Steadyrack Bike Rack - Wall Mounted Bike Storage Solution
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Kirsten Hite
> 3 dayLove these racks! Wish I had gotten them years ago. The skinny, hook-type racks work fine for our light road bikes, but our heavy mountain bikes with the wide tires wouldnt fit in them and were too big and awkward to lift up and try to make them fit. So we got these racks and love them. Our bikes wheels are 29 x 2.25 and they fit just fine in these racks with a little room to spare. Really love how easy it is to lift up the front of your bike and just roll the front wheel into the rack. Bike stays in place perfectly. We didnt even mount the rear wheel guide. And getting the bikes down from the racks are just as easy. Mounting instructions were good. We mounted on a block wall in our garage, so we only used two of the screw holes in the top and bottom of each rack and they are very sturdy. We mounted one a few inches higher than the other to give our bikes wide handlebars a bit of room to overlap. Highly recommend these racks for those that dont want to lift heavy bikes and deal with trying to get the bike tires to fit inside little hooks.
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Steven
> 3 dayThis is the best bike storage option I have found. I tried a few less expensive ones, but they didnt work near as well as this design.
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Jo A. Tejeda
> 3 dayThese are the best bike racks available IMO. I wish they weren’t so expensive, but I have no regrets. I was skeptical, but they can indeed hang 16” apart. I installed all of them into studs and they are very sturdy. The only reason for the wide spacing you see in the photo is the location of the electrical outlet. I used one mountain rack for a wider tire MTB, one fender rack for a TT, and four classic racks for the road bike and a MTB with non-knobby tires. The varying heights helps accommodates 4 road bikes and two mountain bikes, one of which has bar ends. This makes it possible to pivot the bikes farther without parts of one bike hitting the next. We don’t have any trouble parking two cars and having the bikes at 90 degrees, but we typically keep them at an angle of around 50 degrees. They are easy to pivot. I mounted the racks higher on the wall because our road bikes are lightweight, and I wanted the heaviest mountain bike (far right rack) to be a couple of inches off the floor for any necessary sweeping. Plus it’s not really that heavy. I’ve not yet had a chance to mount the rear wheel rests on the two racks on the left due to bike maintenance.
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Antennariidae
16-11-2024We had bike hooks on an Ikea Elfa garage rack. It was hard to get a full size bike on to those and the rubber stuff on the hooks kept ripping and coming off. Major pain. Installed one of these for my wifes bike and it works great. I will be reconfiguring our wall storage to accommodate more of these. One caution: the listing says the standard size will work up to 2.4 tires. it wont Ive tried Furthermore, the box it comes in says maximum size is 2.2 I was able to get my sons 2.25 tires to work with very little room to spare, but my 2.35 front tire will NOT work. My advice -- if your tires are bigger than 2.2 get the mountain version.
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Deion Hartmann
Greater than one weekeasy ti install and saves me space. I swing the rack to the side and I wish that there was a way to lock it in the position I needed it to stay in.
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Jere Greene
Greater than one weekBought two of these after looking at many other storage options, reading reviews, and even watching a couple of amateur YouTube installation videos. The only really difficult part of the installation was determining how high to drill the first hole. I just followed the instructions - put the back tire against the wall, place the rack on the ground under the front wheel, and measure. I added an inch to ensure that the back wheel was off the floor when the bike was being stored, put the rack on the wall, drilled four holes, and was done. Including measuring several times, and going really slowly, mounting the first one took an hour. The second one was up in ten minutes. We love the way the bikes look, and the rotating feature moves them out of the way. The racks are simple to use - my 52, 105 lb. wife has no trouble getting her Electra Townie on and off by herself.
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Michelle Alterio
> 3 dayI found these not so easy to install but I had to deal with thin condo walls and a stud that was not easy to find. Overall this product is very good. After searching for something to get my bike off the floor in my condo and swing out of the way when my second bedroom Murphy bed needed to be used I was so happy to find this product. The hardware is very sturdy. The plastic caps are strong. It works perfectly. I did wish the swing out of the way allowed the tire to be in a grub on left and right side @ - their solution is to float the tire on the left or right side of the bottom cap. But it does work great. I give it a overall 5 as its my fault the install was hard. Online video instructions helped a lot.
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3kids&crazy
> 3 dayThis is a great product. Our family of five has a variety of bikes, three childrens & two adult - in different sizes. I looked at several systems and read reviews (noted that children had difficulty hooking bike tires, between spokes & balancing, etc), ultimately deciding to spend way more than I had planned on the Steadyrack. It was a slam-dunk. Steadyrack does not disappoint. This product is all that is cracked up to be and in my opinion, worth the money. I bought a four-pack for my family, and an additional fender-style for my retro bike. The area where all bikes are hanging is 71 wide. It holds three mountain bikes, my huge & heavy beach cruiser, and a childs 20 bike. I spaced them approximately 13-15 apart from one another. There would be no way to catch a stud for all these bike racks, so I had the lumberyard cut a piece of plywood to size, and mounted a ledger-board to the wall. Then I had a solid surface attached to the studs. This allowed me to install the racks with more confidence that they would be secure. Im in the United States & believe that the origin of this product is Australia. This may explain why the installation instructions are in millimeters. It was easy enough to find a conversion online, but I did have to be cautious not to make a calculation error. Measure twice, drill once! The only other note, was that in my haste - and without giving it much thought - I used the wrong fastener to hang the first rack. The racks come with both lag bolts & truss-head wood screws, which I dumped out on the workbench, and by the time went to hang the first rack, my son handed me the screw and it stripped going in - quite easily. Oops! I should have known better - so Im mentioning it for those who do not know better. The rack should be installed with the hex headed lag bolt. (Google it, if youre unsure what that is). The guidelines were easy to follow & logical. As for hanging the bikes, its as easy as it seems. My youngest is about 54 tall & 50#. Getting the bike up into position was a challenge for a couple of days. We tried different ways to hold the hand brake & use the seat to leverage on her thigh - and soon enough she was able to do it easily. I attached a photo showing all five bikes on the wall. They do rotate easily out of the way and dont fumble into each other as bikes are placed on & off. I felt like I pushed the limit on how close you would want to hang bikes of this size - and there is still plenty of room to get them on & off without interfering with other bikes. I have a lot of confidence in the longevity of this product. Its rock solid.
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Jackgreens
> 3 dayThese are so cool. My little kids can load and unload their bikes. They also save so much space in my garage. The swivel design allows me to fold them in and they are no wider than our shelves. The installation would have been easier if I had a socket wrench but was kinda tedious with traditional wrench. That was a necessary evil however as these racks are super bomber and never coming off the wall unintentionally. A little pricey relative to other options, but I do not regret my purchase. The space saving was well worth it.
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Logical Thinking
> 3 dayMounted mine next to my storage room door, tilt it in the front of my door out of the rain then If I need to go in I just move it to the right. Don’t think it was meant for the fat 29inch wheels but all I did was bend them open a little more to fit around the tire. Only issue is the bottom piece. I had to use a strap to hold the bottom tire to the mount so I can fully rotate it without the tire falling but other than that it worked perfect.