Advice - Hanging a bike pulley/lift

[compact]

I am thinking of buying this Bike lift (similar to a clothes airer)
http://www.aldi.co.uk/special_buys/special_buys_pid_56057.html

The only thing is the plate looks like it could be larger than the joists i'll be screwing it in to.

With the clothes airer, it is just one screw attached to the pulley going in to the joist, but with this, the plates will most likely have 4 screws.

Could they be to large/ holes wide apart, for the joists, if the joists are running sideways, not lengthways to the rack?

 

[gcol]

Those brackets look about the same width as joists so I would imagine you just have to line it up properly to ensure all screws get something to screw into. (I'm assuming you're fitting this in a downstairs room here.)
If the set comes with screws, bin em and put some decent screws in - the screws supplied will be cheap and nasty at that price.

Edit: just noticed your last question. Yes the brackets look like they could have the fixing holes too far apart if fitted against the joists.

 

[compact]

yeah that was the point.
In my hall way, where i think the joist run length ways then there should be no problem.
But in the kitchen where they run across, the plate may be too long, for the width of the joist..

 

[Softus]

in the kitchen where they run across, the plate may be too long, for the width of the joist..

Since bikes are light in weight, you'd probably get away with fixing just one end of each plate to the joist, and use cavity fixings for the other end.

Or, you could fit square plates to the joists, and bolt the pulley plates to those.

Or, as yet another option, lift the flooring upstairs and affix timber noggins in the relevant place.

Or, you could ask in a bicycle shop and see if they have alternative products.

 

[compact]

lots of good advice there, cheers

 

[gcol]

Looks like some clearer pics here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CYCLE-BIKE-HO...ryZ56198QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem