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  • Storing a full mudguard bike.
  • zippykona
    Full Member

    On a normal bike front wheel out and spin bars 90 degrees and it sits flat again the wall of the shed.

    Obviously you can’t do this with full guards , so I have to take the guard off and store as above.I  could loosen the stem and spin bars  but having to tighten them up every time I  want to ride down to the shops would be a faff. I’m also paranoid about stem tightening regarding slippage v steerer snap.

    What we really need is a QR stem or some other cunning plan. I can’t store the bike standing up.

    How do you do it?

    fossy
    Full Member

    Hung off the wall out of the way.

    zippykona
    Full Member

    Shed is not tall enough .

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    dangeourbrain
    Free Member

    Mudguards? Have you not looked outside?

    Flat to the roof?

    ads678
    Full Member

    You need a bigger shed op.

    towzer
    Full Member

    Cut a small hole that the mudguard can stick through.

    Or more likely can you store vertically /hand from roof by front wheel) or with bars high and mudguard in roof/roof apex

    Or

    https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/brands/speedlifter. (Other shops and brands may be available)

    zippykona
    Full Member

    Mudguards? Have you not looked outside?

    Do you really dare me to take them off? The rain god must be appeased at all times!

    dangeourbrain
    Free Member

    Do you really dare me to take them off

    No, don’t be silly. Obviously you need another bike that doesn’t have mudguards thus removing the issue with faff of turning handlebars for a pootle to the shops.

    kilo
    Full Member
    MoreCashThanDash
    Full Member

    Mine gets stacked carefully with all the others. I’m not understanding the problem tbh

    zippykona
    Full Member

    Q/r stem, here you go;
    https://www.bigandtallbike.com/ZinnKGS-Travel-Stem-wSS-Coupler_p_186.html

    110 mm long otherwise a total winner!

    trail_rat
    Free Member

    bike for pootling to the shops

    Locked up and undercover outside.

    ben
    Free Member

    Front wheel off and hang by the handlebars?

    It’s what I’ve opted for due to similar issue with vertical space due to an overcrowded shed..

    IMG-6052

    5lab
    Full Member

    but having to tighten them up every time I want to ride down to the shops would be a faff.

    I have my bars tight enough not to move during riding, but tight enough to twist by pushing strongly whilst holding the wheel (this also reduces forces going through things during a crash). the one bike that is stored at the end (wheels on) just has the bars turned then turned back again when I want to ride. no tightening needed.

    DezB
    Free Member

    I’d rather use a QR front mudguard than a QR stem… like this typa thing. Full guard goes back on for winter.

    cbike
    Free Member

    Pedal hooks, allows stacking. Kits on amazon.

    spooky_b329
    Full Member

    Front wheel shaped slot in end of shed so handlebars are against the wall.

    Handlebar shaped hole in the side wall of shed 🙂

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    A seat collar QR is M6, same as many stem clamps.

    The “just tight enough” idea sounds good also.

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