Where do you keep your bike?
02-07-12, 09:30 PM
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Where do you keep your bike?
I'm almost finished with my new storage/play house and I have moved the bikes in. Locks and alarm system included.
10x10ft with high ceilings! The bikes are on the floor now but I'm planning on hanging them tomorrow.
Do you guys use these hooks? or is there something better?
I'll post better pics tomorrow once I get the bikes hanging...
I've got a nice work bench in there now and I'm looking for a bench stand for my bike as well.
10x10ft with high ceilings! The bikes are on the floor now but I'm planning on hanging them tomorrow.
Do you guys use these hooks? or is there something better?
I'll post better pics tomorrow once I get the bikes hanging...
I've got a nice work bench in there now and I'm looking for a bench stand for my bike as well.
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you put your old man to work roofing? 
I have my old unused bikes and my son's trail-a-bike in a shed. It's nowhere near what you have there. And then I keep my son's 16er and 2 bikes for my wife and I, total five, in the house on bike stands. Yeehaw!
I have my old unused bikes and my son's trail-a-bike in a shed. It's nowhere near what you have there. And then I keep my son's 16er and 2 bikes for my wife and I, total five, in the house on bike stands. Yeehaw!
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thats the ole' ladies dad. he didn't want us both on the roof and honestly he's way more experienced at this than me, plus he's the kind of guy that will go behind all your work and touch it even if it's perfect...it's quite annoying. So I keep out of the way and we usually work on different parts separately.
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Speaking from experience, if you have an old heavy MTB or one of those behemoths from "The Tank" thread, don't hang it by just one hook. 
Also from experience, don't bother trying to hang your wife's bike(s) so that she can reach them. You will be getting them down and putting them back up, don't even kid yourself.
Also from experience, don't bother trying to hang your wife's bike(s) so that she can reach them. You will be getting them down and putting them back up, don't even kid yourself.
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Speaking from experience, if you have an old heavy MTB or one of those behemoths from "The Tank" thread, don't hang it by just one hook.
Also from experience, don't bother trying to hang your wife's bike(s) so that she can reach them. You will be getting them down and putting them back up, don't even kid yourself.
Also from experience, don't bother trying to hang your wife's bike(s) so that she can reach them. You will be getting them down and putting them back up, don't even kid yourself.
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Just on the floor, in the garage, next to the rest of the junk.
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I use the heavy duty version of the hooks you have pictured. The hooks are screwed into a 2x6 I ran across the ceiling joists. I've never had a problem with using just one hook to hold my mountain bike, which is no featherweight.
My biggest problem is putting the bikes back after an interval session. It's easier to just lean it against the wall. Such a slacker, I know.
My biggest problem is putting the bikes back after an interval session. It's easier to just lean it against the wall. Such a slacker, I know.
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I use the heavy duty version of the hooks you have pictured. The hooks are screwed into a 2x6 I ran across the ceiling joists. I've never had a problem with using just one hook to hold my mountain bike, which is no featherweight.
My biggest problem is putting the bikes back after an interval session. It's easier to just lean it against the wall. Such a slacker, I know.
My biggest problem is putting the bikes back after an interval session. It's easier to just lean it against the wall. Such a slacker, I know.
02-07-12, 11:20 PM
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I hang my road bike and utility bike on wall hooks near the corner of the garage. It works very well and keeps the garage a little bit more organized.
02-07-12, 11:36 PM
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You gonna eat that?
I keep them right next to me at BikeForums Central
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I keep my bikes either in my apartment's living room with the repair stand and tool box...
or in the basement of the LBS I work at.
On the original topic, the hooks are fine, with a couple caveats: I recommend storing bikes with hydraulic brakes with their wheels on the floor, for a couple reasons (possible hydraulic fluid escaping from the master cylinder's weep hole and eating paint, and air in the MC getting into the brake line). And if you have high-end lightweight carbon wheels, or wheels with carbon fairings a la HED, it may be wisest not to stress the carbon by hanging the bike from it.
or in the basement of the LBS I work at.
On the original topic, the hooks are fine, with a couple caveats: I recommend storing bikes with hydraulic brakes with their wheels on the floor, for a couple reasons (possible hydraulic fluid escaping from the master cylinder's weep hole and eating paint, and air in the MC getting into the brake line). And if you have high-end lightweight carbon wheels, or wheels with carbon fairings a la HED, it may be wisest not to stress the carbon by hanging the bike from it.
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In the garage...
The other two go into the basement.
The other two go into the basement.
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Thanks. My garage ceiling is 11'. The overhead bike hoists were ideal since I didn't want to break out the ladder every time I took down or put up a bike. The joists in the ceiling run perpendicular to the orientation of the bikes, hence the lag bolted 2x6s to the ceiling joists as a platform for the hoist hardware.
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02-08-12, 06:20 AM
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Throw the stick!!!!
One bike stays in the back of my truck (under a hard bed cover). The rest stay in the house either in my bike room or on the trainer.
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