So in my shed I'd like to hang my bike vertically, but there's one issue: it's too long (nudge nudge, wink wink).
There's not enough height to have the rear wheel of my 1234mm wheelbase bike sit on the wall when hanging it by the front wheel on a hook.
So second option is the take the wheel off, and hang it by the axle. Perfect! Only no-one seems to make anything to allow this, apart from the rockymounts quick release drive shaft hm, which is £60+
I thought about a simple tube mounted to the wall, but that would mean trying to hold up a 14kg FS bike with one hand, while aligning the axle with the tube, and slotting the axle back in with the other hand... Nope.
So what about a half tube? Can't find a decent 'hook' to be able to mount the tube on that's going to be doing enough to take 20kg (to be safe).
So then, I thought about a solid wood bracket with a semi circle groove for the axle. This could work but it would need to be about 100mm x 100mm and a right angle triangle in order to be big enough to hold the weight and clear the brake caliper/rebound knob.
So, any other ideas? There seems to be a gap in the market - if you want to hang your bike by the front wheel you're good to go, but want to hang it by the through axle? Nothing of the shelf seems to be available.
Edit: a wall mounted workshop stand/holder would work, hmmm...
Local engineering company would be able to do that.
What about a rope loop? Put it through axle, other end goes up through a pulley, then down to a cleat.
Edit: the rope loop could be threaded through an over size plastic tube for axle to go through.
I do this with one of my bikes occasionally, as sometimes I swap a front wheel between 2 bikes.
B&Q rubber coated hook screwed into wooden batten, and then the thru axle hooks over the hook. Can be a little unstable side to side, but works well enough if you get the height right.
Thinking about it, you could use two hooks about 90mm apart, would make it more stable.
A rope loop would probably end up with the bike twisting, I want to have it held square so something around 80-100mm wide.
B&Q rubber coated hook screwed into wooden batten, and then the thru axle hooks over the hook. Can be a little unstable side to side, but works well enough if you get the height right.
Thinking about it, you could use two hooks about 90mm apart, would make it more stable.
That would be the simplest option, got a link to the hooks you used? It's finding something big enough to take the weight but not huge.
Two hooks placed 100mm apart (assuming Boost hub)
https://www.diy.com/departments/rothley-galvanised-red-steel-storage-hook/255975_BQ.prd
Or
https://www.diy.com/departments/rothley-galvanised-steel-storage-hook/255945_BQ.prd
Cheers scotroutes, that last one looks perfect for the job - 90mm wide and 120kg load capacity.
Why not just take the front wheel off and hang it up by the back wheel?
Hydraulic disc brakes - it would probably be OK having the levers and master cylinders as the lowest point but chances are you'd get some air trapped in the calipers.
Don’t get the hooks with rubber just on the tip. You end up catching the tips and pulling them off.
Better to get two of the fully rubberised ones (like second link above).
Another (slightly more expensive) option is to get a roof rack fork mount -something like this
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Delta-Bike-Hitch-Thru-Axle_102203.htm
make a bracket which the axel goes through or a spare hub maybe, which can then hang on a couple of hooks or bracket off the wall.
I'd add some protection to that one with just the rubber tips, wouldn't want the axle on bare metal.
The tube option (making myself or buying one) was my first thought but it would be a pain trying to get the axle in with one hand while holding the bike up with the other.
Would that do it? Some of the rack kits in Oz had the mounts for front axles QR/15/20 all about
An angled wood bracket to hook the axle over should be straightforward to make.
I bought two of those delta mounts to fit the bikes in the van.
For the 15mm axle I had to cut it down as with the inserts the mount is wider than the 100mm axle.
The 20mm mount isn't boost.
Better off getting them custom made, imo.
Leave the back wheel on the floor with a batten/wedge to stop it rolling away from the wall, and then you will be able to use a relatively lightweight hook or pair of hooks to secure the front axle.
Search for double storage hook
20mm plastic conduit
2x 20mm saddles to put the conduit in and done.
Obviously cut the conduit to size and mount the saddles so the rebound doesn't hit anything.
Have done something similar with a piece of wood for when I put my bike in the van.
If you know an Electrician then they will have odd bits of conduit and the metal saddles work a bit better.
