Are hanging hooks bad for my rim/tires?
01-12-09, 04:42 PM
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Are hanging hooks bad for my rim/tires?
Are hanging hooks or the wall hooks bad for your tires/ rims? Thanks.
01-12-09, 05:27 PM
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You gonna eat that?
I hung my bike for almost 20 years and it suffered no ill effects. (Until I started riding again and crashed it!)
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01-12-09, 05:27 PM
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Like a few millennia. Short of that, no problem
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No. I like to hang them so that the tires are not contacting anything but the rim. Think of the larger stresses your rims deal with, just supporting the bikes weight or a part of it is nothing.
01-12-09, 05:48 PM
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Not going to hurt a thing. Just remember that if you care about rim scratches and are using rubber or vinyl covered hooks to check for cracks and tears in the covering once in awhile.
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I wondered about this for a while, then I got to thinking. The bikes weight is resting on the wheels whether it's hanging or sitting on the ground. Perhaps you can make an argument that if it's sitting on the tires the force is dispersed over a greater area due to the "contact patch." But I would imagine that's rather small without the weight of a person on the bike.
01-13-09, 12:41 AM
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I imagine it's not the best thing for the tires/tubes if they are not inflated and are holding up the weight of the bike. I recently found out my spare tube had been sitting in my seat bag long enough that when I unfolded it, it had a massive failure.
When I worked at a bike shop, we parked our bikes on hooks in the back. One day the landlord had cut a hole in the floor, and nobody mentioned it as I went to park my bike. I wasn't watching the floor as I hung my bike up, and I fell through the hole up to my waist. The people in the sub shop downstairs got a bit of a surprise. The bike was ok.
When I worked at a bike shop, we parked our bikes on hooks in the back. One day the landlord had cut a hole in the floor, and nobody mentioned it as I went to park my bike. I wasn't watching the floor as I hung my bike up, and I fell through the hole up to my waist. The people in the sub shop downstairs got a bit of a surprise. The bike was ok.
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01-13-09, 07:51 AM
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Well, I'll be a bit of a departure here. Hooks didn't work for me, cost me a rim. Here's why (my stupidity)
Had the bike hanging on the carage wall and pretty much parked the Jeep right underneath it. Used the hooks that just hold one wheel so it was vertical. Didn't ride the bike for a while, but when I was going through the garage I would occasionally squeeze between the Jeep and the bike, anad had to just tweak the bike on the hook to get by. Nothing major, but when I took the bike down to ride it the back rim was definitely not true. I think the bind from the hook + the lateral stress of my moving the bike a few dozen times took it's toll.
Yeah, it was a road bike with dainty wheels, but regardless it's something to consider.
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Had the bike hanging on the carage wall and pretty much parked the Jeep right underneath it. Used the hooks that just hold one wheel so it was vertical. Didn't ride the bike for a while, but when I was going through the garage I would occasionally squeeze between the Jeep and the bike, anad had to just tweak the bike on the hook to get by. Nothing major, but when I took the bike down to ride it the back rim was definitely not true. I think the bind from the hook + the lateral stress of my moving the bike a few dozen times took it's toll.
Yeah, it was a road bike with dainty wheels, but regardless it's something to consider.
-R
01-13-09, 07:55 AM
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You gonna eat that?
That's why I drive a Hyundai. I can pull it in without hitting my bike that hangs from the ceiling of my garage.
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01-13-09, 09:33 AM
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I used them in my dorm room for 4 years with no ill effects on my wheels. Now that I have a garage, I've decided I like the fold-down wall mounted brackets better. Not having to flip the bike and put it over my head means no mess and fuss when I get home from a rainy ride.
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Sometimes I wish I could hang my kids from hooks.
I do hang all of my bikes from hooks though, and I've had no trouble yet.
I do hang all of my bikes from hooks though, and I've had no trouble yet.
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Warning!
If you hang a bike by the rear wheel, all the blood flows to the headtube and the bike can suffer a head(tube)ache.
[not sure what would happen with a short wheelbase recumbent hanging by the rear wheel]
If you hang a bike by the rear wheel, all the blood flows to the headtube and the bike can suffer a head(tube)ache.
[not sure what would happen with a short wheelbase recumbent hanging by the rear wheel]
01-13-09, 08:09 PM
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7" of lift on 37" tires, it almost catches the top of the garage door pulling in... It's 36" to the bottom of the door frame to get in the Jeep! LOL
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Some posters here think too much. Why would someone ever think it's harmful?
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Well, I had been considering getting this rack, but it seemed that if the weight of the bike(s) is being suspended on the inside part of just one wheel, over time it might stress the spokes and deform the rim out of true.
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And the chances that the bike you want will always be on the inside?
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100% chance for me. I like to switch rides. Therefore the last bike I rode and put away on the outside will be in front of the bike I want tomorrow?
But the hook issue is not a silly question. If you think of the spokes as resisting lforces from outside the diameter of the rim to inward while riding, a hook places forces on a small part of the inside of the rim in the opposite direction. You have to think it through, realize how much flexing goes on to appreciate that the spokes work in several directions. Furthermore, small forces over long periods can produce dramatic effects, so leaving a bike hanging for months or years is not a spurious concern.
But the hook issue is not a silly question. If you think of the spokes as resisting lforces from outside the diameter of the rim to inward while riding, a hook places forces on a small part of the inside of the rim in the opposite direction. You have to think it through, realize how much flexing goes on to appreciate that the spokes work in several directions. Furthermore, small forces over long periods can produce dramatic effects, so leaving a bike hanging for months or years is not a spurious concern.
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But the hook issue is not a silly question. If you think of the spokes as resisting lforces from outside the diameter of the rim to inward while riding, a hook places forces on a small part of the inside of the rim in the opposite direction. You have to think it through, realize how much flexing goes on to appreciate that the spokes work in several directions. Furthermore, small forces over long periods can produce dramatic effects, so leaving a bike hanging for months or years is not a spurious concern.
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Yea but we all know that the bikes will rearrange themselves at night so that the one you want will always be on the inside. I blame gnomes. Statistics never work in the presence of gnomes.
I blame gnomes. Statistics never work in the presence of gnomes.
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Wheels are made to deform and then come back to their original shape. Watch slow-motion footage of mountain bikes for a real eye-opener. Bottom line is you're not going to damage it, unless maybe you hang it in the same place on the rim for like 20-30 years or something.