I recently moved to a tiny studio in Manhattan - and there is no place to keep my bike. It's been sitting on the fire escape, and yesterday i noticed rust marks on the chain. I have to bring it indoors but the only space I have is on the walls or the ceiling. A little apprehensive about experimenting - i'm sure someone out there has dealt with a similar situation...
2007-01-09 06:43:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cycling
Heavily padded shelf brackets mounted high on the wall. Supporting the top bar of the frame. Stick a backing board on the wall, so the bike doesn't mark it. Another option is one bracket with the bike hung from the front wheel
2007-01-09 11:53:56 · answer #1 · answered by Glenn B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats simple, If you have wall space or tall ceilings then ,(for the walls put hooks up and hang your bike up, thats what i did in my room. And if the wall hanging isnt possible then the get some rope, a pulley, and hook the pulley to the ceiling run the rope through and buy some sort of harness, something that can hold it. Then you can hoist up the bike out of the way, then get a hoist hook to tie it down on. Thats on if you have high enough ceilings, I mean if you have a Studio? It should be fine. If you do do it that way, Then you should use nylon rope, That can hold up to 2000+ Lbs. That stuff should cost alot, I mean a Home Depot should have it, or a local hardware store.
2007-01-09 15:19:17 · answer #2 · answered by PFC. HOPPER 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At home, I use the Big hook on the garage ceiling (8 foot ceiling and I'm 5'7"). At work, I use the Racor front wheel hook that mounts about 6.5' up on the wall. Both are in the corner of a room and are unobtrusive (but visible) and work well. Here are a bunch of options for you:
http://www.performancebike.com/shop/sub_cat.cfm?subcategory_id=6600
http://www.nashbar.com/results.cfm?category=118&subcategory=1132&storetype=&init=y&pagename=
2007-01-09 20:40:45 · answer #3 · answered by Ben P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What we do in my bike shop (and happends to be incredibly easy and cheap) is just screw a hanging hook into the cealing crossmember. Then hang the bike by its back wheel. Make sure its the back b/c if you hang it by the front, you could put excess pressure on the headset. Better safe than sorry.
The hooks are often rubbercoated and should be less than $3. We use them for all bikes from skinny road tires to superwide downhill tires.
2007-01-10 20:32:16 · answer #4 · answered by leesmthsn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lean-two's are handy. It just leans against the wall (no installation) and you can hang two bikes on it by the frames (top tube to be exact). I also have a Racor harness, but I use that for my kayak. It's not as easy to get stuff up and down on that as the lean-two. Good luck.
2007-01-09 22:45:52 · answer #5 · answered by ZepOne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the latest catalog of Colorado Cyclist ( www.coloradocyclist.com)----some very CONVENIENT mountaiin bike/ road bike wall to ceiling mounts and other available SAFE bike stands are there! They are simple to assemble and not bulky.
2007-01-09 21:37:49 · answer #6 · answered by hummerhead2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to your local bike shop and tell the person what you need and they will recomend what is best for you.
2007-01-11 04:15:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋