Bike storage question please

"Bob Newman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have 2 road bikes & two off-road. Would it be okay to store them
vertically against a wall with the weight on the rear tire?

Do you mean on a hook?

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A hook to keep it stable only. The weight would be on the rear tires.

Bob

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"Bob Newman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have 2 road bikes & two off-road. Would it be okay to store them
vertically against a wall with the weight on the rear tire?

Do you mean on a hook?

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Claire Petersky
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 08:43:30 -0400, "Bob Newman" <[email hidden]>

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I have 2 road bikes & two off-road. Would it be okay to store them
vertically against a wall with the weight on the rear tire?

Hey Bob, think about it. How much pressure would you apply to the rear
wheel by storing the bike vertically compared to riding it?

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Bob Newman said:

A hook to keep it stable only. The weight would be on the rear tires.

Bob

By doing this, the load on the bike changes from horizontal to
vertical, which is *NOT* what bicycles were designed for. If you store
your bike like this for long periods of time, you increase the risk
that the frame will fail unexpectedly during riding!

I would NEVER store any of my bicycles in this manner, especially if
you are trying to save storage space. To be safe, I would remove the
wheels from your bicycle after every ride and suspend the frame in a
big vat of Jello for safekeeping. Don't forget to wear anti-gravity
boots (or helium balloons) when riding the bike.

If you have multiple bikes, I warn you that they don't like to be
stored next to each other...usually, they'll fight to the death when
the owner isn't looking. On one occasion, I walked into the shed only
to find my road bike and mountain bike locked in combat. Then again,
maybe they were having bike sex to create an interracial offspring
(call it a hybrid if you want). I broke them up immediately and have
since moved them to opposite sides of the shed. Haven't had a problem
since...

Hmm...it just occurred to me that the OP may have been serious when
asking this question. So if it wasn't obvious from my last post, it is
absolutely ok to store bicycles in this manner.

I have two mountain bikes and two road bikes in my relatively small
8x10 shed. To conserve space, each bike is "mounted" by a single hook
to secure the front rim, while the rear tire rests against the
floor/wall. I find this arrangement to be ideal because it provides a
minimum footprint and is extremely convenient for access (no lifting
required).

Use coated hooks to make sure you don't scratch or damage your rims.
Because there isn't much weight on the hook, the front wheel can twist
to one side or the other...not an ideal situation if you have adjacent
bikes. I have taken (simple) measures to ensure the front wheel stays
vertical at all times.

I wasn't fully fabricating my story in the last post...I have separated
my road bikes from my mountain bikes, as a set of MTB bars tends to
interfere with road bars when the bikes are adjacent to each other.

Cheers,
Dave

Bob Newman said:

I have 2 road bikes & two off-road. Would it be okay to store them
vertically against a wall with the weight on the rear tire?

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Thanks in advance... Bob

No problems, bit if you're storing them for a long period, make sure
the tyres don't go flat.
The tyres always seem to perish where the tyre is pinched between the
rim and the ground if allowed to sit flat for long.
It's not gonna happen in a couple of months, so maybe this is
irrelevant to you...

Regards,

bookieb.

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Bob Newman said:

A hook to keep it stable only. The weight would be on the rear tires.

Bob

By doing this, the load on the bike changes from horizontal to
vertical, which is *NOT* what bicycles were designed for. If you store
your bike like this for long periods of time, you increase the risk
that the frame will fail unexpectedly during riding!

Keep the day job

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

By doing this, the load on the bike changes from horizontal to
vertical, which is *NOT* what bicycles were designed for. If you store
your bike like this for long periods of time, you increase the risk
that the frame will fail unexpectedly during riding!

Keep the day job

You mean, "Get" a day job! 🙂
I agree, it wasn't that creative...but I thought the 'bike sex'
reference made up for it!

Cheers,
Dave

<[email hidden]> wrote: (clip) So if it wasn't obvious from my
last post, it is absolutely ok to store bicycles in this manner.(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Great! So now what am I supposed to do with this bathtub full of Jell-o?

Leo Lichtman said:

<[email hidden]> wrote: (clip) So if it wasn't obvious from my
last post, it is absolutely ok to store bicycles in this manner.(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Great! So now what am I supposed to do with this bathtub full of Jell-o?

I remember being told about an article in Cosmopolitan a few years back...

🙂

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By doing this, the load on the bike changes from horizontal to
vertical, which is *NOT* what bicycles were designed for. If you store
your bike like this for long periods of time, you increase the risk
that the frame will fail unexpectedly during riding!

Keep the day job

You mean, "Get" a day job! 🙂
I agree, it wasn't that creative...but I thought the 'bike sex'
reference made up for it!

You are right, I missed that. Anything that merges bikes and sex deserves
another look.

I have now gone from unemployed to unemployable.

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Great! So now what am I supposed to do
with this bathtub full of Jell-o?

Have you tried asking Claire out for a date?

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J/K, please don't shoot me Claire!

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"Chris Z The Wheelman" wrote:
Have you tried asking Claire out for a date?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Claire and I spent several hours together, but it was not a date. I found
her too much of a lady to even think of suggesting any kind of Jell-o
encounter. (However, since you brought it up, let's see what her reaction
is.)

I'm not really over my breakup with Maggie yet.

Why not take the weight off of the rear tire by suspending the bike off the
ground? This eliminates the problem of the tire developing a "flat spot"
from sitting a long time in one position, especially as the tire deflates
naturally over time. I've always suspended my bikes off the ground from the
rear wheel when stored and it works great. Besides, you get a little bit of
weight-lifting exercise each time you put the bike on/off the hook.

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Bob Newman said:

I have 2 road bikes & two off-road. Would it be okay to store them
vertically against a wall with the weight on the rear tire?

--
Thanks in advance... Bob

No problems, bit if you're storing them for a long period, make sure
the tyres don't go flat.
The tyres always seem to perish where the tyre is pinched between the
rim and the ground if allowed to sit flat for long.
It's not gonna happen in a couple of months, so maybe this is
irrelevant to you...

Regards,

bookieb.

Leo Lichtman said:

I'm not really over my breakup with Maggie yet.

LOL

"I would never judge this man, I only do because ..."
-- Maggie

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"Chris Z The Wheelman" wrote:
Have you tried asking Claire out for a date?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Claire and I spent several hours together, but it was not a date. I found
her too much of a lady to even think of suggesting any kind of Jell-o
encounter.

Leo, you are the soul of discretion not to bring up the details of our Bay
Area rendezvous.

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(However, since you brought it up, let's see what her reaction is.)

I'm not very fond of jello. I do have an odd affection for tapioca pudding,
though.

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Claire Petersky
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I'm not very fond of jello. I do have an
odd affection for tapioca pudding,
though.

Dang! Maybe I should ask you out, Claire, I love Tapioca!

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Claire Petersky said:

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"Chris Z The Wheelman" wrote:
Have you tried asking Claire out for a date?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Claire and I spent several hours together, but it was not a date. I found
her too much of a lady to even think of suggesting any kind of Jell-o
encounter.

Leo, you are the soul of discretion not to bring up the details of our Bay
Area rendezvous.

Quoted message said:

(However, since you brought it up, let's see what her reaction is.)

I'm not very fond of jello. I do have an odd affection for tapioca pudding,

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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though.

I remember that stuff, and how I liked it. My fondness was down to
the additional vanilla flavouring my mom added to it. As a child I
was also similarly an afficionado of Junket[tm]:
http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedr

Then my dad told me what rennet is, and I was grossed-out by it
for a while. He also educated me as to the animal parts that go into
wieners, and how a lot of the tapioca plant is poisonous. Ever since
then I've had a nagging, irrational feeling that eating tapioca pudding
is something like eating fugu.

Sometimes ignorance really is bliss. Especially if it has a
vanilla flavour to it.

cheers,
Tom

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