These are great little stands, off out for a ride but need a clean well lubricated chain, then put your bike on this to get the rear wheel of the ground and get lubing with your lube bottle and oily rag,
IMHO an essential spend to get the best out of your road bike, mountain bike or commuter..
Far easier than spinning the chain backwards, or turning the bike upended to lube..
The equivalent at Halfords or Argos are £10-12, Amazon sell the Raleigh for £13.99
As a Yorkshireman I personally hate paying for postage so spend the tenner, lots of options.
Wiggle have lifeline products which are very cheap but very good quality, check out the co2 adaptor used to inflate tyres £3.50 screw on with 2 bottles £1.75 and the stand hits the £10 spend
Or get socks, high5 tablets, spare inner tube £2.50 etc
Top comments
skiddlydiddly
3 Apr 165#1
Good price, but a lot of maintenance jobs need the bike to veld securely and I can't see any clamps on this.
M0RPH
3 Apr 164#6
What's wrong with spinning backwards to lube?
cycleman to Venezia
3 Apr 164#5
:confused:
otterboxer
3 Apr 163#8
Nowhere to attach a go pro. Cold.
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skiddlydiddly
3 Apr 165#1
Good price, but a lot of maintenance jobs need the bike to veld securely and I can't see any clamps on this.
bensimmo to skiddlydiddly
3 Apr 162#2
It's a small device ni bigger than a wheel really.
Just designed to raise the rear wheel off the ground while you fettle with gears.
It raises it between your rear stays on a traditional rear triangle.
whatyadoinsucka to skiddlydiddly
3 Apr 162#3
Yeah absolutely agree it's useless for the majority of maintenance jobs but to lube your chain it is brilliant,
my main stand is a a foldaway so for lubing the chain is an effort to get out
Venezia
3 Apr 163#4
I have never needed to use one of these, just turn bike upside down!
cycleman to Venezia
3 Apr 164#5
:confused:
whatyadoinsucka to Venezia
3 Apr 161#10
I prefer not to scratch my XT brake levers :sunglasses:
MAdam98 to Venezia
3 Apr 16#21
Just damage the bike then...
Turning bike upside down scratches levers etc and, for very light carbon bikes, isn't a great idea
Maybe on a single speed bmx, but after doing it yesterday after a gritty muddy wet mtb ride my rear derailleur was making some right grinding noises
alfiejts
3 Apr 161#7
I have one of these and its absolutely brilliant for simple light jobs where you want the bike held up for you or want the back wheel off the ground for lubing or adjusting the gears.
It can sit on the floor by the bike, taking up no room and be easily at hand when you want it without all the hassle of getting a big stand out.
I don't even have a big stand - this does the job for simple easy stuff and for the rare occasions that I need anything more for a major service job, I hang the bike from the garage ceiling from a couple of hooks...
otterboxer
3 Apr 163#8
Nowhere to attach a go pro. Cold.
suicidehobbit
3 Apr 16#11
Or snap a dropper remote :confused:
madsurfer3651
3 Apr 16#12
£4.74 today even better
whatyadoinsucka to madsurfer3651
3 Apr 16#13
Gold member price, got that too
whatyadoinsucka
3 Apr 16#14
I had the right handed one and put it on upside down left handed, avoids the knocks
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IMHO an essential spend to get the best out of your road bike, mountain bike or commuter..
Far easier than spinning the chain backwards, or turning the bike upended to lube..
The equivalent at Halfords or Argos are £10-12, Amazon sell the Raleigh for £13.99
As a Yorkshireman I personally hate paying for postage so spend the tenner, lots of options.
Wiggle have lifeline products which are very cheap but very good quality, check out the co2 adaptor used to inflate tyres £3.50 screw on with 2 bottles £1.75 and the stand hits the £10 spend
Or get socks, high5 tablets, spare inner tube £2.50 etc
Top comments
All comments (27)
Just designed to raise the rear wheel off the ground while you fettle with gears.
It raises it between your rear stays on a traditional rear triangle.
my main stand is a a foldaway so for lubing the chain is an effort to get out
Turning bike upside down scratches levers etc and, for very light carbon bikes, isn't a great idea
It can sit on the floor by the bike, taking up no room and be easily at hand when you want it without all the hassle of getting a big stand out.
I don't even have a big stand - this does the job for simple easy stuff and for the rare occasions that I need anything more for a major service job, I hang the bike from the garage ceiling from a couple of hooks...