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DIY Bicycle Hoist

Breedy

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Having purchased a new home I need to find a place to store our bikes.  Having a fair amount of parts and pieces I decided to build my own hoists instead of purchasing a kit of Amazon. (Currently $17.10 w/ Prime for a single hoist)
 
 
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I started with the the materials above.  I had to stop off at Lowes and purchase the pulleys and S-hooks, everything else was from prior projects. I bought 6 pulleys and the S-hooks for ~$15 dollars.
 
You could mount everything directly to the joist (assuming they run in the same direction you want your bike to hang), but mounting the hardware to a 2x4 allows you to work at waist level instead of over your head.
 
 
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Pro-tip - use a screw driver or what ever you can find to help screw the eyelets in
 
 
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The picture above shows everything complete on the board.  Most of the commerical hoist have pulleyes instead of eyelets to make the hoisting easier.  My set up isn't that difficult for me, I am sure my wife will complain. Instead of hooks I took some scrap 550 cord and made them in to cirlces.  I attached the S-hooks to the pulleys eyelet and used a pair of pliers to crimp them down so they wouldn't come off.  Now you just loop the circles around as many times as you need and lift.
 
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Its important to remember to leave a good amount of space between your cleats, since the 2 pulleys add significant length to the your rope/cord. I also put an eyelet about 6 inches down from the ceiling to keep the rope/cords better
 
The whole set up took me a little less than a hour and was about a 3 out of 10 on the difficulty scale.  If you don't have a bunch of extra junk lying around then buying a commerical system would probably be a better option, althougth I would still recommend mounting it to a board before installing it.
 
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