Solutions for hanging road bike on wall...
10-03-11, 08:15 PM
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Solutions for hanging road bike on wall...
Yes, this type of thread has been done many times but it usually involves how to do you store your bike in your garage.
I'm looking for efficient ways to hang a road bike on an apartment wall right side up. I realize I could do hooks and hang it upside down, but if I'm going to be putting my road bike on the wall to save floor space I'd rather have it look nice.
Are there any options out there for this. Hanging it by the TT or possibly the stem and saddle? Am I better off heading over to home depot and rigging up my own?
Thanks.
I'm looking for efficient ways to hang a road bike on an apartment wall right side up. I realize I could do hooks and hang it upside down, but if I'm going to be putting my road bike on the wall to save floor space I'd rather have it look nice.
Are there any options out there for this. Hanging it by the TT or possibly the stem and saddle? Am I better off heading over to home depot and rigging up my own?
Thanks.
10-03-11, 08:26 PM
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10-03-11, 08:33 PM
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those are some sweet looking bikes, not sure if they match the apartment though lol
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I got stuff at the hardware store. Found 2 steel hooks that stick straight out from the wall but turn up at the end. Mounted them with sheetrock anchors+screws (or use screws into a stud if it's convenient for you). Then I used black foam pipe insulation from the hardware store to wrap the hooks (those noodle-shaped pool toys will work too), and hang the bike on both hooks by the top-tube.
10-04-11, 05:40 AM
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10-04-11, 06:32 AM
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10-04-11, 06:41 AM
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Do you sleep in the kitchen**********??
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Do you sleep in the kitchen**********??
BTW, it appears as though this apartment dweller has his priorities right; bikes before high rent!
This scenario could give new meaning to the phrase "Bike Porn."
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Needless to say, not everybody is as thrilled as I am sleeping under bikes.
Really like the ideas Hairnet posted, and if I ever move to something that isn't a large closet I'll do something like that, or what blacksmith cycles had done:
https://blacksmithcycle.wordpress.com...acks-are-here/
https://blacksmithcycle.files.wordpre...1/06/bs-14.jpg