Storing Bikes Vertically

[Ian A]

Following the N+1 rule I'm looking at buying an additional bike but have a few storage issues. I have no garage and the best, most workable solution for our house would seem to use vertical mounting hooks for the bike on a wall above ground level using a bracket like this or similar. My main concern is damage to the bike. I already have a have a CF TT bike which I would like to store this way and I am looking at buying a CF road bike. My main concern is damage to the bike/fork from long term storage with the weight of the bike being taken by the forks. A friend (a product design engineer and cyclist and understands materials) suggested mounting the bikes by the rear wheel would be a better solution to the front wheel. An idea I had (not clever or an engineer ) would be to use an additional bracket or other support method for the lower wheel.

Can I ask if anyone has experience storing bikes vertically and encountered any issues? The storage location is the only one I can come up with which has my lovely wife's full approval so is non-negotiable!

 

[snorri]

Sorry I have no answers for you, but there have been a few threads on this topic. Try typing 'bike storage', 'hanging' 'front wheel' etc into the forum Search facility.

 

[vickster]

There was a long discussion recently https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/bike-hanging.186729/
Fwiw sigma sport hang their bikes awaiting collection up, I expect all have a carbon frame or at least fork. I can't imagine they'd do it with 5k bikes if there was risk

Just get good hooks

 

[Ian A]

There was a long discussion recently https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/bike-hanging.186729/
Fwiw sigma sport hang their bikes awaiting collection up, I expect all have a carbon frame or at least fork. I can't imagine they'd do it with 5k bikes if there was risk

Just get good hooks

Thanks, that's really helpful .

 

[fossyant]

No risks hanging up at all. The bike gets far more stress through it when riding it.

 

[Scotchlovingcylist]

I store my mountain bike vertically due to tight storage space, no issues at all

 

[griff488]

I store mine vertically too for the samelack of space and have no problems other than putting one too close to the ceiling and now hit the light with the wheel virtually everytime I move it!

 

[Saluki]

My hooks arrived today and I forgot to go and collect them from the argos pick up point. I'll do it tomorrow.

 

[Dan79]

For the last year I have stored two of my bikes vertically to save space and have noticed no problems as yet with the storage, as Fossyant has said the stresses are greater when ridden (the weight of a typical rider on a bike when stationary would i daresay create greater downward force on the bearings of the steering stem than the weight of the bike alone would when suspended vertically by the front wheel). My only practical difficulty is with actually getting bikes on and off the mounting - you need space to manoeuvre if considering this method of storage (don't let the area around get too cluttered), and remember not to release front brake too suddenly after getting the front wheel hitched up! I haven't tried suspending them by the rear wheels, so don't know how tricky this might be.

 

[RCITGuy]

I store my bikes horizontally using a Topeak pole thingy.. Its a pole that clamps from floor to ceiling, it doesn't require any permanent fixings and you can store 1 bike above the other, so using the same floor space as 1 bike.

You can also unclamp it in about 2 seconds and take it anywhere..

 

[Globalti]

Asking if hanging a bike up will damage it is like letting air out of your tyres when you take it on a 'plane - it defies common sense and the laws of physics.

A rider weighs 70 to 100 kilos and a bike 7 to 10 kilos. Do you think a bike is going to cause itself damage under its own weight?

 

[Sbudge]

I don't think it's too daft a question to ask though. Hanging a bike from one point for long periods of time (much longer than it's ridden for) may have very different effects on the materials than the (greater but different) stresses it was designed for.

I've seen a wheel go completely out of alignment by being left on a turbo with the rotor engaged for long periods.

 

[Globalti]

Was the lass in your avatar sitting on the bike?

 

[Drago]

My Alpinestars has spend almost every second of the last 19 years (except when being actually ridden or cleaned) hanging by its front wheel with zero ill effect. It's a complete non-problem.

 

[Bodhbh]

Suppose there's the possibility with hydraulic disc brakes you end up with air in the caliper/lines and the brakes going mushy.