Bike Lifiting Techniques

[retrograde]

The beginning of this video also shows how to get your ebike into a stand by picking up the rear (and therefore dealing with a fraction of the total weight). The "divide and conquer" variation here relies on positioning the clamp such that the opening is facing to the "rear" so the seat post slots into the open clamp as you roll the bike forward and lift up on the seat.



Both videos I posted obviously work better with mid-mounted motors

 

[patdam]

HBM Élévateur électrique pour vélos 230 volts 100 kg

Achetez HBM Élévateur électrique pour vélos 230 volts 100 kg chez HBM au meilleur prix

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[dezzracer]

Hello,

First off, sorry if this is not the right location for this post, but it seemed the most relevant location to me.

I am a relativly new EMTB owner, having peviously ridden either lightweight gravel bikes for XC/Trail bikes. None of my previous bikes weighed anything over 13kg, but now I have a 21kg EBike. As a result (and yes I appreciate this shows how weak in the arms I am) I am really strugling to lift it into my work stand for general maintenance.

It's not that I can't physically lift the bike, but that in order to engage the clamp, I have to hold it in one hand. I find myself now with an ol wrist injury flairing up - a warning sign I need to stop and find a more sustainable solution. To this end, I would apprecate any good advise and 'cheap' ways that I could get the bike into the stand. I appreciate there are electric lifts for workshops, but I'm not in a position to spend that sort of money.

Thanks for your advice / suggestions.

At 67 I ride better than I can walk lol. I have same issue. Other than removing battery to make bike lighter have not found a solution. I did find solution for loading onto my vehicle bike rack though. Line bike up on ground parallel to the rack, engage rear brake and pull up and back on bars to lift front wheel up and into front carriage first. Then use both arms to lift rear wheel up and into rear carriage. So much easier on the shoulders and arms. Taking off is much easier. As soon as it clears the wheel holders. I just let it drop onto the ground from there.

 

[eaxford]

Interesting subject, I had the same thoughts after buying an e-bike. Already had a Feedback stand for my other bikes and struggle to lift the bike up with one hand and close the clamp with the other hand. I considered buying the Feedback powered lift but the expense ($1250) and the space it would take in an already crowded garage made me think hard for other alternatives. I already have a moto lift, so came up with a bike lifting solution using the moto lift. Purchased a Park bench mount stand and a Feedback Park clamp. My moto lift has female square tubing in all the corners. Made a male adapter out of stainless to slide into the moto lift that the Park mount bolted to. Has plenty of height and obviously capacity without taking any more garage space. Only thing to do now is add more garage lighting to cover that space.

 

[Pentti]

I use one of these, cheap as chips (a tenner in UK) also use it as bike storage, as intended. Easy to lift emtb with battery and easy to work on my bike at any convenient height for the job at hand.

 

[Pentti]

AND Before anybody asks, I use a 60cm climbing sling "loop" around the seatstay bridge and lift from there rather than pull on the dropper post (although I did it that way for years, no problem)

 

[irie]

Was thinking about making something like this when saw this stand on an Italian website. Bought one last week but haven't tried it yet, might work OK after a bit of messing around. We. Shall. See.

Cavalletto manutenzione E-Bike centrale | Universale regolabile e stabile – MiT-7 Cavalletto manutenzione E-Bike centrale | Universale regolabile e stabile

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This stand is horribly unstable, avoid.

Edit: does work OK with a stand on the rear wheel to prevent the bike from tipping over sideways.