is this safe to perform maintenance in your garage with or does the bike still require other bracing?
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It needs to be attached to the floor or to a piece of plywood to make it stable.
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The bike will still want to tip left and right and could possibly fall. It's ment to be secured to the floor of a trailer. Personally I would recommend a wheel stand. This is great to ride into and be able to get off your bike without have to immediately secure, but yes it still requires securing.
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I have three of these racks, all of them supporting heavy "beach cuisers" in vertical positions. I would suggest mounting the rack at a height that allows the bike to rest on the rear tire, thereby taking some of the weight off the rack. This has kept a lot of stress off the rack(wall) as well as the front wheel. I've not had any visible damage to any of my front wheels.
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If you use foam tape, you can build uo the surface to allow adequate support. We used that on my bike with great success. My only caution is watch the battery life. Don't leave your unit turned on when you store your bike! The system could use a little design tweaking, but it is a pretty good device for biking safety.
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Sure ,as long as you center the weight of bike and lift enough so wheels are off garage floor you will be good , jmo.
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as others have noted, you do have to pay attention when rotating the bike to other positions. Sometimes just re-clamping the bike at a different spot in the frame can make a big difference. I suspect there are sturdier ones out there if you want to pay more. I didn't and the stand has worked just fine for me. (I'm about to overhaul my 3rd bike on it.)
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Depends on your handlebar and pedal sizes. I lined up my bikes on the garage floor in the pattern I wanted to hang them until I got the optimal spacing. A few extra hands are handy to stand the bikes up straight to get a more accurate read. I also added a few inches to my measurement as a buffer. I did this for easier access in getting a bike up or down when you have a bike on each side.
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No. The upright handlebar is bolted to the frame. I would not recommend working the bolt loose often, which could compromise the threads.
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As the other fellow riders/ home mechanics you have to make sure the quick releases are tight enough other wise will not be secure. and also course if is tilted to far away with a heavy frame of a mountain bike will not be to stable I have 5 bikes 2 are mountain bikes but I have to make some adjustments, this is not a park-tool stand but will do the job.
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No it offers no additional stabity to the bike. If you don't know how to ride a bike, you should first learn before using this product.
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If you are wondering if the clamping head turns easily with the bike in place, it doesn't it's very secure.when the bike is in the clamp you can also rotate the bike just make sure have a good hold on the bike so it doesn't fall over. When there is no bike in the clamp it is very easy to rotate and locks down securely,
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I had no trouble. You do have to make sure you are on a very hard surface. I did it on the concrete floor of my garage, and I may have had to use a piece of wood as a brace to balance it.
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No problem at all. Very stable. I'm very pleased with the Bikehand. Good value and stores nicely.
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It's very stable in my garage. I can put my XL long haul trucker with panniers and my sons mtn bike or bmx. Disks on the mtn bike hit but it still holds it fine. You will probably still have to strap it all down though for any hard stops.
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Jeff, if I was planning on aging a earthquake, I'd might think of strapping it to the wall. Other than an earthquake, I find the bike stacker to be very stable. Mine has been in my garage with two adult bikes stored on it for about two years, and I couldn't be happier.
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Yes no problem. Just be sure and install two tie downs pulling the bike forward into the chock.
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The bar folds to the side and hooks to your bike with a attachment that comes with the kit. I have not had any problems .
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I agree with "vefer's" answer. Just get a cable & lock and you'll be all set. Otherwise, this is the nicest spare tire bike rack I've found for the $$! Only issue I've had with it is that the bolts do rust out. I put a coating of Teflon Lube Gel on them a few times a year to help protect them, or you might want to re-coat them with some Rustoleum paint. But it is a very good rack.