Bike Hanging

[Cuchilo]

Just thinking . i could hang one upside down in my set up so get two bikes on the same wall and lock them together . The only problem is i would want the TT bike on the outside and that puts the rear disc wheel very close to a radiator . I'm a bit concerned that the heat from the radiator on one side of the wheel may warp it . May be a daft concern but its made me hmmmmmmmm .
Any opinions ?

 

[Citius]

I'm a bit concerned that the heat from the radiator on one side of the wheel may warp it . May be a daft concern but its made me hmmmmmmmm .

Unless your radiator heats your room to +180 deg C and the room is somehow airtight and pressurised to around 7 bar or more, I think it'll be fine....

 

[mmmmartin]

I should contact the seller of these hooks and ask for a referral fee.

Thanks for all the posts, have just read this thread and others on CC, then splashed out a tenner on four hooks. They'll be going up in the shed, and I hope to make a bit more space so I can work on the bikes more easily.

 

[Slick]

I just bought a couple of packs as well, it's the thread that just keeps giving.

 

[TheDoctor]

If the thread keeps on giving, I'd use better Rawlplugs.

*gets coat*

 

[Slick]

If the thread keeps on giving, I'd use better Rawlplugs.

*gets coat*

I would.

 

[mmmmartin]

No wonder the Chinese economy is going through a blip - how on earth do they manufacture 4 items as substantial as these, and ship them to the UK at a price low enough that a dealer can flog them to me for £9.99, pay Yodel to deliver them, pay eBay fees and still make a worthwhile profit

Mine arrived this morning after ordering them at 6.31pm on December 29. So they arrived after ordering late on day 1, day 2 was a working day then a weekend and a bank holiday and they arrived in the morning of Day 3. Amazingly quick. I weighed them. The package was 2.5 kilos, inc screws and Rawlplugs. My Royal Mail postie delivered it. The get-a-price online calculator for Royal Mail tells me a parcel weighing more than 2 kilos would cost £12.98.
So - I paid a tenner for this. There's:

• cost of the designers,
• rent of the premises in China,
• raw materials,
• manufacturing costs,
• wages,
• transport from China,
• eBay fee of 14 per cent of sale price,
• handling in the UK,
• the internal UK postage,
• VAT,
• profit to the investors who set up the company in the first place.

How can this be possible?

 

[screenman]

Wages are low.
Postage is often subsidized.
Copies, so designer not needed.
Rent is minimal
Raw products, pence.
VAT? Was there.
Profit, like wages.

 

[mmmmartin]

Postage is often subsidized..

The postage was from inside the UK to an internal UK address, so it cannot have been subsidised by the Chinese government. Hence the speeedy turnround.

 

[tyred]

At least I know where the tools are when I want to do a job now!

I always know where my tools are. I trip over them every time I walk into the garage

 

[Rustybucket]

I'm thinking of hanging my bikes in the garage now! What's the max bike weight you think you could hang? I've got a Genesis Day one with Alfine hub which weighs plus 12 kg!

Hopefully be able to hang 5 bikes in a row. Is it possible to hang them low enough so the garage door doesn't hit them when open? Reckon it would be a tight fit...

 

[Globalti]

If you buy some of those big red plastic-coated hooks from DIY stores and screw them into the ceiling joists the spacing is just perfect for hanging a row of bikes alternately top to tail. As for straining the bike by hanging it up - you're talking a bike that's designed to carry and brake the weight of somebody of up to 100 kilos and you're worried about the bike weighing 10 kilos self-destructing?

 

[spen666]

Hanging is a cruel and brutal punishment and I oppose the death penalty in all circumstances. I cant think of any circumstances where a bike deserves to be executed

 

[ColinJ]

Never had a problem using hooks

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But you do have a problem saying "No" to the owner of your LBS ...

 

[PhilDawson8270]

On the topic of hanging bikes. My garage roof is a steel truss structure.

Is there issues hanging bikes up by their saddle? So hooking the saddle over beam?