Hanging my S40

[Vulcanelli]

I cannot be the only one who has inadequate bike storage, so I am curious what solutions others have found to deal with this. My wife and I each have upright bikes that are used daily so the only viable option was to get my S40 off the floor since I use it only occasionally. At first I thought, no problem, I will just purchase a bike pulley system made for that purpose, however I quickly discovered that using the same mounting points as an upright, a recumbent does not raise evenly because the drive train weight is cantilevered so far out front. Related to this is the problem of the front end wanting to flop over. Using scrap lumber and after some trial and error I produced something that works. The front end lifting is done by a dowel under the handle bars and also locks onto the handle bars with four small dowels and prevents the front wheel from wobbling around. The back end mounts to the non stock head rest. It raises fairly evenly and fits into a narrow space between my shelving unit and chin up bar. All in all I am quit happy with it.

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[cpml123]

I cannot be the only one who has inadequate bike storage, so I am curious what solutions others have found to deal with this. My wife and I each have upright bikes that are used daily so the only viable option was to get my S40 off the floor since I use it only occasionally. At first I thought, no problem, I will just purchase a bike pulley system made for that purpose, however I quickly discovered that using the same mounting points as an upright, a recumbent does not raise evenly because the drive train weight is cantilevered so far out front. Related to this is the problem of the front end wanting to flop over. Using scrap lumber and after some trial and error I produced something that works. The front end lifting is done by a dowel under the handle bars and also locks onto the handle bars with four small dowels and prevents the front wheel from wobbling around. The back end mounts to the non stock head rest. It raises fairly evenly and fits into a narrow space between my shelving unit and chin up bar. All in all I am quit happy with it.

Cheers,

Jeff

That's impressive!

 

[Robert Holler]

Nice.

 

[gaspi101]

Just got a v20, being assembled by bike shop, so im curious…can i mount it on the wall with normal hooks, or no?

 

[Mathew Fy]

Just got a v20, being assembled by bike shop, so im curious…can i mount it on the wall with normal hooks, or no?

Two hooks 45.3” apart will hold the wheels and keep the bike upright.

 

[gaspi101]

Two hooks 45.3” apart will hold the wheels and keep the bike upright.

Interesting. But I’m putting Zipp 404s, not a good idea to hang it by the carbon fiber wheel…do you think by the frame might be ok or is there no clearance?

 

[rfneep]

I just hang my S30 from the wheels upside down using either a pulley system similar to that shown or simple hooks on a Saris Glide bike storage system. Gets the bike high enough to be out of the way with no problem. The wheels have Reynolds ATR carbon rims and they do just fine. YMMV.