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Title: Storing Bikes
Post by: Andy B on March 06, 2010, 08:38:59 pm: For those of you who know anything about bikes, If I store my bike by hanging it vertically off one wheel, will it buckle, or otherwise deform the wheel over time?

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: hairich on March 06, 2010, 09:14:23 pm: hi andy.you can get a bracket from halfords to store vertically.i have a foto of lance armstrongs garage with all his bikes on the wall so you can see it.pop round
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: Bubba on March 06, 2010, 09:17:24 pm: I can't see how it would ever cause any problems.
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: Andy B on March 07, 2010, 10:35:09 am: Rich, does the bracket hang the bike off a wheel, or come down further to hang it off the frame? I don't want anything hanging down too far when the bike's not there you see.
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: tlr on March 07, 2010, 11:52:30 am: Hanging a bike from its front wheel off a hook on the wall would be absolutely fine - they don't weigh enough on their own for this to do any damage. Lots of bike storage systems work like this.

(http://edge.shop.com/ccimg.shop.com/210000/213300/213347/products/-!Leonardo%20Bicycle%20Wall%20Storage%20Hook--6251931.jpg)
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: robertostallioni on March 07, 2010, 07:22:43 pm: For a small initial investment, but rising exponentially over the years you could, of course, go for the married mans perogative (http://www.toptenamateur.com/incoming/EnglishMILFwashesherbike_F179/bike1.jpg).
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: Houdini on March 07, 2010, 07:46:58 pm: You could park an artic' in that!
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: chappers on March 07, 2010, 08:49:57 pm: (http://etoolshop.co.uk/cart/images/675306.jpg)
go for it.

i hang mine from old spent tyres by the seat.
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: Obi-Wan is lost... on March 07, 2010, 10:43:47 pm: Not too pricey either
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/LifeLine_Wall_Rack/5360026439/ (http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/LifeLine_Wall_Rack/5360026439/)
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10230 (http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10230)
both with free delivery

This rings a bell, I remember a thread from ages ago someone found a really cool looking one, can't remember much about it, I imagine it was pricey. If it's for your shed I guess a designer one isn't needed.

edit: Google is my friend...http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php?topic=9743.0 (http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php?topic=9743.0)
It was pretty much the same as the Wiggle one anyway
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: dave on March 08, 2010, 08:26:00 am: Trade in your bike for a unicycle andy, then all your storage problems are gone.
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: Andy B on March 08, 2010, 03:59:41 pm: Quote from: Obi-Wan is lost... on March 07, 2010, 10:43:47 pm
If it's for your shed I guess a designer one isn't needed.

It's for the shed, but I'm planning on screwing hooks into the ceiling joists rather than take up wall space. Pehaps I should be worrying more about the ceiling than the bike wheels.

Wait a minute. What are you saying about my shed?

Quote from: dave on March 08, 2010, 08:26:00 am
Trade in your bike for a unicycle andy, then all your storage problems are gone.

and my transport problems are only just beginning. How am I supposed to give emma a backy on a unicycle?
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: tomtom on March 08, 2010, 08:21:30 pm: Quote from: Andy B on March 08, 2010, 03:59:41 pm
and my transport problems are only just beginning. How am I supposed to give emma a backy on a unicycle?

(http://zedomax.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2-person-unicycle.jpg)
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: Andy B on March 09, 2010, 10:09:08 pm: I bought the unicycle today. Thanks for the advice everyone.
Title: Re: Storing Bikes
Post by: hairich on March 10, 2010, 10:05:22 pm: why is it covered in blood in the middle :shrug: