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
dealerxxx
3 Apr 16#15
Gold membership???
whatyadoinsucka
3 Apr 16#16
Depends on your rolling 365 day spend, sign in to your account and prices change. It will state silver, gold, platinum I think, I got an email a few weeks back to say spend £15 before xxxx date to retain your gold membership
Hightowerman
3 Apr 161#17
Cheers i will buy this just for convenience of chain lubing.
Towelie
3 Apr 16#18
I had one and wasn't very good imo even just for gears.
Not very sturdy at all and all 3 of our bikes would lean when on this when used and even fell over a few times.
Left it outside for a while and it broke on the weld on one of the feet - best thing that happened to it tbh.
Granted this is cheaper than what i paid but don't expect too much.
bradybunch73
3 Apr 16#19
It's nasty cheap tat. Bought and threw away. Couldn't hold a kids bike for any
adjustments
stevetheman
3 Apr 162#20
Can be used for hosing bikes down and accessing on both sides.
johnsmith1997
4 Apr 161#22
I turn my bike upside down onto earth in the garden.Just put some cloths for padding underneath and it won't get scratched.
Quad
4 Apr 16#23
also makes a great coat stand if youre a midget.
dodgymix
4 Apr 16#24
so £10.12 delivered for one of these
+
Powerbar5 Electrolytes with caffiene tabs
+
Lifeline triple hex Wrench
+
Muc off expanding sponge
I imagine if I tried posting these via Royal mail I wouldnt get much change from £10
dodgymix
4 Apr 161#25
you do that well enough just trying to ride in on a slight incline.. ha ha ive seen the videos
whatyadoinsucka
5 Apr 16#27
Got mine today a couple of minutes to put bolts in, middle hook second hole down and my 13kg mountain bike is rock steady when spinning wheels, infact it's even better than the Raleigh one I already have as the two supporting legs are far wider apart so stability is improved, no sign off it tipping over after 5 minutes either..
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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...
Not very sturdy at all and all 3 of our bikes would lean when on this when used and even fell over a few times.
Left it outside for a while and it broke on the weld on one of the feet - best thing that happened to it tbh.
Granted this is cheaper than what i paid but don't expect too much.
adjustments
+
Powerbar5 Electrolytes with caffiene tabs
+
Lifeline triple hex Wrench
+
Muc off expanding sponge
I imagine if I tried posting these via Royal mail I wouldnt get much change from £10