Horizontal Bike Hoists

[Canoman]

I've been trying to figure out a way to store a couple of bikes overhead without having to worry about banging my head on them. If I use the typical pulley-type system, the tires will hang down into prime head-banging territory.

I've found a couple of horizontal bike hoists that look promising, but I need to do some more measuring when I get home.

First-up, the Floaterhoist. Check it out. http://www.floaterhoist.com/
Video here:

This one looks awesome, but it doesn't list a price. They're out of stock on their own website and on Amazon, but it says more stock will be available tomorrow, 3/27/13. I'm thinking that I could get most of the bike above the garage door with only the handlebars hanging down below the door on the back side when the door is up.

The second solution I found was BikeRaxx. http://www.bikeraxx.com/collections/bikeraxx-collections

This one accomplishes the same thing but takes up more room than the floaterhoist.

Anybody have anything like these? Anyone done any DIY similar?

 

[cderalow]

for what its worth, I use the standard overhead hoist style with 2 moveable hooks on the end, and hook my bike between toptube/downtube at the head tube, and by the seat tube... takes a bit of balancing, but once hauled up to the ceiling, its fine.

 

[Canoman]

for what its worth, I use the standard overhead hoist style with 2 moveable hooks on the end, and hook my bike between toptube/downtube at the head tube, and by the seat tube... takes a bit of balancing, but once hauled up to the ceiling, its fine.

Thanks for the input. I've considered those, but they're not ideal for my situation. I wondered if you could rig up a third point on one of those standard hoists and turn it into a 3-point for horizontal storage. Maybe put one of those huge carabiners on instead of hooks and add another pulley?

 

[Rockcam]

Check out gator lift on Amazon, or at Costco for a bit less.

I do not have one, but there are other GJ members who've posted about them.

 

[pattenp]

Why not use two large J-hooks to hang by the bike by the tires and then have a third lift point be a rope and pulley to lift the bike flat to the ceiling? Have the J-hooks pointing away from the pulley lifting point.

 

[JakeKohl]

Why not use two large J-hooks to hang by the bike by the tires and then have a third lift point be a rope and pulley to lift the bike flat to the ceiling? Have the J-hooks pointing away from the pulley lifting point.

I bought four cheap bike hoists to hoist two bikes in the same way. I haven't laid it out to figure out how to hoist the bikes horizontal just yet but I should have all the hardware needed. I bought a couple pair r of hoists on special at Buy.com for something like $14 per pair.

 

[alberto]

I've been trying to figure out a way to store a couple of bikes overhead without having to worry about banging my head on them. If I use the typical pulley-type system, the tires will hang down into prime head-banging territory.

I've found a couple of horizontal bike hoists that look promising, but I need to do some more measuring when I get home.

First-up, the Floaterhoist. Check it out. http://www.floaterhoist.com/
Video here:

This one looks awesome, but it doesn't list a price. They're out of stock on their own website and on Amazon, but it says more stock will be available tomorrow, 3/27/13. I'm thinking that I could get most of the bike above the garage door with only the handlebars hanging down below the door on the back side when the door is up.

The second solution I found was BikeRaxx. http://www.bikeraxx.com/collections/bikeraxx-collections

This one accomplishes the same thing but takes up more room than the floaterhoist.

Anybody have anything like these? Anyone done any DIY similar?

says 89.95 right here:http://www.floaterhoist.com/products/ba1

 

[rlitman]

Why not use two large J-hooks to hang by the bike by the tires and then have a third lift point be a rope and pulley to lift the bike flat to the ceiling? Have the J-hooks pointing away from the pulley lifting point.

I did that years ago over a garage door. So long as you can get the bike up onto the J hooks, it works real well.

I put a pulley on the corner of the wall and ceiling for the rope, and a cleat down the wall.

Finished it with a loop at the end of the rope, a second loop a foot up the rope, and a carabiner. The biner is used to connect the two loops together.
There are two loops, so the metal biner never touches the bike's paint.