thoughts on how to hang your bike?

Does anyone have any thoughts on hanging bicycles for storage? Is there any danger in hanging upside
down or from the front wheel? Perhaps because the bike is designed to be upright, hanging in any
other manner could cause lubrication to run out or undue stress on wheels? This seems like a
far-fetched danger to me, but I wanted to make sure before I mount hooks to store my new bike.

Or perhaps I should hang upright at a 12% up angle to get my bike used to climbing

Regards, Jason

 

Hanging upside down can cause the little-known but serious reverse gravity fatigue. This is also a
threat if you take a Northern Hemisphere bike to Australia, or an Australian bike here. This is
explained by translogimorpholigical extrusons which are parellel to the relevant pole at the time
of alloy extrusion, and become fixed in that position. Prof. Adolph Tolstoy of the Univeristy of
Southern Ukraine discovered this phenomenon in 1954 and it gave the USSR an early lead in the
Space race.

 

Jason wrote:
> Does anyone have any thoughts on hanging bicycles for storage? Is there any danger in hanging
> upside down or from the front wheel?

I hang my bikes from the front wheel, and I recently discovered one possible problem--it seems some
oil-filled mountain bike forks leak slowly from around the seals, gradually draining them.

My Marzocchi has been fine, but my Fox Vanilla fork ran out of oil over the course of a few months.
When I took it in to the shop to get it filled (yes, I'm a mechanic wimp), the mechanic told me he'd
discovered on disassembly that the seals weren't very seally. He asked if I was hanging it upside
down. I said yes and he said "don't do that."

It's been nearly a year since then, and I still have oil.

Duke

 

"Jason" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Perhaps because the bike is designed to be upright, hanging in any other manner could cause
> lubrication to run out or undue stress on wheels? This seems like a far-fetched danger to me, but
> I wanted to make sure before I mount hooks to store my new bike.

Some forks will drip oil if hung upside-down. This is obvious, and not something to worry about--if
the bike does it, hang it differently (or don't hang it over your car, or whatever).

 

On 30 Jun 2003 09:25:25 -0700, [email protected] (Jason) wrote:

>Does anyone have any thoughts on hanging bicycles for storage? Is there any danger in hanging
>upside down or from the front wheel? Perhaps because the bike is designed to be upright, hanging in
>any other manner could cause lubrication to run out or undue stress on wheels? This seems like a
>far-fetched danger to me, but I wanted to make sure before I mount hooks to store my new bike.
>
>Or perhaps I should hang upright at a 12% up angle to get my bike used to climbing

That's the one. That way, all the bearings will settle in the 'climbing position' and run so much
more freely on the uphill stretches. They will be a little more rough on the downhill so your bike
will run slightly less efficiently, but this will reduce wear on the brakes.

Win-win, I think.

 

[email protected] (Jason) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> Does anyone have any thoughts on hanging bicycles for storage? Is there any danger in hanging
> upside down or from the front wheel? Perhaps because the bike is designed to be upright, hanging
> in any other manner could cause lubrication to run out or undue stress on wheels? This seems like
> a far-fetched danger to me, but I wanted to make sure before I mount hooks to store my new bike.
>
> Or perhaps I should hang upright at a 12% up angle to get my bike used to climbing
>
> Regards, Jason

im no expert, but..

it seems like most every bike shop i go into which is pressed for space hangs bikes of all types by
the rear wheel. i would assume it would have come back to them by now if it was damaging. so i do
the same. no problems yet. (actually, i hang my own by the front, but i suppose its no different)

one conceivable problem i can think of would be bikes with hydraulic brakes. bubbles in the
lever might travel into the line, or get into a spot where they would be fed into the line, if
the bike was stored upside down, or in some odd position. but ive never tried that, and maybe it
isnt a problem.

-anthony

 

This has probably started a long joke thread, so I'll give a straight answer. Hang your bike any way
you want. Just be careful if you hang it by the frame not to scratch the paint (use coated hooks).
and if you hang it in any position other that upright, remove your water bottles if there is any
liquid in them.

Other than that, don't worry about it

P.S. Hanging it by the wheels will NOT make them go out of true, despite claims to the contrary :-3)

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

Chris'Z Corner "The Website for the Common Bicyclist": http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

 

In regards to my previous post, I didn't know about the suspension forks leaking.

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

Chris'Z Corner "The Website for the Common Bicyclist": http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

 

waahhl pardner first ya gottsta find yersef a large old oak tree, then yous gonna need a
rope........

Duke Robillard wrote:

> Jason wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any thoughts on hanging bicycles for storage? Is there any danger in hanging
>> upside down or from the front wheel?
>
>
>
> I hang my bikes from the front wheel, and I recently discovered one possible problem--it seems
> some oil-filled mountain bike forks leak slowly from around the seals, gradually draining them.
>
> My Marzocchi has been fine, but my Fox Vanilla fork ran out of oil over the course of a few
> months. When I took it in to the shop to get it filled (yes, I'm a mechanic wimp), the mechanic
> told me he'd discovered on disassembly that the seals weren't very seally. He asked if I was
> hanging it upside down. I said yes and he said "don't do that."
>
> It's been nearly a year since then, and I still have oil.
>
> Duke

 

Actually, metaphysicists have recently discovered a magnetic parallel angstallism which allows a
static extrusion to react to the relevant magnetic pole 180 degrees out of phase from horizontal,
which is dependant upon geographic position of the translogimorpholigical extruson in question.
This reactionary metallurgy tends to strenghten the bike in the vertical plane over time (assuming
an inverted storage position and not accounting for rake in the front fork, as the complexity of
the study assumed a 0 degree rake.) Given the disposition of the frame to strengthen throughout the
hanging process, it tends to harden the ride of the bike, but only to the degree of the ratio of
ride-to-hang time of the frame in question. Frames which were stored 90 degrees from horizontal
were excepted from the study. The study results were crucial to the development of the X-53 VTOL
aircraft due to the vertical nature of the aircraft. Any suspension-type bicycles were not included
in the study.

"Gearóid Ó Laoi, Garry Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hanging upside down can cause the little-known but serious reverse gravity fatigue. This is also a
> threat if you take a Northern Hemisphere bike to Australia, or an Australian bike here. This is
> explained by translogimorpholigical extrusons which are parellel to the relevant pole
at
> the time of alloy extrusion, and become fixed in that position. Prof.
Adolph
> Tolstoy of the Univeristy of Southern Ukraine discovered this phenomenon
in
> 1954 and it gave the USSR an early lead in the Space race.

 

Jason at [email protected] wrote on 6/30/03 9:25 AM:

> Does anyone have any thoughts on hanging bicycles

Assuming a trial by fair and impartial jury, and appropriate appeals process
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EQUIPMENT

The following items are required for a competent hanging.

1. A Gallows should be utilized having the following basic characteristics.

A. A floor height of at least nine (9) feet to allow for a minimum clearance of about one (1) foot
on the drop.

B. A crossbeam height of nine (9) feet giving an approximate clearance of three (3) feet above
the executee.

C. An opening and trap door of at least three (3) feet square to allow proper clearance for
the executee.

D. Means of releasing the trap door. This is normally accomplished by utilizing two bolts under one
side of the door which are actuated by a common mechanism, either linkage rods or cable.

E. Means for stopping the trap door swing after it has fallen. This is normally accomplished
utilizing a mechanical metal spring catch or a counterweight and a "rope grabber".

F. An eyelet or fastening mechanism for the rope containing the Hangman's Noose.

 

> > Does anyone have any thoughts on hanging bicycles
>
> Assuming a trial by fair and impartial jury, and appropriate appeals
process
> -
>
What if I don't want to wait out the appeals process??

Mike

 

Yeeeaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! Let the fun begin!!!!!

Hang it anyway you want that nothing will happen. Enjoy the rest of the answers that you will get.
Let me assure you, the people in this newsgroup are actually nice in spite of what their answers
will make you think.

Andres

[email protected] (Jason) wrote in message
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> Does anyone have any thoughts on hanging bicycles for storage? Is there any danger in hanging
> upside down or from the front wheel? Perhaps because the bike is designed to be upright, hanging
> in any other manner could cause lubrication to run out or undue stress on wheels? This seems like
> a far-fetched danger to me, but I wanted to make sure before I mount hooks to store my new bike.
>
> Or perhaps I should hang upright at a 12% up angle to get my bike used to climbing
>
> Regards, Jason

 

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts. My assumption that the manner of hanging is irrelvant (for a
road bike anyway) has been coroborated. I appreciate both the serious and the fun responses.

Kind Regards, Jason

[email protected] (andres muro) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> Yeeeaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! Let the fun begin!!!!!
>
> Hang it anyway you want that nothing will happen. Enjoy the rest of the answers that you will get.
> Let me assure you, the people in this newsgroup are actually nice in spite of what their answers
> will make you think.
>
> Andres