Indoor bike storage

Oops. That should be between the down tube & the front forks. Or alternatively under the stem.

I hang mine in the garage by an old bike tube hooked under the nose of my saddle. Low tech,
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Any suggestions on good methods for storing a road bike on an indoor wall would be appreciated? My
bike has uncovered cables running under the top tube and I would rather not put supports there. I
would prefer to put any supports between the head tube and front forks and between the seat tube
and rear drops. I would also prefer not to spend >$100 on this. Thanks for any help.

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Any suggestions on good methods for storing a road bike on an indoor wall would be appreciated? My
bike has uncovered cables running under the top tube and I would rather not put supports there. I
would prefer to put any supports between the head tube and front forks and between the seat tube
and rear drops. I would also prefer not to spend >$100 on this. Thanks for any help.

Standard low budget method is to get two U shaped hooks, screw them into a stud in the ceiling, and
hang the bike upside down by the wheels (make sure the quick release levers are tight ...). Most
hardware stores carry them, they cost $1-2 each.
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patch70 said:

Any suggestions on good methods for storing a road bike on an indoor wall would be appreciated? My
bike has uncovered cables running under the top tube and I would rather not put supports there. I
would prefer to put any supports between the head tube and front forks and between the seat tube
and rear drops. I would also prefer not to spend >$100 on this. Thanks for any help.

I put two supports under the seat tube with rear wheel up.

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Any suggestions on good methods for storing a road bike on an indoor wall would be appreciated? My
bike has uncovered cables running under the top tube and I would rather not put supports there. I
would prefer to put any supports between the head tube and front forks and between the seat tube
and rear drops. I would also prefer not to spend >$100 on this. Thanks for any help.

If you have the option of putting brackets on the wall, a couple of closet shelf brackets of the
type that are made with a hook on the end to provide a center support for a clothes rack will space
the bike out about a foot from the wall, which happens to be just about right for the projection of
the pedals and handlebars on a road bike. The hooks are narrow enough that with a strip of carpeting
in the cup of the hook, you could just hang the bike by the wheels instead of the frame.

These are the ones I'm talking about:

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This kind of bracket is available from lots of places. Check that the projection out from the wall
is adequate for *your* bike before buying, of course.

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Any suggestions on good methods for storing a road bike on an indoor wall would be appreciated? My
bike has uncovered cables running under the top tube and I would rather not put supports there. I
would prefer to put any supports between the head tube and front forks and between the seat tube
and rear drops. I would also prefer not to spend >$100

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Spend a buck and hang it from a bike hook.

Buy/build a pully system and hang it from the ceiling by the handlebars and seat. Something like
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Go to Home Depot, buy the hardware and build one for half the price performance is asking.

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Any suggestions on good methods for storing a road bike on an indoor wall would be appreciated? My
bike has uncovered cables running under the top tube and I would rather not put supports there. I
would prefer to put any supports between the head tube and front forks and between the seat tube
and rear drops. I would also prefer not to spend >$100 on this. Thanks for any help.

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patch70 said:

Any suggestions on good methods for storing a road bike on an indoor wall would be appreciated? My
bike has uncovered cables running under the top tube and I would rather not put supports there. I
would prefer to put any supports between the head tube and front forks and between the seat tube
and rear drops. I would also prefer not to spend >$100 on this. Thanks for any help.

My 2001 Giant TCR2: tinyurl.comjwebOpen ↗ giant-giant-Open ↗
bicycles.com/us/030.000.000/030.000.000.asp?lYear=2001&bikesection=8795&range=9&model=10373

is very tight in those spots. It, too, has cables running under the top tube.

It may be possible with the rubber coated screw-in hooks you can find at hardware stores and such.

However, I used standard shelf brackets, like these: tinyurl.comjwe8Open ↗
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with soft padding where the top tube sits in the closet-pole portion of the bracket. An innertube
piece would suffice instead, if I so pleased.

An additional advantage of these is that I get a shelf directly above the bike, and the brackets'
braces are great to clip my camelbak and other accessories.

The only issues are: -- When in these brackets, the rear brake is often held tight by the pressure
on the cable. I could easily cut a notch in the padding to allow the cable some room. -- The shelf
can interfere with the drop bars. I had this problem until I got some practice putting the bike on
it w/o snagging the bars. Now it's quick&easy.
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Look here:

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Any suggestions on good methods for storing a road bike on an indoor wall would be appreciated? My
bike has uncovered cables running under the top tube and I would rather not put supports there. I
would prefer to put any supports between the head tube and front forks and between the seat tube
and rear drops. I would also prefer not to spend >$100 on this. Thanks for any help.

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Any suggestions on good methods for storing a road bike on an indoor wall would be appreciated? My
bike has uncovered cables running under the top tube and I would rather not put supports there. I
would prefer to put any supports between the head tube and front forks and between the seat tube
and rear drops. I would also prefer not to spend >$100 on this. Thanks for any help.

Get a coated hook, about $1 or so, and then hang the bike from the front, or rear, wheel
perpendicular to the wall. If you want a neater look, you can buy very similar devices for $15 from
performance bike.
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Find an out of the way place and lean it against the wall.

That's what I did for twenty years.

May you have the wind at your back. And a really low gear for the hills! Chris

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Standard low budget method is to get two U shaped hooks, screw them into a stud in the ceiling, and
hang the bike upside down by the wheels (make sure the quick release levers are tight ...). Most
hardware stores carry them, they cost $1-2 each.

Works pretty well with one also - front wheel - if you have room for the rear to hang down almost to
the floor...
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