Bike stand for indoor
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My basement has 12 bikes hanging from hooks, its an inelegant way to get the job done but it does get the job done. Course I have another 5 bikes leaning against the wall in the living room, and several in the shed and a very loving wife that also likes to ride.
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My basement has 12 bikes hanging from hooks, its an inelegant way to get the job done but it does get the job done. Course I have another 5 bikes leaning against the wall in the living room, and several in the shed and a very loving wife that also likes to ride.[/QUOTE]
I was going to use the dining room; since Covid that space is not being used, so........
Mrs.: I am worried about getting grease on the carpt.
Me: I am more worried about getting dog hair on my clean cassette.
I was going to use the dining room; since Covid that space is not being used, so........
Mrs.: I am worried about getting grease on the carpt.
Me: I am more worried about getting dog hair on my clean cassette.
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Don't doubt your shop never had a problem. I do still hang one bike by J hooks in the ceiling, actually in a contraption that lets me pull it up into my garage rafters. But that is a single J hook on each wheel that lets the wheel pivot and swing from a single point of contact on each rim
The ones I strongly suggest not using are the ones that hook to the wheel with the bottom on the tire resting on the wall. With the rim held fast like that any side load will torque the rim and bend it.
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From improperly trained techs truing wheels by not caring what the spoke tension of a wheel feels like by just turning spokes till the wheel looks right. It leaves imbalanced tension that doesn't take much to warp a rim completely past a certain point. Can also happen with an improper wheel build, particularly in the rear, where the spoke tension is exceeding forces that the rim is meant to handle, usually someone new to building trying to get the non-drive side tension up to what they think is best. Any sudden change in tension, squeezing the drive side spokes or bumping them into something, will completely pretzel the rim before you know what's happened.
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Similar to some others above using 2X4's and old deck boards. I'm not too proud to raid a discard pile of wood from a neighborhood remodel . I do have a lot of tools including sanders to make to old wood look a little cleaner
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From improperly trained techs truing wheels by not caring what the spoke tension of a wheel feels like by just turning spokes till the wheel looks right. It leaves imbalanced tension that doesn't take much to warp a rim completely past a certain point. Can also happen with an improper wheel build, particularly in the rear, where the spoke tension is exceeding forces that the rim is meant to handle, usually someone new to building trying to get the non-drive side tension up to what they think is best. Any sudden change in tension, squeezing the drive side spokes or bumping them into something, will completely pretzel the rim before you know what's happened.
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Repurpose and reuse to leave a smaller carbon footprint. You and I are not ghetto but climate activists.
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