Racor Inc Racor 1-Bike Ceiling Mount Bike Lift Pbh-1r

Good product for the price

Strengths: ease of installation, ease of use, reasonable price

Weakness: rope may not last very long

Item is simple in design so installation was not hard. Using a stud finder to find the ceiling rafters, attaching the two hoists were easy. As long as you take your time to make sure it is secure, the lift will perform well for a long time. It helps to pre-drill the holes to avoid stripping the screws that came with the kit. It takes some effort but my 8 year old can raise/lower his bike. It is a...
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Item is simple in design so installation was not hard. Using a stud finder to find the ceiling rafters, attaching the two hoists were easy. As long as you take your time to make sure it is secure, the lift will perform well for a long time. It helps to pre-drill the holes to avoid stripping the screws that came with the kit.

It takes some effort but my 8 year old can raise/lower his bike. It is a kid bike, not an adult bike. So far we have not had any problem with the lift.

For the price, it is a good product - does what it is supposed to do. The Racor Bike Lift goes well with my other ceiling storage system like Hyloft. I plan to buy a few more for our other bikes.

By webbedhand1 - Jan 25, 2008

Racor Ceiling Mounted Bike Lift

Strengths: saves space, light-weight

Weakness: ?

I live in a very small apartment in the New York City area. This ceiling mount really helps to save space. It comes with all the hardware as described. However, I did have a friend help with the installation as I am not the most tool handy.

By poopyhead1013 - Jan 20, 2008

Easy to Install

Strengths: Intructions

Weakness: Rope

The bike lift cord appeared fine until it was used a few times - and it became frayed. Both of the lifts I purchased had mildly frayed cords within a few uses. Nothing that causes it to fail, but it was surprising how quickly it occurred. The lift was easy to install, but the instructions left a lot to be desired. It has the installer meausure the bike's distance between seat and handlebars, but...
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The bike lift cord appeared fine until it was used a few times - and it became frayed. Both of the lifts I purchased had mildly frayed cords within a few uses. Nothing that causes it to fail, but it was surprising how quickly it occurred.

The lift was easy to install, but the instructions left a lot to be desired. It has the installer meausure the bike's distance between seat and handlebars, but it doesn't say if the measurement, which gets 'transferred to the ceiling' is the distance between pulleys, or does it become the distance between end of one pulley plate to the end of the other? It's hard to measure pulley distance due to the width of the plate, but being 'close enough' appears acceptible because there's a lot of forgiveness in installation width, as the bike is simply 'suspended', accuracy isn't that important, except to be sure your screws are hitting studs.

Also, be sure to rub the screws on a bar of soap before screwing into your 1/8" drilled pilot holes to allow the screws to sink completely into wood stud.

Better quality screws (whose phillips heads are stripped easily), better quality cord and better instructions would warrant five stars, but for the price and quailty I received, it gets a solid 4.

By massoud - Feb 6, 2008

Racor Ceiling Mounted Bike Lift

Strengths: Great product!! easy to install, reasonably priced

Weakness: Screws and ropes are cheap, manual is not clear

It is well designed, durable, and should be in service for many years. I strongly recommend purchase of this device if you want to hang bike high up in a garage, shed, or basement to free up floor space. It only took about 15 minutes to install, and putting my bike away using the hoist only takes about 15 seconds! These hangers are light duty (50lb) and work exactly as advertised. However, the...
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It is well designed, durable, and should be in service for many years. I strongly recommend purchase of this device if you want to hang bike high up in a garage, shed, or basement to free up floor space.
It only took about 15 minutes to install, and putting my bike away using the hoist only takes about 15 seconds!
These hangers are light duty (50lb) and work exactly as advertised. However, the supplied rope is garbage. It has many frays right out of the box, and, upon first use, looks like it could break at any time.
The instructions on the other hand were not very clear. You have to read it a few times and guess the rest.

By slickguy - Jan 14, 2008

Space saver for you

Strengths: Easy to operate , fast , low cost

Weakness: not the best quality rope

This is one handy device we have here.
Be it bicycles , canoes , almost anything you can think of , there is a way to attach it to the Racor and suspend it out of the way.

By qwerty999999 - Jan 4, 2008