ezy2shift

[Old Steve]

My neighbour texted and told me mine has arrived in the mail today, so I'll be moving Norma Jean around the garage before taking her out for a trundle this evening.  Full report tomorrow.

[Old Steve]

Tried my ezy2wheel out, and it definitely makes moving the bike easier.  The ST is a heavy bike and I found it was difficult to move because you also have to hold it upright, and I was always fearful that I would overbalance it and it would lay down away from me..  The ezy2wheel takes away that need to balance the bike while moving it and makes me much more confident in turning the bike around.

Putting it in place and removing it is a piece of cake, place the ezy2wheel next to the side stand, move the bike upright with your hip and slide it under the base of the side stand with your foot.  Same to remove it, upright bike, move the ezy2wheel out with your foot, settle the bike back down on to its side stand.  I keep mine in the pannier with my bike tool kit.

I've got a narrow garage so it doesn't greatly reduce the number of turns I have to do, but each turn is much easier.  The instructions recommend holding the left handle bar and the left back hand grip, this is fine for backing the bike and turning it towards you.  When moving the bike forward and to the right I move myself forward in relation to the bike and hold both handle bars.  I find it harder to turn the bars from full left to full right, the bike is leaning towards the left and it seems as if there's more weight on the bars, that's why I use both hands on the bars for a forward right turn.

And as I said, in the narrow garage I still have to do a number of turns.  But the ezy2wheel works and makes each turn easier.  I tend to back it with the front wheel turned left and move it forward with the front wheel turned right, so the overall movement of the bike is an eventual clockwise rotation.

All in all, a smart little bit of kit.

[TAZZIEBAZ]

Exactly what I found when moving the bike around, I would certainly recommend the ezy2wheel to anyone who might be considering buying one!

Tried my ezy2wheel out, and it definitely makes moving the bike easier.  The ST is a heavy bike and I found it was difficult to move because you also have to hold it upright, and I was always fearful that I would overbalance it and it would lay down away from me..  The ezy2wheel takes away that need to balance the bike while moving it and makes me much more confident in turning the bike around.

Putting it in place and removing it is a piece of cake, place the ezy2wheel next to the side stand, move the bike upright with your hip and slide it under the base of the side stand with your foot.  Same to remove it, upright bike, move the ezy2wheel out with your foot, settle the bike back down on to its side stand.  I keep mine in the pannier with my bike tool kit.

I've got a narrow garage so it doesn't greatly reduce the number of turns I have to do, but each turn is much easier.  The instructions recommend holding the left handle bar and the left back hand grip, this is fine for backing the bike and turning it towards you.  When moving the bike forward and to the right I move myself forward in relation to the bike and hold both handle bars.  I find it harder to turn the bars from full left to full right, the bike is leaning towards the left and it seems as if there's more weight on the bars, that's why I use both hands on the bars for a forward right turn.

And as I said, in the narrow garage I still have to do a number of turns.  But the ezy2wheel works and makes each turn easier.  I tend to back it with the front wheel turned left and move it forward with the front wheel turned right, so the overall movement of the bike is an eventual clockwise rotation.

All in all, a smart little bit of kit.

[Old Steve]

I've had my ezi2wheel for a month now and use it every time I ride.  Before I got it, I'd ride my bike into the carport and when I rode out I'd ride over the back lawn through the back gate.  Now I ride in, slide the ezi2wheel under the sidestand and turn her around so she's facing out of the carport ready for the next time I take her out.

There's one thing I've been a little uneasy about, there's probably 15 mm of clearance under the baseplate and I find I'm not sure how far I can move the bike upright to slide the ezi2wheel under the sidestand.  If I were redesigning it I'd make the base just a little deeper,  so the base plate would be closer to the ground.  But that would affect it's performance on rough surfaces like pebblecrete .  And I can put up with the height of the base plate - I've never felt the bike was unstable and likely to fall over the other side while using it, so it must be that I am still a little unfamiliar with the bike.

I'd recommend it to anyone who has to manouver their bike in a garage.

[STeve]

Best bit of kit I have made is a small turntable just ride bike into garage  centre stand down  onto turntable 
push down on top box and spin bike, 
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