I have 11 hanging in my living room Art. The problem is that i live in an A frame house, I have 2 other locations with bikes that are under sloped ceilings- this is the reason for horizontal storage. Currently they lean on roof beams, I could fit quite a few more with a better syste m.
the stresses of hanging a bike by the wheel is nowhere near the stress it goes through in normal riding. The only concern with this procedure is on off topic suspension bikes where the lubricant can migrate.
Art Link wrote:
> I hang mine by the front wheels from the ceiling from vinyl coated "bik
e" hooks which I mount in a staggered pattern to accommodate the handleba
rs. At first I was worried that hanging thusly might warp the wheels,but
Hank Cunningham at the Helotes shop has his Masis,Frejus,Legnanos,Mercian
etc hanging for years this way with no adverse effects. You might have t
o span several ceiling studs with a narrow board so you can put the scre
w hooks into something solid.Very space effective and at $1.50 for two h
ooks its cheap. Art-hang 'em high- Link,San Antonio,TX,USA
>
> gabriel l romeu <romeug@comcast.net> wrote: Much as appreciate the Amst
erdam train station, my bicycle areas are
> starting to look a bit crowded and difficult to deal with.
>
> I was wondering whether anyone has a horizontal rack system for bicycle
s
>
> which both has the smallest footprint for the max number of bikes and
> still allows easy access to all. the first thing that comes to mind is
> an offset system for the handlebars. the second, reversing every other
> one- is there any brilliant solution anyone has come up with?
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