Racor - PBS-2R, Bike Stand Garage, 2 Bikes

Good price and quick delivery of this item. It came nicely packaged in a box with all the pieces protected in plastic wrapping. Instructions are minimal but adequate. Once assembled, this stand holds my two recreational bikes with 700 mm tires end-to-end (Option 2: bikes in opposite direction) very well. This stand would not work with bikes in the same direction due to handlebar interference. Most reviews that rate this product low are due to assembly difficulty. You must be patient and not get frustrated when assembling this stand. Due to the design using pipes and tubes (i.e., curved surfaces), alignment can be challenging. However, all the pieces will fit together with no modification or extra drilling required. As directed, do not tighten the screws until all of them have been finger-tightened to hold the stand together. Keep in mind that the female threads on the tubes and supports are not the highest quality threads; therefore, some screws may allow finger-tightening all the way, whereas, others may only engage one or two threads. That's OK - don't be tempted to tighten them with the Allen wrench at this point. If you want to know how much thread engagement to expect on each part by just finger-tightening, try inserting and removing the screw before assembly. The main difficulty is aligning the screws with the female threads in the tubes because you can't see the threads once the tubes are inserted in the legs. Therefore, you have to get the screws started by feel. This takes patience! They will fit when everything is aligned properly, but don't get frustrated. Keep slowly moving everything around until the screws become aligned and engage the threads. Once all the screws and bolts are finger-tight, then tighten them with the wrench. Remember, you are not attaching a massive trailer hitch to a tow truck. The screws only need to be snug tight and the stand will work just fine. If you have problems getting the base to lie flat on the floor (not wobble), then stand on the tubular legs and tighten the square tube hex head bolts first. Then tighten the remaining screws in an alternating pattern (like lug nuts on a automobile wheel) while often rechecking the flatness of the stand on the floor. Just be patient and don't give up. Once assembled, the stand is a quality product with respect to the price.

My husband and I each have a bike and this stand is sooo convenient to park them on. I will say that my husband drilled and attached the stand to our cement patio. So it is extra stable. His bike is taller than mine so mine parks nicely next to his, just under his handle bars. I think if you had 2 bikes of the same height, they are parked so closely together you MIGHT have handle bar conflicts. Just FYI. The stand itself is black and pretty lightweight aluminum - which is why is anchored ours. The tips of the tubs have rubber or rubber-like "stoppers" but it doesn't really hold the stand in place when you are trying to park the bikes - if you are not anchoring you could "lift" the bikes in place and readjust the stand. Anchoring ours means we do not have to use the kick stands - I am not sure if the stand would hold a bike without the kick stand otherwise. I never hesitate to update my reviews should new info seem useful and I hope this info is helpful!

Great bike stand but lousy instructions!

I puchased this to hold a Trek DS 8.5 and a Trek DS 8.4 side-by-side. Assembly was straightforward. I followed the instructions and held the feet flat against the floor before tightening all the hardware. That allowed mine to sit flat on the floor.I'm not able to put both Trek front tires in together because the handlebars interfere. Instead, I put one front wheel in and one rear wheel in. The rear derailleur will contact the stand unless I first shift into a high gear (which pulls the rear derailleur forward and out of the way). See my uploaded pics for brake rotor and rear derailleur clearance.The Trek hybrids have 700c x 38 tires, so they're quite a bit thinner than the tire opening on the stand. Because the tires aren't held snugly in place by their width, the bikes tend to want to list to one side or the other unless the bike is well balanced. If I have only a single bike in place and it tips too far to the outside, it is enough to tip over the stand. I'm able to easily overcome this drawback by putting a little bit of angle on the bike at the headset (i.e. turning the handlebars a little bit in one direction). That lets me balance the bike quite a bit easier. I suspect wider tires would be held snugly in place and would allow the bike to stand straight up and down without any angle on the headset.It's not perfect, but it's a good build quality and does a decent job for the price.