Which Bike lift to buy
 

Im looking to buy a bike lift Clarke, Sealy, Draper type, Should I stay clear of any particular make

Clive it may narrow your choice if you want the raising and lowering controls in a certain place, most I have seen seem to have them on the left hand side or at the end if it uses a trolley jack.

For my garage I'd ideally like the controls on the RHS

mine has the controls on the left in the middle...not that its working right now as the lift seems to have stopped lifting! Probably jack has leak or fecked..hope to get a look at it once the garage is cleared of house stuff!

When I was looking a few years ago for mine, one very good bit of advice I was given was dont go for one with a built in hydraulic system - go for one that uses a standard trolly jack.

The shop that gave me the advice pointed outthat every couple of years they had to get their built in ram re-sealed, at about £100 a go, for it to continue to work. My 10 year olf Halfords 2.5 ton jack is still working fine and I can use it on the cars as well!

One other thing it is definately worth getting a front wheel clamp! I didn't so I use tie downs at all times!


Chris

Chris

I'm going to check this on mine, as it looks like a bottle jack and hopefully will be a simple and cheap replacement. Re the front clamp, just be careful as it will likley need another stand too