Storing bikes upside down?

pottssteve

Hi All,

I'm looking for some advice. I have bikes that I want to store in my garage. The best way to do this and save space would be to suspend them by padded hooks from the roof of the garage. They would then be held by the wheels. Is this OK or not advisable?

Thanks,
Steve

anto164

It'll be fine.

It's not like you're hanging anything on the bike.

EKE_38BPM

It's fine. Any awesome you have may fall out though!

neilo23

They might get dizzy.

Don't worry about any strange noises you may hear when turning them over. Little bits of crap can work their way into the tubes (especially with well used steel frames). Nothing's broken :-)

RowCycle

Not that I know a lot, but it sounds ok to me

ilm_zero7

pottssteve
no problem - its very space economical too - search for the leonado hangers like these : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delta-Leonardo- ... 208&sr=1-7

works for me
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MountainMonster

Nope, my father in law has a movable bar he attached to his wall, where he puts the top tube on, then rotates the whole bike so the wheels are almost touching the ceiling, and lots of work space underneath. Works well with his 6kg road bike, but I wouldn't want to have to lift an MTb up there!

ddraver

Roadies fine, I'd be more concerned with MTB's because of the oil in the shocks...

Homer J

Felt so Good wrote:

pottssteve
no problem - its very space economical too - search for the leonado hangers like these : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delta-Leonardo- ... 208&sr=1-7

works for me
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Can't be that good, one of your saddles have fallen off

Anonymous

ddraver wrote:

Roadies fine, I'd be more concerned with MTB's because of the oil in the shocks...

And some disc brakes don't like being upside down for too long.

I had some Shimano brakes that needed major bleeding after my bike rested upside down on the bikes bars and saddle for a night.

pottssteve

Thanks for the advice. They are both road bikes so I shall be out looking for hooks this weekend.

Cheers,
Steve

MattC59

RichardSwt wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Roadies fine, I'd be more concerned with MTB's because of the oil in the shocks...

And some disc brakes don't like being upside down for too long.

I had some Shimano brakes that needed major bleeding after my bike rested upside down on the bikes bars and saddle for a night.

Shocks are fine and you'll often see them mounted in various orientations on bikes.

As for brakes needing bleeding, I'd suggest that there was already air trapped in the system somewhere. Think about it, if the seals can withstand brakefluid at high pressure, they're goiing to be able to withstand brakefluid acting unter the influence of gravity. Also, what happens to the brakes or shocks when they're in shipping or in the warehouse ? They're not held the 'right way up'.

ps. I've got these : http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10230 for hanging my bikes. Road and mtbs are hung on them, including full suspension and hardtail, with no detrimental effects to brakes or shocks. Keeps the garge clear so that I can get at my work bench.

Anonymous

MattC59 wrote:

RichardSwt wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Roadies fine, I'd be more concerned with MTB's because of the oil in the shocks...

And some disc brakes don't like being upside down for too long.

I had some Shimano brakes that needed major bleeding after my bike rested upside down on the bikes bars and saddle for a night.

Shocks are fine and you'll often see them mounted in various orientations on bikes.

As for brakes needing bleeding, I'd suggest that there was already air trapped in the system somewhere. Think about it, if the seals can withstand brakefluid at high pressure, they're goiing to be able to withstand brakefluid acting unter the influence of gravity. Also, what happens to the brakes or shocks when they're in shipping or in the warehouse ? They're not held the 'right way up'.

ps. I've got these : http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10230 for hanging my bikes. Road and mtbs are hung on them, including full suspension and hardtail, with no detrimental effects to brakes or shocks. Keeps the garge clear so that I can get at my work bench.

http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/techdocs/content/cycle/SI/Deore/DiskBrakeSystem/BRM525/SI_8C60H_En_v1_m56577569830604598.pdf

(Left hand column, 14th bullet point down) may only be these particular brakes, but thought it was worth mentioning.

MattC59

RichardSwt wrote:

MattC59 wrote:

RichardSwt wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Roadies fine, I'd be more concerned with MTB's because of the oil in the shocks...

And some disc brakes don't like being upside down for too long.

I had some Shimano brakes that needed major bleeding after my bike rested upside down on the bikes bars and saddle for a night.

Shocks are fine and you'll often see them mounted in various orientations on bikes.

As for brakes needing bleeding, I'd suggest that there was already air trapped in the system somewhere. Think about it, if the seals can withstand brakefluid at high pressure, they're goiing to be able to withstand brakefluid acting unter the influence of gravity. Also, what happens to the brakes or shocks when they're in shipping or in the warehouse ? They're not held the 'right way up'.

ps. I've got these : http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=10230 for hanging my bikes. Road and mtbs are hung on them, including full suspension and hardtail, with no detrimental effects to brakes or shocks. Keeps the garge clear so that I can get at my work bench.

http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/techdocs/content/cycle/SI/Deore/DiskBrakeSystem/BRM525/SI_8C60H_En_v1_m56577569830604598.pdf

(Left hand column, 14th bullet point down) may only be these particular brakes, but thought it was worth mentioning.

Hmmmm.... Interesting.
So basically what they're saying is that if you've already got air in your system (ie not filled or bled it properly) then it might get into the calipers when you invert the bike. Pretty much like any disk brake then ? The simple answer being, make sure that there's no air in the brake fluid resevoir, as per their instructions:

Fill the reservoir tank to overflowing with oil while replacing the cover to ensure that no air bubbles remain inside the reservoir tank.

Basically, that's Shimano covering their ar*es. Fair enough though.