Storing wheelsets

nice! there's two 'antique' spec racers leaning against the wall and
out of foot in the tool closet one with spare conti tt mounted on it,
the other waiting. No tubes.
without rims, tires are stored flat on a flat surface

cycledogg said:

Hi all,
Over the years I have aquired several wheelsets and need to know the
best way to store them when not in use. I see bike shops hang wheels
but is this the best way? Most of the wheels I have will be used a few
times a year. Thanks to all who help.
Cheers,
Rick in Tennessee

Seems like the best way to me, if you have the rafter space. It's
certainly not going to do any damage to them, if that's what you're
wondering. Bikes are hung by their wheels all the time without hurting
them, so just the wheels by themselves will be fine. The biggest thing
I'd be concerned about is ozone damaging vintage skinwall tires, but
modern blackwalls are mostly immune to that.

cycledogg said:

Hi all,
Over the years I have aquired several wheelsets and need to know the
best way to store them when not in use. I see bike shops hang wheels
but is this the best way? Most of the wheels I have will be used a few
times a year. Thanks to all who help.
Cheers,
Rick in Tennessee

Few times a year??? What's wrong with hanging them from the ceiling?

Lou
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Rick Dogg said:

Over the years I have acquired several wheelsets and need to know
the best way to store them when not in use. I see bike shops hang
wheels but is this the best way? Most of the wheels I have will be
used a few times a year. Thanks to all who help.

The purpose of hanging wheels is so they don't sit on a flat tire if
left standing on the floor, besides getting them out of the way.
Standing on a flat causes sharp bends in the tire casing and cracking
from stress at these points, both in the tire and tube. Metal wheels
with steel spokes are not affected by hanging under their own weight
or several times that weight other than possible scratches if the hook
is not padded.

Hang your wheels... and bicycles.

Jobst Brandt

ask the LBS for used tires and add cheap tubes
place on the rear or side closet wall
woent get sold
and woent get stepped on or banged into
wheels are hung so customers can buy them
duh

comes to mind best bet is building a wheel box: two adjacent sides
open, wheels stored on runners, wheels slide out?

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comes to mind best bet is building a wheel box: two adjacent sides
open, wheels stored on runners, wheels slide out?

And that's better than a 95-cent hook in mid-air because. . .?

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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And that's better than a 95-cent hook in mid-air because. . .?

FOOLPROOF! NO LIBERAL MORON'S GONNA WALK INTO THE 145 degree ATTIC
WITH A TUBA4
AND BASH URINE RIMS WHEN DAZE BOXED!

beyond that, whose sealing heights allow hanging rims? BRANDT'S
CASTLE?
ok let's measure Brandt's sealings!
yawl could hangem from the garage sealing, wow! now there's a hot
idea.
do we have time for several hundred horoor stories on fragile
equipment stored in accessible spaces?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

And that's better than a 95-cent hook in mid-air because. . .?

FOOLPROOF! NO LIBERAL MORON'S GONNA WALK INTO THE 145 degree ATTIC
WITH A TUBA4
AND BASH URINE RIMS WHEN DAZE BOXED!

beyond that, whose sealing heights allow hanging rims? BRANDT'S
CASTLE?
ok let's measure Brandt's sealings!
yawl could hangem from the garage sealing, wow! now there's a hot
idea.
do we have time for several hundred horoor stories on fragile
equipment stored in accessible spaces?

OK, we enjoy 14 ft ceilings here. But at my house a regular under-8 ft
basement still has a wheel rack at one end of the room. YMMV but this
doesn't have to be complex.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

A Muzi said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

And that's better than a 95-cent hook in mid-air because. . .?

FOOLPROOF! NO LIBERAL MORON'S GONNA WALK INTO THE 145 degree ATTIC
WITH A TUBA4
AND BASH URINE RIMS WHEN DAZE BOXED!

beyond that, whose sealing heights allow hanging rims? BRANDT'S
CASTLE?
ok let's measure Brandt's sealings!
yawl could hangem from the garage sealing, wow! now there's a hot
idea.
do we have time for several hundred horoor stories on fragile
equipment stored in accessible spaces?

OK, we enjoy 14 ft ceilings here. But at my house a regular under-8 ft
basement still has a wheel rack at one end of the room. YMMV but this
doesn't have to be complex.

There are no basements in Florida.

Ron

listen Andrew, could be yawl stuck here?
rim hanging is art not storage.

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> And that's better than a 95-cent hook in mid-air because. . .?

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FOOLPROOF! NO LIBERAL MORON'S GONNA WALK INTO THE 145 degree ATTIC
WITH A TUBA4
AND BASH URINE RIMS WHEN DAZE BOXED!
beyond that, whose sealing heights allow hanging rims? BRANDT'S
CASTLE?
ok let's measure Brandt's sealings!
yawl could hangem from the garage sealing, wow! now there's a hot
idea.
do we have time for several hundred horoor stories on fragile
equipment stored in accessible spaces?

Quoted message said:

I said:

OK, we enjoy 14 ft ceilings here. But at my house a regular under-8 ft
basement still has a wheel rack at one end of the room. YMMV but this
doesn't have to be complex.

RonSonic said:

There are no basements in Florida.

Good point.
There's a pair of wheels in my closet, too.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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listen Andrew, could be yawl stuck here?
rim hanging is art not storage.

Excellent suggestion!
Line starts here. View my spare wheels, 25c a peek.
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

A GALLERY! good idea! where's JB? climbing the Saar this weekend? Now
S. Brown has a collection-wonder what state they're in?
The Ibisus-raleigh front is 17 years old according to recent unfounded
opinions! with brake prep good for another three weeks fersure!
maybe cycledog's question is: where should I not store wheels?
the attic is a terrible idea less yawl live in Michigan-the grease'll
run out!

RonSonic said:

There are no basements in Florida.

Ron

All that sand... seems easy to dig. Why not ?

still me said:

RonSonic said:

There are no basements in Florida.

Ron

All that sand... seems easy to dig. Why not ?

High water table, I expect.

Mark J.

basements are more expensive than above grade: think furnace/coal/root
cellar/chimney effect/heat rises-and there's the pennsylvania bank
barn earth heat factor-also for the nonfreezing root cellar-the iceman-
remember? my grandfather bought a first fridge in 1952? and i got to
see the last iceman.
florida like illinios-see map-is a flat swamp. the water doesn't drain
off it slowly goes straight down.
great riding. clean air. breeze. blue sky. 365! the tourists go home
and when a hurricane everyone goes home and a backwind can blow yawl
alond at 35 no problem.

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There are no basements in Florida.

still me said:

All that sand... seems easy to dig. Why not ?

When you dig, it's a well, not a basement.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

there's a point here. I puntificate
once upon, as with refrigeration, there was no fiberglass insulation
or synthetic under concrete slab insulation. A Basement with a furnace
kept the feet warm and heat, without electric fans, rising upwards
thru holes in the floor.
The basement, something of an appendix, still insulates from freezing
ground temps by going down to a depth (and there's a chart available
if you search for it) where summer's warmth holds. There's heat pump
value in this.
But here in Fla, who needs heat? the place I'm at faces NE and sports
a deck sprouting from the alcove cut away from what would be a square
building: the deck shades, the exterior walls never get direct sun,
and the slab on grade stays between 61-80 without heat or A/C.
The problem with the appendix is gross bone headedness or
ossification. Nearly 25-30% of energy wasted could be saved thru
building codes designed to do what I'm living in for the northern
states.
One interesting experience with total sand is the sand ridge which is
seen by going to NOAA radar
and asking for Lake Placid, FL. You'll briefly see a relief map with
ridges up the state's center.: that's a sandbar!!
In the ocala national forest at the sandbar's northern point, you can
stand on the Ocean's divide where 50' west brings you to the Gulf and
east to the Atlantic: very different places.
When a 100 mph squall comes thundering over dumping 5-6 inches in an
hour, streams of runoff run down hill and shaaazaaam! flow right into
the ground in a 50 square foot area and disappear into the sand with
out leaving a gurgle.
But where its flat...water sits and breeds "biting insects"