Hanging up bikes, could it cause headset trouble?
daniel_b
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Morning all,
Sunday just gone I popped 7 bikes in my garage up on the hooks designed to hang the bike off the wheel.
At the back of the garage my roof is low, so I have set them all up so the bottom tyre is taking some of the weight and resting on the concrete.
I am convinced this is fine for the rear wheels, as they have a nice solid rear triangle, but am wondering with the bikes where I have hung them from the rear wheel, perhaps resting them on the front tyre, could perhaps overtime, be detrimental to the headset?
Should I instead boost these ones up a bit so they are not touching the ground at all?
Sunday just gone I popped 7 bikes in my garage up on the hooks designed to hang the bike off the wheel.
At the back of the garage my roof is low, so I have set them all up so the bottom tyre is taking some of the weight and resting on the concrete.
I am convinced this is fine for the rear wheels, as they have a nice solid rear triangle, but am wondering with the bikes where I have hung them from the rear wheel, perhaps resting them on the front tyre, could perhaps overtime, be detrimental to the headset?
Should I instead boost these ones up a bit so they are not touching the ground at all?
Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 18
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 18
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no.
makes no difference."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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Think of the sh1t your headset has to put up with when you're riding...Ben
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Indeed, your weight (circa 8 times the bike weight) plus braking loads and inputs from surface and potholes, upto 12Kg of static load from the hook is irrelevant!Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.0
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nicklouse wrote:no.
makes no difference.
What he said.0
