RAD Cycle Products Ceiling Mount Bike Hoist
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of RAD Cycle Products Ceiling Mount Bike Hoist
Customer Review: Damaged my bike :(
Summary: 2 Stars
My bike fell off when at the top of the ceiling of garage causing $70 in damage. Bent handlebars and broken bar end. The hooks on this product are an L shape and have very cheap rubber like end pieces that do not stay on. If the hooks where more of a "fishhook" or U shape this item would work out. I may have to drill a hole on each hook and put a bolt through it to keep bike from slipping off the hooks.Also the pulley system doesn't work that great, theres a bit of binding and the rope slips off the side of the pulleys sometimes. + when hoisting the bike up, the front and rear doesn't go up evenly but at an extreme angle where for example the front of the bike will be pointing down at like a 20 degree angle and sometimes i have to pull on the rope from the rear hooks to even it out - i hope that made sense :>Customer Review: Works as intended, but...
Summary: 4 Stars
The product works well and lifts your bikes up as intended, but I have some advice to potential buyers:
1) The hooks that lift the bike seat don't securely attach to the seat. If you walk under the bikes, make sure you don't bang or rock it, because it may fall off the hooks. They're more like 90-degree brackets than hooks. Anyway, the directions are clear about not standing/walking under the bikes while hoisted, but these things happen from time-to-time. Especially in places like sheds/garages where things are stored beneath.
2) The included screws are junk and they strip easily. Do yourself a favor and use proper 2" wood screws. Consider pre-drilling pilot holes and use washers as well.
3) The directions are a tad lacking, and the pictures aren't the greatest either.
Customer Review: Installation and Safety Tips
Summary: 5 Stars
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
Get some chain with a quick release connection so you can create a safety cable. The way the hooks attach to the bike, it's too easy for it to slip off. The bikes have already slipped off and were saved by the safety cables I had. I happened to have a safety cable lying around and I wouldn't have it any other way. The hooks that come with the system already have the holes to attach the cable to.
INSTALLATION TIP.
Whether you are setting up the system parallel or perpendicular to the studs, first "build" the system using a 2x4 as suggested with the perpendicular stud drawling (Drawling 3). Then lag the entire unit as one into the ceiling. It's much easier.
Other than that, I like the system very much. It works great.
Customer Review: ceiling Mount Bike Racks
Summary: 5 Stars
These racks were great. Easy to put up, work great. I was having problems with space in my pole barn due to bicycles setting around. I have a Mountain bike and a Road bike. My wife has a bike and we have two bikes for the Grandkids. I was constantly having to move bikes around to get at different items on my work bench. Now I have the bikes suspended from the ceiling and have all the room I need to move around. When I am ready to ride it is simple to lower a bike down and use it, then return it to it's place on the ceiling when I am finished. It is also easy to work on the bikes by lowering them to where I want them and working on them at eye level without having to worry about them falling over.Customer Review: Poor Execution
Summary: 1 Stars
Beware, the RAD and Racor bike ceiling mounts have minor important differences. Previously I had purchased a Racor, and I thought I was buying the same bike mount when I bought the RAD. The main important difference is the hooks. The RAD's hooks are "L" shaped; they're not "J" shaped like those in the illustration advertising the product. The RAD's hooks are also rivited onto the pully assemble and the tension cannot be adjusted. The rubber coating on the RAD's hooks is also short; it only comes up about 1/2" after the turn.
If you're looking for a bike mount, the Racor is also cheaply made, but it's certainly better than the RAD for only a couple of dollars more.