Racor PBH-1R Ceiling-Mounted Bike Lift

Very well built, easy to operate, and saves space! (2010-07-30) : 5/5
This bike lift appears to be of great quality and works great! Installation was not very difficult (but make sure you have a good stud finder or some other way of making sure the screws are drilled in the center of the 2X4's), and raising and lowering the bike is even easier!

The pulley system helps distribute the weight in such a way that it is not as hard as you would think lifting or lowering a 40 pound mountain bike. It feels like it about cuts the weight in half.

There is also a catch on the end of the pulley so that even if you let go of the rope, the bike stays where it's at rather than crashes to the ground! The catch works so well, it almost seems that the rope-tie thing mounted to the wall is redundant (but redundancy never hurt anyone right?, and plus it gets the rope out of the way).

The way the catch works is somewhat like vertical blinds. If you pull straight down or towards the wall mounted rope-tie thing, it will only raise the bike and won't lower them. You have to pull the rope back the other direction away from the wall to release the catch, and then keep the rope at that angle while lowering the bike.

It really works great. My wife and I bought two of them for our bikes and love them! If you're worried about whether the hood of your vehicle will fit underneath the raised bikes, measure how tall your bike is and then add about 10 inches or so to tell you how low they will hang from the ceiling (the handle bars/seat of our bikes are around 8-10 inches from the ceiling when fully raised).

Overall, this lift is very well made, easy to use, saves tons of space, and is a great deal! Solid five stars!
Great lift (2010-07-28) : 5/5
These are very easy to install and very strong. They were about half the price on amzn than at the local store too! Would recommend
Perfect bike storage solution, easy installation, great product (2010-07-24) : 5/5
I have spent the last few weeks reorganizing my garage, installing tool racks, a heavy duty workbench, but I had a nagging problem of where to store our two mountain bikes.

I did some research and found this Racor ceiling-lift bike pulley. I initially wanted to purchase the more expensive, "ultimate" version, but figured so many people had given positive reviews to this product that there was no reason to spend $40 extra per pulley.

I am very pleased with this product. It was easy to install, the pulley/locking mechanism works exactly as expected, and I now have the perfect storage option for our bikes.

The box was packed with quality and the metal pulley system is sturdy and effective. The directions were easy to follow.

Highly recommend.
Supremely Better Product over Others (2010-07-12) : 5/5
This is my first Amazon review even though I have probably bought up to 200+ items from Amazon in the last 2 years, which I am ashamed of being that I rely a fair amount of my purchase on consumer reviews. So let this be the beginning...I have this RACOR model bicycle hoist and I also have the RAD version (RAD Cycle Products Ceiling Mount Bike Hoist - Bicycle Hoists). This RACOR product is far superior IF you are attaching this directly parallel to the 2x4's of your UNfinished garage. The screws are larger and stronger then the RAD (3 of the 6 RAD screws stripped even with the correct Philips bit, a LOT of pressure and pre-drilling). The rope while not being the highest of standard is far superior to the RAD supplied item. The bracket sizes are perfect to attach parallel to your 2x4's while the RAD is typically too large for this job. It took me exactly 12 minutes to put up the RACOR, while it has been 35 minutes and counting with the RAD (due to stripped screws, and over-sized brackets for my particular setup). Overall I am happy with this RACOR hoist and trust it to carry my not so expensive bicycle over my rather more expensive car. But seriously get this RACOR over the RAD, the price difference for me was ~$1 cheaper for the RAD (I do Amazon Prime so don't know which is cheaper for shipping). But for the sake of $1 I really wish I went for another RACOR as opposed to the RAD. I am considering returning the RAD but don't really want the hassle. My 2 cents.
Really cleaned up the garage! (2010-07-07) : 5/5
We have 8 bikes in our family -- 4 kids with a couple of bikes to grow into. These have really cleaned up our garage -- my second car can actually fit now. Easy to install, great price, works fantastically.