Feedback Sports Velo Cache 2 Bike Storage Rack

My thanks to other positive Amazon reviews that tipped me off to this item. We have two bikes, and I had them on an expensive Topeak vertical bike rack -- one of those floor-to-ceiling pole designs. It was a disaster. It once came loose from the ceiling in high heat and dumped a bike onto the hood of my car. Beyond that, the cradles were very tricky to tighten in that if they were just a little too loose, the bikes would slooowly slide to the bottom of the pole. But if you tightened them just a smidge too far, the mechanism would strip and pop loose completely. I once spent 45 minutes trying to get them set correctly while they kept sliding down or popping loose. I had straps all over the bikes and hooked to the wall out of fear of another collapse.Now, with a new car in the garage, I didn't want a repeat of the tumbling bikes situation, but needed to go vertical again because I just don't have that many options in our smallish, densely packed (but neatly, I swear) garage. This rack did the trick.First off, this is good-looking piece. I got the plain aluminum and it's just gorgeous. It would do justice to the interior of anyone's house if you wanted to keep it inside. Besides the brushed aluminum pole, the other bits are heavily powder-coated, so they're slick and should stay beautiful and corrosion free. It's solid as a rock, with no wobble I can detect with the two vertical pieces screwed together.Assembly only requires a few moves, but it's a bit tricky. There is some fiddling and holding of several pieces at once while you tighten down the leg assembly on the bottom pole section, and the instructions fail to note that there is an "up" (with tiny holes to attach the top piece and a "down." Had to do it twice. But once assembled the whole piece is mechanically solid and smartly built -- a thick top plate fastens to a matching plate on the bottom with the legs arranged in between with molded nubs locking them into position. One leg faces straight forward, so it's extremely strong and stable. It feels like an industrial / commercial grade piece of equipment, and I have no fear whatsoever it will tip over.With the legs attached and the pole assembled, the arms slide into a track with small metal backing plates and tighten down with two short Allen-head screws each. That's a little fussy too, because one you have them slotted in, if you back out a screw too far in adjusting things, the back plates move around and you often have slide the whole arm up and out and re-insert it. It took a while to get the bikes where I wanted them (one has an unusual slanted top tube). But again, it's a solid, dead-simple system. The backing plates are solid powder-coated metal, and the track is built into the aluminum poles. It feels like nothing's going anywhere once you tighten things down. And because the arms move up and down independently, you can deal with an unusual top tube to get the balance right.Now that it's up, I don't know why I suffered with the inferior floor-to-ceiling friction pole thing for so long. The Velo unit just exudes quality and doesn't cost any more.Five stars for solving an annoying, potentially dangerous problem in my garage.

This bike rack is awesome. I'm not sure why some of the other reviewers had difficulty with the assembly, as I found it to be quick and easy. Once assembled, it's very very sturdy, even more than it looks like. It's likely due to the fact that this product is about 99% metal and little to no plastic at all. The only plastic on this kit is the cap at the very top.The arms allow for a decent amount of adjustment, plenty enough for my road bike and gravel bike. Both of my bikes are rather large (58cm frame) and there is enough room for both.I also purchased the basket to go with the stand, and it's also nice. I can fit my helmet, gloves, chain lube, chain cleaner, tail ight, psi gauge, etc.. with room for more stuff. I highly recommend the basket to go along with the stand.

Was really excited when it got delivered. Got started putting things together, but ran into some issues that deflated that excitement.The middle leg is about 1/4 inch too long so it doesn't fit. Can't even force it in since the two rear legs get in the way. Saw the YouTube install video and the guy was able to plug the middle leg in easily. They must have made the one I have too long.Second issue is the bolts for the hangar. I can't tell if the hex key they provided is bad or if all 8 bolts were pre-stripped. I thought something was weird when while I was tightening them, the key kept skipping. By the time I realize, I had already finger tightened a few but now can't get them out, so one hangar is locked in place. Tested the other hex bolts in the bag, same skipping issue. Not even sure how I can disassemble this at this point without cutting the bolts, which I'm guessing would probably void my ability to refund.Third issue is that one of the hangar is bent weird, disallowing me from hanging a bike.Overall, if the issues weren't there, I definitely see how this would have been an amazing bike rack. Would have been an awesome gift for the wife. Great design, just drew the unlucky straw with manufacturing defect. I guess I can turn this thing into an expensive coat hangar since it's no way possible to hang a bike.

I can say from usage that these are secure and appealing design wise.I used these when I had to move to an apartment to secure my bikes in my apartment.I also loved to use them as a visual purpose, which I think many cyclist do. We love our bikes.I used two in the open entrance and living room. Utilizing the top portion for my road and commuter bikes and the lower for paintings.In my ER (exercise room) were my more substantial bikes. Full suspensions, hard tails, and flat bar.They sit close to the wall without requiring nails in the wall. They look great taking up little space.The three foot bottom securely holds steady the stand whether there is one or two bikes. Weight restrictions never occurred even with my full suspensions and hard tails.I would recommend storing the heavier on the level closet to the floor. I will attest though that with both heavy bikes on one there was never an issue.I used these daily. I would do a training ride. Simply place the bike on the rack and grab my commuter when I left to work. Coming home it was an ease to simply place the bike back on the rack. No mating of walls (landlords), secure holding, quick change of your bike without rearranging them to get to the one you wanted.I would incredibly highly recommend.