Bike lift!

[Guest]

Got it in the workspace, took the crate apart, (except for the base), got the wheels on (impressed that the wheel hardware has flat washers for the lock washers to bite into), and rolled it off the base of the crate onto the crate top (over snow drift remnants), horsed it into the shop. Done for now, rest the back, and make a couple of burritos from last nights' restaurant doggy bags, add Long Trail Ale, it's all good!

[Steve]

You mean, as in a lifted prayer, looking up and praying it doesn't topple over? I don't get it, and, uh, well, maybe, yet again, I do!

I was thinking more along the lines of "make sure you don't poke the handlebars and mirrors through the ceiling".

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[tkent02]

If I'm doing anything that could possibly knock a bike over from the lift, I clip an old piece of climbing rope to center of the handlebars and an eye in the ceiling. It might tip a bit but it can't fall on me. When the work is done, I usually remember to undo it before I lower the lift.

[Steve]

... I usually remember to undo it before I lower the lift.

This sounds like the voice of experience.

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[chuck hahn]

Get some of those self stick bath tub or steps grip strips that are like course sand paper and put on the deck where the wheels roll. Just a slight oily film and it can slide away from you as your going on or off...ask me how I know. Didnt drop the bike, but it was a tense moment!!!

That or be sure to clean the snot out of the deck all the time.

[Guest]

Good idea, Chuck, probably especially useful on the ramp, last time I used some of that tread material was on the seat of my rowing machine so my ass wouldn't keep sliding off

[Guest]

I was thinking more along the lines of "make sure you don't poke the handlebars and mirrors through the ceiling".

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Well, since it only lifts 2-1/2 feet, I'd have to have a REALLY cramped space!!

[racerguy36]

I bought one a few years ago, and use it all the time. Best 300 bucks I ever spent, in fact, I bought one for a friend for his birthday this year.

[Guest]

If I'm doing anything that could possibly knock a bike over from the lift, I clip an old piece of climbing rope to center of the handlebars and an eye in the ceiling. It might tip a bit but it can't fall on me. When the work is done, I usually remember to undo it before I lower the lift.

I would hope so, hanging a GS would be criminal