RAD Cycle Products Rail Mount Bike and Ladder Lift for Your Garage or Workshop Holds up to 75 Pounds No Mounting Board Needed

I bought two of these to hang up our bikes in the garage because I liked the idea of being able to lower them down with a pulley. The installation of the first one took about 45 minutes but the second one only took15 once I knew what to do. The locking mechanism works great and the quality seems decent. The only issue I had were the screws. I broke 4 screws drilling them in to the 2x4 at which point I used my own. A few tips on the install as the directions are pretty bare: 1. Use your own screws, don't use the ones that come with the equipment. 2. Decide where you want the bike to settle to the ground first then center the bracket above it on the ceiling. 3. You should place the back tire on the side where the latch is so the handle bar is not in the way. 4. To life and lower the bike, you should stand in the middle of the bike (by the seat) and pull the rope towards the middle of the bike. This will release the latch and allow for smooth raising and lowering. The last piece of advice is how to put the cord through the latch. I had to youtube a video to see how but the rope goes through the hold and under the lever that lifts. The rest is easy. Good luck and enjoy, this was a nice buy.

These are awesome. I bought two to hoist my bikes up in my garage. They work well, fairly easy to install, and I save some space in my garage. I didn't trust the screws that came with it, so I bought lag screws to use instead. But I'm happy with them, no complaints.

Hung 4 in the garage last night. Looks nice so far and I was able to get the family bikes and strollers off of the garage floor. Will continue to monitor the reliability of these after several uses over the coming months. Pros: Easy to Install Good Functionality Economical Durable, rubber-coated hoist hooks Even comes with the cleats to tie off the excess rope Cons - a verification of many other reviews (1) Cheap, chintzy rail mounting screws. For some reason the unit was designed with minimal clearance between the inside of the rail and the top of the pulley housings (~1/8") so you are limited to what type of screw to use to mount the rail to the ceiling joists. Even after reading all the warnings in the previous reviews, I did try using the screws supplied with the unit. But even with a pre-drilled pilot hole and my impact driver set low and being ever so careful to just slowly nudge the screws into my ceiling joists, I still spun off the heads on several of the screws. These cheap screws aren't even as rugged as deck or dry wall screws which themselves would not be the correct fasteners to use in this application. Unfortunately because there is such little clearance between the pulley housings and rail you cannot use hex-head lag bolts. I wound up using larger, stronger wood screws and they worked fine. About the only thing the included fasteners were good for was mounting the cleats to secure the excess rope. (2) Really cheap rope included. Frayed excessively when hoisting the bike for the first time. Cannot imagine what the rope would like after many hoists. I wound up using military grade paracord rated for the proper weight limit which seems about 100x stronger and more durable. $10 for 50' at my local hardware store. So the manufacturer, in an effort to reduce cost and squeeze every little fraction of a penny out of the unit cost, passes it on to the consumer. They could have saved even more money had they just not included the screws and given a recommendation in the assembly instructions for what type to use. I wasted my time trying to use them and had to rework the first unit as a result. For something that will be responsible for hanging up to 75lbs of expensive bikes and strollers above people's heads, I would have paid more for a safer product.

Update 8/22/18 I now have 4 of these in my garage. They all work great. I must admit however that I now agree with the reviews that stated the mounting screws are soft. They are! I had 3 screw heads snap off and I have a drill with torque control. Do yourself a favor and use galvanized wood screws. Other than that I’m really pleased with it. This is an excellent bike hoist and works very well. It was easy to install (took all of 15 minutes), directions were straight forward and clear. Having the aluminum rail with the ability to adjust the position of the 2 pulley hooks makes a difference when you have different bike sizes and distances between the handlebar and the saddle, and gives you flexibility in locating the right place for it with respect to your joist locations. I have 2 of these installed in my garage for my road bike and mountain bike. The ease and speed with which I can lower and raise the bike makes is so much nicer than other systems I have tried both on the ceiling and the wall. It's great to have the bikes off the floor of my garage where I keep 2 cars. I can't agree with some of the negative comments. Some say the mounting screws are "soft?" I found no such problem and I have done much work with wood screws over the years. First, you have to screw these into studs. Don't even think about using any kind of drywall anchors as you are putting some amount of pulling force on the ceiling as you raise the bike, whether a light racing cycle or something heavier. Secondly, the supplied screws are plenty long and thick. I've had one of my hoists for well over a year and raise and lower the bike multiple times per week. Haven't had any issue at all and the rail is as securely fastened to the ceiling as it was the day I installed it. The next negative comment I read was the thickness of the rope. The rope is plenty thick and strong. I mean you can't design something like this with a 1/2" or thicker rope. Then there was the comment about the difficulty in threading the rope through the pulleys and the locking mechanism. This is not rocket science and was really no problem. If you follow the directions and attach to the eye hook first, you should have no problem whatsoever. The rope is very long, and needs to be and does take some time to wrap and unwrap on the cleat, but that is a very minor issue. You could probably get away with not wrapping the extra rope around the cleat at all as the locking mechanism works very well, just like the mechanism on horizontal blinds, but why take a chance. It's an extra safety precaution. I actually figured out how much rope I needed once the bike was completely lowered, added a little extra and then cut some of it off (even though it recommends not to). Lastly, I read one stating you have to supply a good amount of force to raise the bike. I mean c'mon. You're going to have to use some amount of force to raise any bike no matter what the weight, and If you have a 50 lb. monster, well... Finally, the price was great for such a high quality device with a lifetime warranty. Highly recommend for those looking to get their bikes off the floor of their garage.

Needed to clear my kids' bikes from the garage floor. So bought two of these based on reviews. I can definitely say that I am very pleased with this product. I considered others which had separate pulley assemblies for front and back of the bike. But I like the fact that this system has the rails that allows you to adjust the bike after installation. My son has a 24" mountain bike and my daughter has a 16" kids bike. The pulleys adjust easily for both. Plus when my kids grow up for bigger bikes it is just a matter of sliding the pulleys on the rail to fit a bigger bike. Great solution, Plus I like the fact that you can mount this either along the ceiling stud or across multiple studs. I mounted both along the studs. Installation was pretty straightforward. 5 screws for the aluminum rack and the rest of the parts slide on. Allen wrench for tightening the pulley positioners is included. So just needed a ladder, power drill with bit for pilot holes and standard philips head bit, a pencil to mark the ceiling and a stud finder (things that most home owners should always have around IMHO). Instructions were clear except it was not outlined how the rope should feed through the locking mechanism. I had to take a close look at the pictures on the outside of the box to figure that out. I love that the rope automatically locks when you raise it. So you don't need to keep holding on while you lift. Seems to hold the bike just fine all by itself. Although I would still secure it with the included wall cleat just in case. The rope length is very generous. My garage is probably 10 feet tall. There seems to be enough rope for garages twice as tall. Only issue I have is where to store the rest of the loose rope after anchoring to the wall cleat. Lifting is pretty easy. But with a heavier bike, it is still some work. The rope has some stretchiness to it. So at first it feels like the rope is too slim. But once you get use to that it is fine. Just remember to use hand-over-hand to lower the bike to avoid rope burn. I am very happy with this bike hanger. It is much easier to use than the bike hooks that I have for my own bike (the ones that hang on the wheels with the bike upside-down). Glad that I bought these.

I received the lift on August 23rd and I had it up and running about three hours later. Basic installation of the unit is straight forward and it shouldn't take more than an hour at the most (providing you are at least somewhat handy and familiar with basic tools). However, I bought this item specifically for lifting and storing a boyfriend's very large kayak (see photo for a shot of the final project), which I was tired of tripping over in my garage. The kayak is not as big as one of the earlier reviewer's, but it's still over 8-1/2 feet and 48 lbs (it actually wound up weighing about 60 lbs with the gear in it.) Deciding to purchase this particular lift was heavily influenced by the reviews here, which were extremely helpful in the decision making as well as indispensable when it came to the actual install. For my needs, I mounted a 7-1/2' 2X4 directly to the joists through the garage ceiling drywall (the 2X4 runs perpendicular to the joists, so the 2X4 is firmly screwed into four separate joists rather than just one) and then mounted the lift to the 2X4 using all 5 available screw holes in the lift rail. I did NOT use the supplied screws that came with the unit - I agree with everyone else, the screws are cheap and they are definitely too short and besides, that's my Escalade parked under that kayak! Other that taking a little extra time, the install itself was pretty straightforward. Getting the kayak properly strapped in and secured to the lift hooks took a little doing, but the real challenge was in getting the kayak evenly balanced so that it could be lifted. After countless adjustments, I finally arrived at the correct weight distribution and from that point the kayak lifted smoothly and evenly right up to the top (however, this is where I can also agree with previous reviewers complaints about the rope - it is not very good rope and I will replace it in the near future, but until then, it seems to be holding up well.) It's been a couple of weeks now and the kayak is still up there which is exactly where I wanted it to be so, hey...I'm happy! Bottom line: This product does exactly what it's supposed to do and for the price it's a screamin' deal. Five stars!

I believe this is my first Amazon review, I don’t knock on products often. I will start by giving some background: I’ve remodeled a home, built a pantry of IKEA cabinets, and trained as a rope rescue technician; I know how to read directions, put things together and have a damn good understanding of ropes, pulleys and load capturing devices. Immediately after opening the package I was excited about this purchase, the aluminum channel and fixed pulleys were well made. Everything else in this package turned out to be junk. Install was not an issue and went pretty quick..then the issues began. Once my bike was up in the air I couldn’t get it down. The system would not release, I scoured the directions again, went to the Amazon page to look at pictures and other reviews to ensure I had set system up correctly. Which it was. The only way I could lower my bike was using a ladder to manually release the friction brake built into the system. Found another review which showed putting the rope behind the bar built into the fixed pulley, this worked great…until I lowered the system again and the entire outside sheath of the rope frayed and snapped. The rope is complete junk, the dynamic pulleys are too wide so the rope can travel laterally getting dislodged, the hooks were too small for my mtn bike handle bars and the system as a whole would be 100x better if 10 more dollars were spent on a legit piece of rope and dynamic pulleys that worked. Save your money and make your own, I tried to take the easy route and it didn’t work out. I purchased enough ceiling pulleys and regular pulleys to use on all 4 of my families bikes for the price of this system. Don’t do it. Google how to DIY instead.

There are a lot of shortcomings of this lift. It worked but created a lot of extra effort that a few small cheap changes would have addressed. The $2.00 they saved certainly cost ME way more in my time and materials. First, the length of the bracket is too short to accommodate mounting to multiple joists with 24” spacing. This requires you to buy lumbar, cut it, buy lag bolts. I would have like to have painted them but ran out of time. It would have looked better without a piece of lumber. Also would have been nice to have slots instead of holes. The bracket would have been better to have been longer to get the center distances of the pulleys at the proper span. Both my bikes (One vintage, one a modern road bike) are close but are not perfectly centered on the pulley, hook, rope distance and would have been better with a longer span. This would have also allowed more flexibility in location either more left or right too if longer. There are options where there are two separate mounting blocks but this is not an ideal design and if your bike changes you need to remount the blocks. The screws did not have a shank like a good quality wood screw. I was concerned they would twist off when tightening them so had to buy new screws. The slot on the bracket is too shallow where the mounting screws are. This became an issue with the center mounting screw and one other screw. I had to go through the mounting board and into the rafter. I could not get the screw tightened down enough for clearance. Had to remove it, lubricate it, and use a power driver to recess it more so I could get the pulley block to slide through. The rope is pretty crappy and stretchy. A loose weave will fray quickly and this one looked like it would no do well with a lot of operation. I plan on being in my house for 25 years so did not want to deal with being on a 8 foot ladder in my 80s for the cost of a better rope. I ended up buying a paracord that was .25” in diameter. The instructions indicate you can go to .27” but that would be way too tight. The .25” was a bit tight too after sealing the ends and I ended up taking it down and used a dremel tool to open the hole up a bit for better clearance without weakening the bracket significantly. I like the size of the thicker cord for hoisting. Of the two lifts I installed, one end cap from each kit did not want to insert well. Used a rubber mallet and really had to force it in. The rubber mallet smudge the wood bracket so had to sand the smudges off. Next one I used a piece of wood and regular claw hammer to force it in along with grease. Did not seem like the bracket was twisted from tightening so maybe mold wear. One issue I ran into that any lift system would encounter so no short comings of this lift is if the two lift points are not even, the lift will pull them up differently. I have a vintage Schwinn bike and the back wants to lift up much higher. You have to push the front up to keep it somewhat balanced. I may add a strap to even the lift points later. I looked for installation videos from the company and could not find any. When you get the box the manual list a website for teamcustomerservice.com. If you go to the website there are about a dozen different companies and no details about the lift just logos. If I buy more lifts I will look at other options. No excuse for poor design and cheap materials that are only a minimal increase..

Holds my 25kg GasGas Ebike without a problem. Seems well built, would buy again.

El producto es bastante bueno para su precio. Las poleas son un poco chicas y la cuerda tiende a salirse mucho de ellas. Es facil armarlo pero no instalarlo. Los tornillos con los que viene no son tan de buena calidad (3 se me doblaron y uno se le rompio la cabeza). Tampoco trae taquetes. No trajo instructivo pero se puede encontrar el pdf si lees las reseñas en inglés. Fuera de eso. Es un excelente producto. Se monta muy faciles los ganchos y no se ve de mala calidad ningun componente. El servicio de entrega llego mas rápido de lo esperado. En general cumple con su cometido y su precio es ideal.

Beim dritten Mal benutzen um das E-bicke zu reinigen ist der Aufnahme Haken abgebrochen. Aluguss erweist sich als nicht geeignet.

This bike lift was easy to install and works well even on an electric bike

Had for two years now working well. The only minor issue is the the Mounting Screws have a larger head than the instructions indicate and you cannot slide pulleys along the rail past the screws. Need to position the pulleys before installing all the mounting screws.