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12-13-22, 12:38 PM
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I've got over 10 years as a team mechanic for pro teams here in the states. Hanging bikes by the wheels in a moving vehicle or trailer would be stupid. They'd swing and get damaged. In a team truck or trailer the main constraint is space. The other important fact is that those bikes will have different wheels installed nearly every time they're taken out of the truck. Sometimes training wheels, sometimes climbing wheels, sometimes wheels for flat races. Since they're in a TRUCK, which moves, and they all have carbon wheels, the risk of damage from road bumps is possibly a worry. I will repeat...storing a bike in a room by hanging it from the wheels is not risking damage. Especially if it has aluminum rims like the bike the OP is talking about. You're just changing the story in an attempt to make your post sound legit. Quit trying to sound important just for the sake of posting.
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Six miles should be far enough inland that it's not a concern. We have problems at the beach house but that's within 500 yards of the water. I think anything outside of half a mile or so is probably far enough to eliminate that effect.
12-14-22, 08:00 AM
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My three daughters bikes have been hanging by the front wheel in my hanger since they left home, the oldest 24 years ago, the other two 19 years ago, all three stock Specialized Allez. They ride with me when their families visit and I go over them and do basic routine maintenance before re-hanging and the original wheel bearing and wheels are as new.
12-14-22, 08:09 AM
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12-14-22, 08:44 AM
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My three daughters bikes have been hanging by the front wheel in my hanger since they left home, the oldest 24 years ago, the other two 19 years ago, all three stock Specialized Allez. They ride with me when their families visit and I go over them and do basic routine maintenance before re-hanging and the original wheel bearing and wheels are as new.
12-14-22, 01:14 PM
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I've got over 10 years as a team mechanic for pro teams here in the states. Hanging bikes by the wheels in a moving vehicle or trailer would be stupid. They'd swing and get damaged. In a team truck or trailer the main constraint is space. The other important fact is that those bikes will have different wheels installed nearly every time they're taken out of the truck. Sometimes training wheels, sometimes climbing wheels, sometimes wheels for flat races. Since they're in a TRUCK, which moves, and they all have carbon wheels, the risk of damage from road bumps is possibly a worry. I will repeat...storing a bike in a room by hanging it from the wheels is not risking damage. Especially if it has aluminum rims like the bike the OP is talking about. You're just changing the story in an attempt to make your post sound legit. Quit trying to sound important just for the sake of posting.
12-15-22, 07:43 AM
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VegasJen - spotted a bike for you to check out when you are in FL
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12-15-22, 07:53 AM
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I prefer to store bikes similar to storage of these RC cars
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My three daughters bikes have been hanging by the front wheel in my hanger since they left home, the oldest 24 years ago, the other two 19 years ago, all three stock Specialized Allez. They ride with me when their families visit and I go over them and do basic routine maintenance before re-hanging and the original wheel bearing and wheels are as new.
coat of wax on the frame
a light spray of lubricant (tri-flow, wd-40, whatever) into the shifter assemblies if they are Shimano dual control / STI (‘brifters’) or Rapid Fire or similar
the factory lubricant (light grease ?) in the Shimano shifter assemblies will solidify and the shifters will not operate correctly after sitting for a couple of decades
( most times few squirts of liquid lubricant - sometimes over a day or two - will recover the operation ... sometimes liberal use of liquid lubricant is required )
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Unless you are saying the bicycle specific WD-40 stuff, WD is mostly a solvent with something like a 1/4 of the spray a petroleum lubricant, OK for no harm flushing of caked up lubes in a sticky shifter but afterward I would lube with something that does not gum up over time like tri-flow as you say.
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Unless you are saying the bicycle specific WD-40 stuff, WD is mostly a solvent with something like a 1/4 of the spray a petroleum lubricant, OK for no harm flushing of caked up lubes in a sticky shifter but afterward I would lube with something that does not gum up over time like tri-flow as you say.
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recommendation / tip - for long term storage of bikes
coat of wax on the frame
a light spray of lubricant (tri-flow, wd-40, whatever) into the shifter assemblies if they are Shimano dual control / STI (‘brifters’) or Rapid Fire or similar
the factory lubricant (light grease ?) in the Shimano shifter assemblies will solidify and the shifters will not operate correctly after sitting for a couple of decades
( most times few squirts of liquid lubricant - sometimes over a day or two - will recover the operation ... sometimes liberal use of liquid lubricant is required )
coat of wax on the frame
a light spray of lubricant (tri-flow, wd-40, whatever) into the shifter assemblies if they are Shimano dual control / STI (‘brifters’) or Rapid Fire or similar
the factory lubricant (light grease ?) in the Shimano shifter assemblies will solidify and the shifters will not operate correctly after sitting for a couple of decades
( most times few squirts of liquid lubricant - sometimes over a day or two - will recover the operation ... sometimes liberal use of liquid lubricant is required )
I would really only clean my shifters when needed. I would not do it as preventative measure unless I knew the shifters where quite old and it hadn't been done and I was using the bike with some regularity. Leave the factory lubricant alone till you need to deal with it. If they really need to be flushed then flush them but don't just do it to store it unless maybe doing some really super long term storage over periods of years but then at that point I would probably just sell the bike and buy one I wanted or if I really just loved the frame, strip the frame down and do what you need to store it long term depending on materials and sell those parts to someone who can use them.
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