The light-weight bike workstand gurus at Suggestions Sports activities have kind of created a brand new class with the electrical lift-assist Professional E Raise Restore Stand geared toward house owners of recent efficiency ebikes. (And perhaps even heavier standard mountain bikes, too.) With extra and heavier efficiency ebikes and eMTBs being bought, we’ve seen extra software corporations including motorized skilled work stands to elevate these heavy two-wheelers. However Suggestions needed a extra compact, extra reasonably priced answer for ebike consumers to do their very own common repairs at residence. They usually might have additionally created an excellent answer for smaller bike outlets that might profit from an electrical elevate stand, however didn’t need or want such large, costly stand completely of their workshop.
Suggestions Sports activities Professional E Raise residence ebike restore work stand
Unveiled at Eurobike this week, the all-new Suggestions Professional E Raise is a singular manner to have a look at motorized restore stands normally. And in addition, methods to clear up the wants of ebikers who need to wrench on their very own rides at residence. And perhaps these of us at residence with heavier long-travel mountain bikes, too!
Just about each firm builds their fashionable electrical lift-assist restore stands as a permanently-fixed answer in an expert bike workshop. That’s meant some nice integration of issues like charging options, energy entry, ready-acces software storage, and even laptop computer/pill mounts for entry to on-line sources. However heavy-duty building and tons of options additionally make these stands extraordinarily costly, take up a variety of ground area, and be a everlasting fixture within the workshop.
The Suggestions Professional E Raise is just about the alternative of all of that.
It makes use of a lighter-duty elevate mechanism, dials again lifting top to an affordable however utterly enough vary, and makes use of a secure however roll-away base so it doesn’t at all times must take up a lot room. And easy metallic foot button switches make adjustment up & down straightforward.
Plus, it’s lower than half the worth of comparable skilled e-lift restore stands.
Do I personally want it? I don’t even have my very own eMTB at residence, so no.. probably not. However I kinda would nonetheless like to have a compact Professional E Raise stand at residence. Even when that’s simply to work on my extra burly enduro bikes, and the occasional e-test bike.
Tech particulars
Suggestions developed the Professional E Raise restore stand to be easy-to-use and reside with for newbie DIY residence mechanics. Meaning it’s comparatively compact – taking over a 29”/74cm sq. footprint. Not too heavy, and although secure when in-use, roll it a bit out-of-the-way if you don’t want it. And it really works with different common Suggestions workstand software holder entry. The 55lb/34kg work stand even arrives principally assembled. So the DIYer solely actually must bolt on the extensive base earlier than attending to work on their eMTB.
The stand has over 3’/1m of elevate to get eMTB/ebikes as much as your most well-liked working top – rapidly & quietly adjustable relying what sort of upkeep or restore activity it’s good to perform.
The clamp head begins as little as 34”/84cm off the bottom to seize you ebike’s seatpost with none lifting wanted. The stand’s flat ft are straightforward to roll over, however nonetheless have adjusters to accommodate uneven ground surfaces.
You then simply step on the metallic up/down buttons on the restore stand base to elevate it up. Max clamp top is 76”/194cm, lots excessive to get eye-level entry to suspension or drivetrain.
The e-assist work stand options the acquainted and easy-to-use Suggestions Velocity Ratchet + Spinner Knob clamp. There’s the large dial to tighten the clamp in your bike, and QR button to totally open the jaws immediately. And the jaw covers are replaceable.
Constructed for efficiency ebikes the Suggestions Professional E Raise restore stand has a most solace / 50kg elevate capability. Suggestions provides US and EU AC energy provides, for 100-127V 5A or 220-240V 2A max energy draw.
Suggestions Professional E Raise restore stand – Pricing and availability
Pricing is a giant key to creating the Suggestions Professional E Raise restore stand a viable answer for residence mechanics and even for small bike outlets on the fence a couple of powered work stand. Suggestions will promote the Professional E Raise for $1200 / 1350€. And availability is slated for the start of subsequent yr – January 2025.
Positive, that’s fairly dear for an at residence mechanic. However once we routinely see top-tier e-bikes promoting within the $10-15,000€, it appears possible that a few of these tech-savvy ebike consumers would respect an equally hi-tech stand to make residence upkeep simpler.
You’ll have the ability to get the brand new Suggestions Professional E Raise via your native unbiased bike store (the place it’s possible you’ll even see one in use) or direct from Suggestions.