Storing Bikes Vertically

[Drago]

Not unless you're pulling the lever and being it there with the bike in that position.

 

[Citius]

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.

Yeah, if you hang a bike for too long it ends up looking like it was built by Salvador Dali...

What you are basically saying is that bicycles can support the weight of their rider while being ridden, but not their own weight while they are hung up.

 

[Globalti]

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

Why on earth would that happen? How would the air get into a closed system?

 

[Bodhbh]

Why on earth would that happen? How would the air get into a closed system?

Because there's air in the reservoir which doesn't enter the lines untill you upend the bike.

 

[Drago]

Upend the bike and pull the lever

 

[bpsmith]

What you are basically saying is that bicycles can support the weight of their rider while being ridden, but not their own weight while they are hung up.

Can you break an egg with just 2 fingers on its side? Yes, sure you can, I hear you reply.

Can you break an egg with the same force, from the same 2 fingers, on the top and bottom? I don't hear you giving the same answer.

Whilst I don't necessarily believe that a light road bike in good condition can be damaged from hanging vertically, I do think it's a fair question to be asked by the guys above!

There are lots of different parts of the bike that are stronger on one axis than the other. Don't ridicule people for asking fair questions, yet again.

 

[Citius]

There are lots of different parts of the bike that are stronger on one axis than the other

Such as?

 

[Drago]

Spokes.

 

[Citius]

Definitely.

 

[mustang1]

Search for "area 51" and "Godzilla ate the dinosaurs". I think there is some news of dodgy carbon fibre ballistics testing which goes funky when forks are placed vertically but not at an angle greater, though not limited to, 50 degrees above the horizontal when there is a full moon.

Hey now I sound clever too! I think?

Oh, and err, no, nothing will happen. I think. I'm not an expert. See what @fossyany says. He knows about this stuff.

 

[RCITGuy]

C'mon guys... The ONLY stupid questions are the ones never asked...
Everybody learns by asking, don't hang your fellow man out to dry for being curious..

Wheels for example are designed to have all of their strength when being compressed inwards from the outside, yet if you hang a bike up, you are pulling outwards from the inside, so a different set of forces on a wheel, so its a fairly legit question if somebody is a newbie to cycling :-)

 

[bpsmith]

Exactly!

 

[migrantwing]

I will attempt this also. When the HUGE effin' spiders have vacated my brick shed.

 

[jowwy]

In his new home, hung by the front wheel

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Because there's air in the reservoir which doesn't enter the lines untill you upend the bike.

What?