Is it ok to hang your bike from the seat?

Anonymous

titles says most.
is it ok to hang like they do in this picture but for a mountain bike? Im assuming its find considering you put all of your weight on it and more when riding, but please tell me if it is ok.
I was thinking of storing my bike like this when im not using it, just to free some space in my workshop.
btw it would be hanging my ceiling so just incase your wondering the front wheel wouldnt be touching the ground.

Mental Mickey

The average MTB may weigh somewhere from 20 to 35 pounds?

Yet adults weighing from say, 112 pounds up to 300 pounds and beyond, are able to sit on these saddles and seatposts and ride on off road terrain without them snapping.

I know one is pressure applied from below versus from above, but does that in some way answer the question?

thel33ter

Its fine as long as you don't swing on it.

The Northern Monkey

its fine... loads of uplifts in germany carry the bikes dangling from the seat... and these are big DH bikes too!

yt_

Yeah my dad's got a beam in the garage what he uses to winch engines out of cars and bikes and we have several bikes all hanging from it by the seats and also a safety rope around the top tube because they aren't all that safe just on the seat.

Northwind

Hope so





It's a long way down

Hoopz

That reminds me of the first time I put my bike on a ski lift. I didn't have proper insurance and was bricking it in case it went for a burton. :shock:

I bought insurance the moment we got off the slopes via an internet cafe. :oops:

The Northern Monkey

whats a burton?

Hoopz

The Northern Monkey wrote:

whats a burton?

To take a drop/fall or go missing.