to mention about my setup is that you do have to be a bit careful when taking the bike off my hooks because once I was in a bit of a rush and the spoke got hooked in the hook and broke the spoke fitting by twisting the spoke, and I spent awhile with no bike trying to fix it. I have 2000 vintage Mavic Cosmic rims which are somewhat aero and great wheels, but parts are a tad expensive, so I was in a pickle till someone suggested using a washer as a spoke fitting. worked perfect.
My ceiling is quite high so it makes a nice little stretch at the end of the ride to put the bike up. : )
I never had a bike slide off a hook on the wall in 20+ years of hanging my bikes up this way. Nor have I ever damaged a wheel. I’ve had nearly 40 bikes that I’ve hung up this way and nearly twice that many front wheels.
I did lag bolt a 2x4 to the wall rather than use inserts into my cinder block wall. I have two 8’ long 2x4s lagged to the wall to accommodate all of my bikes. There are 4 and 5 bikes hanging on each one (mountain bike handlebars take up a lot of room). Here’s what it all looks like
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Stuart Black, on Flickr
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Stuart Black, on Flickr
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Stuart Black, on Flickr
I’ve never had a bike fall off the hooks nor damaged a bike in any way.