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Mounting bike frame as a wall hanging
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Hey folks,

I recently stripped a sentimental bike of mine (a 2005 Trek 1500 with 35k+ miles) down to the frame (no fork), with the intention of hanging it in my pain cave.

Google searches for "mounting bike frame on wall" tend to come back with a lot of bike *storage* solutions.

Of course, one could always just mount a board, two screws, or whatever -- underneath the top tube just to keep things level, and leave it at that

Is anyone aware of more modern or elegant options? Something like a shadow box would need quite a lot of depth and probably be expensive, while not adding much visually. Thanks, -A
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Re: Mounting bike frame as a wall hanging [westandrew] [ In reply to ]
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I bought a couple of hooks at Home Depot and hung a frame on them.




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Re: Mounting bike frame as a wall hanging [westandrew] [ In reply to ]
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I asked a similar question not too long ago. Got some good ideas.

https://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/Old_Frame_Display_Ideas_Needed_P8055081/?search_string=yeeper#p8055081
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Re: Mounting bike frame as a wall hanging [Yeeper] [ In reply to ]
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In my kitchen:


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Re: Mounting bike frame as a wall hanging [westandrew] [ In reply to ]
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Pictured is my final product. Came to find that galvanized pipe fittings were a straightforward and minimal solution.

You are looking at a 1" flange, and a 1" x 4" nipple that is screwed directly into the frame. I had bought a couple different lengths of nipples to experiment with offset from the wall. By pure chance (I think), some of these threaded *perfectly* and firmly into the frame (there was previously a Shimano 105 BB/crank in there, FWIW). Due to engineering tolerances, I suppose, some of the other lengths threaded less cleanly or hardly at all. Almost brought the frame into Home Depot so I could keep trying until I got a firm fit. Ultimately, the one as pictured has a couple wraps of electrical tape on the threads to get a little more thread grip between the nipple and frame. The flange is mounted into drywall. On the visible side of the bike, I sunk a pipe fitting plug flush into the BB area. The bike is aluminum (not magnetic), but this steel plug allowed me to snap on a circular magnet for a nice finish.

Thanks all for your suggestions on this and the linked thread. -A


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