Is it wrong to hang a bike on a wall as art?

[crossley]

I have a number of bikes and the collection is growing. Some of which I will ride, some maybe not...

Does anyone have a bike hanging on their wall or is that a step too far? Lets see some pics if anyone owns up to hanging a pride and joy. And i'm talking in the house not in the shed!

 

[TheGreenRabbit]

For me NO for my other half YES

 

[jonnyboy666]

when i eventually own my own place i intend to have a "wall of frame"

it will be for the classic frames that i no longer use but have sentimental memories of.

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

It's a poor quality pic of a good quality frame:

 

[tintin40]

It's a great idea. I will hang one of mine from the wall. When the wall is mine

 

[pigman]

wouldnt dare. If i hung some of my ex skip clunkers on the wall the house would collapse.


The only bike I'd display is if it had some unique historic interest to me, eg. a Merckx tour bike or simpson's bike etc

 

[dbmtb]

My Gios and my Dave Yates function mostly as wall-hangers.

The Gios because - well - have you seen what campag brake hood rubber costs these days?

the Dave Yates - because - I rode on it against some very very big names (more due to a quirky danish racing licence regulation than to any particular talent of mine) and I want it in on piece when I pass it on to the next generation.

Everything else? Ride it FFS.

 

[Daddy-Cool]

My Tommasini hangs on the wall inbetween rides.

I used speaker brackets wrapped in pipe lagging foam then used smal polystyrene coving to make a big frame and painted black and it looked just like a picture frame with the bike inn.

But alas that was when i lived with my mum and dad now a days it just sits in the corner of the bedroom.

 

[crossley]

Ok one quick visit to B&Q later...

 

[orange71]

about 18 months ago there was somebody here who literally had the frames framed on his wall. I'll see if I can dig out the images...

EDIT: here's a start:

http://kalimotxo.com/mtb/index_info.html