Hanging bikes upside down?

"mo fo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hey group!

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside

down

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hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

Save space.

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Hey group!

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

~Rob

Aye, hanging them upside down from the ceiling causes the frames to stretch
over time, thus minimising the risk of you outgrwoing the frame and having
to spend lots of money on a new bike.

Must dash, Matron has my medication ready for me to take ;-)

Cheers, helen s

mo fo said:

Hey group!

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

It's easier to hang them from the wheels than any other way.

save space and provide something to hit your head on now and then...to
remind you to ride.

Rob Moffo said:

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

OK. So you are in your garage standing next to your bicycle from
which you have dismounted and want to hang it on overhead hooks. How
do you get it up there over your head? Visualize doing it right side
up and upside down. I think you will see that everything points
toward doing it while holding the bars and seat cluster in your two
hands as you lift it overhead, the alternative is both hard to
visualize and accomplish.

Jobst Brandt

Saves space AND doesn't put a set in the tires. If you store a bike on its
tires and don't ride it for all winter, the tires will deflate and the tire
will deform and develop a "set" to it so it won't roll smoothly. The set may
be temporary or permanent depending upon the age of the tire, how long it
sits that way, and how old the tire is.

"mo fo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hey group!

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

~Rob

mo fo said:

Hey group!

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

There is one reason, for hanging a bike, and that is a rubber tire
sitting on a concrete floor, will attract moisture from the floor, and
the rubber will start to rot, the tires will also deform as the air
leaks out. A hanging bike will keep the rubber tires dry, and they will
not rot or deform.

Hanging a bike upside down is just easier to do, as you flip it, you
hang it, although I have also hung bikes by the top tube, made working
on the drive train much easier.

W

mo fo said:

Hey group!

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

~Rob

The added weight on the rafters keeps the roof from floating away.

Regards,
Bob Hunt

mo fo said:

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

If you do it right-side-up, you need longer hooks.

--Blair
"And you get road [censored] in your hair
when you bump your head."

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Rob Moffo said:

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

OK. So you are in your garage standing next to your bicycle from
which you have dismounted and want to hang it on overhead hooks. How
do you get it up there over your head? Visualize doing it right side
up and upside down. I think you will see that everything points
toward doing it while holding the bars and seat cluster in your two
hands as you lift it overhead, the alternative is both hard to
visualize and accomplish.

Actually, I hook one wheel then push the other one up...but,
hey, you do it your way...

--Blair
"I can't stop you."

"mo fo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hey group!

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

~Rob

Just don't do it with hydraulic brakes

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:16:14 GMT,
<[email hidden]>,

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Rob Moffo said:

Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

OK. So you are in your garage standing next to your bicycle from
which you have dismounted and want to hang it on overhead hooks. How
do you get it up there over your head? Visualize doing it right side
up and upside down. I think you will see that everything points
toward doing it while holding the bars and seat cluster in your two
hands as you lift it overhead, the alternative is both hard to
visualize and accomplish.

Make sure you leave on your helmet in case you forgot to take the
U-lock and Leica out of the basket.
--
zk

Also, if you have been riding in the rain and have water in the seat tube it
allows the water to drain out.

Sid

I submit that on or about Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:02:14 GMT, the person
known to the court as "mo fo" <[email hidden]> made a statement
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Is there a technical reason why people store bikes upside down
hanging from hooks, or is it just to save floor space?

You should never do this!

http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/public.nsf/Documents/Never_Hang_Your_Bike

Guy
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May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound

I don't believe I'm giving a serious answer to this, Threads like this
usually devolve into a bunch of humor posts :-3) I hang my bikes by a
coated hook in the ceiling to save floor space. I hang them by the wheel
so that they "stand" against the wall, as if they were riding down it.

As to how I get them up there, I use a pulley arraignment. A rope,
attached from the ceiling, down through a pulley with a hook for the
bike, then up and through another pulley attached to the ceiling. This
mechanically reduces the weight of the bike to a third and makes it easy
to lift even my MTB up to the hanging hook easily.

Most racing bikes, of course are light enough that they don't need the
pulleys.

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And a really low gear for the hills!"

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I don't believe I'm giving a serious answer to this, Threads like this
usually devolve into a bunch of humor posts :-3) I hang my bikes by a
coated hook in the ceiling to save floor space. I hang them by the wheel
so that they "stand" against the wall, as if they were riding down it.

As to how I get them up there, I use a pulley arraignment.

I find telekinesis works rather well ;-)

Cheers, helen s

waffles*A*T*v21net*D*O*T*co*D*O*T*uk (wafflycat) :

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I find telekinesis works rather well ;-)

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Cheers, helen s

Unfortunatly, I'm not telekinetic, I'm an empath.

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And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

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