In your opinion, is it better to hang a bike or leave it on the floor? I was planning on just leaving it on the floor. It will get ridden alot but primarily only in the warmer months. Anybody have any problems from storing a bike like this?

Hang it up. It can't get knocked over or fall over if it isn't on the floor.

hang it up. It takes about 10 seconds longer than just leaving it on the floor where all sorts of bad things happen to bikes.

I left one leaning against the back of my car once in my garage. Backed over it >.<

Leaving a rarely used bike on the ground is never as good as hanging it up.
The tires will deflate over time and the rubber may take a 'set' and become misshapen.
Concrete draws moisture from tires causing premature 'dry-rot'.
Can get knocked over, pedals will scrape your shins, etc......
Bike hooks cost about $1.
I highly rcommend invensting in them if you have the means.
Enjoy

I have 3 places I store my bike & have never had a problem with anything bad happening to it at any time. I ride a short wheel base Vision R40 recumbent, so it is a bit longer then a wedgie diamond frame bike.

The first place is in the dinning room leaning up against the wall. I leave it here during the months I ride outside. Second is on the trainer next to the couch so I can see the TV when I ride, I have it here for when I ride the trainer a few times in the cold months. Finally is on a hook in the basement. I hardly store it there though. The reason is it is a huge pain in the ass to carry my recumbent up & down the basement stairs & the turns at the bottom is difficult witht he bike too.

But I have never had a problem when I get the bike to where it is going to be stored in either of the 3 places I use in my home. Just one thing to remember, regardless of where you store it try to keep the tires filled with air, especially if you store it on the floor leaning it up against the wall.

I'm not convinced it makes a huge amount of difference provided you are careful with it. My wife seems to be suggesting she'd like to see them hanging. I believe that would only free her to take up more of the floor space though, potentially making the bikes difficult to reach and bring down safely.

4 bike hooks cost $1 at Big Lots

While bike hooks are inexpensive keep in mind you get what you pay for. Some bike hooks have a smaller diameter then others & some are a nail style, versus a threaded style. The smaller diameter & nail style are very cheap. And as Diesel Dan mentioned you can 4 of them for $1.00 at Big Lots.

Though I'm not sure what style Big Lots sells I highley recommed those of you who use bike hooks spend the money & purchase the larger diameter threaded style.

For these larger diameter threaded style I recommend you pre-drill a small hole into the beam of wood. The beam of wood should have, if possible, at least 1/2" of wood on each side of the bike hook shaft. I also recommend you do not fasten the bike hook into pine wood, it is not strong enough IMO. Those of us who live in an older home know that the wood that the floor joists are made of is not pine, but often times cottonwood or even oak, but something stronger then pine. Also the older homes are made with solid wood floor joists, not the pre-fabbed engineered ones made of pine & particle board today. So it is better & easier to fasten a bike hook into the solid wood joists. IMO unless you can meet these criteria to fasten a bike hook into solid wood joists to hang a bike on I do not recommend anyone doing so.

- - Check out the posts in this thread from the Commuting Forums of January 21st:
www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=84503

In case you've been sleeping behing the wheel of your 'bent again, Big Lots is a close out store. The hooks I bought there are threaded, not the nail type. Don't start this again JV.

Where do you live? Whether your bike is on a hook or next to your bed, you really ought to aim for riding more than "just in the summer".

I was talking with one of my friend's neighbor. The neighbor's husband has $10,000 worth of bikes hanging from the ceiling of the garage. She told me he has not had them down for a ride this year because "he is busy". I think if one of his bikes was sitting just inside the back door, where he passed it each morning, he might have taken thirty minutes out of his "busy" life to ride his bike. But, "out of sight...out of mind".

Sell all your exsisting bikes. Buy a good folder. Today top quality folders are just as good or maybe better than most of your bikes. During the winter put it in the bag, keep it in the closet, or fly south and have fun.

Ruchai

I think he meant 'warm weather.' Here in Michigan, it's been bouncing between 10F and 27F. Ahh, it's starting to feel like spring!