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Re: [Shop-talk] hanging bicycles

To: Marcus Pless <mpless@ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] hanging bicycles
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:42:10 -0400
On sale at Amazon for $13.95!!!  (You may have to paste the link back together.)

Doug

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Marcus Pless <mpless@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> I'ge got a few hoists similar to the following in my garage:
>
> _http://www.amazon.com/RAD-Cycle-Products-Ceiling-Mount/dp/tags-on-product/B0
> 00PEURIQ_
> <http://www.amazon.com/RAD-Cycle-Products-Ceiling-Mount/dp/tags-on-product/B0
> 00PEURIQ>
>
> I think I actually bought mine from nashbar.com or Performance Bike
> but for some reason their servers aren't responding right now. The only
> thing you need to pay attention to is how well the hooks are "hooked"
> under the rear of the saddle, which is entirely determined by the
> design of your saddle. You can always use an additional piece of velcro
> to make sure the hook can't slip. I've never seen the rope/hoist
> mechanism slip, and people I know, as well as myself, have been using
> these things for years. I bolted mine to 2x4s which are longer than the
> rafter spacing in my garage and I then just place them across the
> rafters
> like a bridge. That allows me to easily move them or temporarily take
> them down if they're in the way for any reason.
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