2005 RAD Cycle Products Heavy Duty Bike Lift Hijst Voor Garage Opslag 100 lb Capaciteit Mountain Fiets Hijs

Installation assez simple mais par contre il faut aider la montée du vélo .La corde est très longue , je vais sans doute installé un treuil manuel pour plus de facilité.

FUNCIONA PERFEITAMENTE. EXCELENTE ACABAMENTO E FÁCIL MONTAR.

As some other reviews have noted, the install can be a bit tricky. I decided to mount the pulleys to a 2x4 sitting on top the rafters in my garage because I wanted to get the bike as far above the floor as possible. This also made the installation easier because I was able to get the pulleys positioned and screwed to the 2x4 while I was standing on the floor instead of trying to do it while up on a ladder.First I measured the bike to gauge the approximate distance the pulleys should be from one another. Then, I taped the pulleys to the board using strong gorilla tape. Next I suspended the board at about eye level between a ladder and a shelf in my garage, threaded the rope through the pulleys, and attached the hooks to my bike and gave it a try at ground level more or less. (Had the tape not held the pulley brackets in place for the test I would have used some small screws as temporary holders but the tape actually held it fine so I didn't need to do that.) Once I confirmed that the bracket placement was correct, I attached the pulley brackets to the 2x4's using the screws provided. Others have noted the screw quality it not very good. I think that's correct, but by drilling the proper size pilot hole I didn't have any trouble with them. Next, with the brackets attached to the 2x4, before I got up on the ladder and finagled the two before into place above the rafters. Once in the position I wanted, I drilled a 1-in hole through the rafter in between the brackets so that the line could pass through without any friction. See picture of this as well. During the first two initial tests my bike fell. My seat doesn't have a lip on the back of it and the hooks just slid off, allowing the bike to fall. I used a vice and a heavy mallet to bend the metal on the ends of the hooks so they would not be as likely to slip off the handlebars or the seat. I ultimately decided to use the hooks grabbing the seat rotated 180° from what is recommended so that they grab the seat from the front. See the picture I posted. With those modifications it works fine and doesn't seem likely to slip off. Some have noted that it lifts the bike unevenly. That is true. I lift the bike most of the way up, then pull down on the end of the bike that is higher, and then finish raising it the rest of the way. The total install took me about 2 hours, but it was worth it. Space is at a premium in my garage, and I don't have any wall space left to mount a bike, so this product was the perfect solution and I'm glad I bought it. I would highly recommend it just be aware you need to allow time to adapt it to your specific situation.

Took some effort to install but works well & frees up garage floor space.

My garage ceiling had no visible "studs" to mount the bike pulley system to but with a good quality stud finder (Franklin M210) it actually saw through the drywall and filtered out the drywall cross members to locate the actual ceiling beams that were 3/4" above the drywall. I then ripped a 35" long 2x10 in half and screwed it into the ceiling beams then mounted the two pulley system parts to each end of the 35" long "2x4". It works like a charm and doesn't take too much effort to boost our 65lb bikes to the top of our 10 foot garage ceilings. Other reviewers say the rope supplied is not great quality, but it works fine and they supply enough rope to mount this rig up on a 16 foot ceiling. I like the rope "brake"... just a tug in the right direction and it locks in place and holds the bike up. They also supply a cleat to tie the rope end to but I didn't want the rope stretched across space to the cleat so I just tied the rope to the bike in case the brake slipped.