How to hang your bicycle with bike hooks

December 13th, 2007 | by bike racked |

Bike hooks are a great way to hang your bikes inexpensively and quickly. You can buy the hooks known as bicycle, bike or ladder hooks from many hardware stores or even Walmart. The best place to get a deal on bike hooks is from e-Bay. If you don’t have an account I suggest signing up for one. Along with bicycle mounts and storage there are many other great biking steals on eBay. Anyhow, to the point of the article.

Bike Hooks

The mistake people make with hooks is that they think that just because it takes one hook to hang a bike thats all that is needed. This is a big mistake. NEVER use bike hooks to hang your bike by the wheels. Either by one wheel or by both upside down. Your bike has grease in casings that when you hang it up side down on bike hooks may drip out and cause your bike to cease up. Bike hooks with the stationary types of bike rack hooks are some times referred to as wheel benders.

The best way

The best way to hang your bike up is by using two bike hooks and resting the crossbar on the hooks. If you have a womans bicycle, or mountain bike there are cross bars that lock between the seat post and head stem. Look into these, or look at the other different types of bike racks. There are other types of hoists that are probably better suited for hanging your bike.







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  1. 3 Responses to “How to hang your bicycle with bike hooks”

  2. By John on Sep 18, 2008 | Reply

    I’m confused - in a bike that’s made to work by rolling in a circular motion (not up and down), how would being upside-down affect any lubricant/grease that wouldn’t be similarly affected by the bike sitting rightside-up? Bearings don’t care what direction they are (they are made to roll anyway)… I can understand concern for potential stress on the rims (though on most modern lightweight bikes that’s not really a concern), but there’s no real reason for concern over oil/grease moving/draining and causing something to seize up…

  3. By bike racked on Sep 19, 2008 | Reply

    Hey John,

    if you ride your bike in the rain *a lot* then the grease will eventually seep out, but if you repack your bearings every so often and take care of your bike it shouldn’t be a problem.
    Rim bending is a common problem, I wouldn’t hang an expensive set of wheels up, but I might consider hanging kids bikes or cheap mountain bikes up.

    There are better storage alternatives then hanging your bike upside down on the wall.

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