JACKS FOR EBIKE?

[Barbles1229]

HEllen,
I have a question for all you garage junkies!
I just bout an Orion Motor Tech motorcycle jack. Is the suitable for my Romeo Pro II. I want to lift up the bike to check the mph on each tire. Will this work? I know that the chain can't be touching.
Are their certain Jack's for ebikes? Or do we just use the motorcycle jack? Oh, it's a scissor jack that lifts as you turn it up or down.
Thanks ahead if TIME for any insights or if I should be looking for a different kind of jack.

 

[6zfshdb]

It should work if you make a bracket that sits on the jack table and contacts lift points on the bike frame without touching the chain. The table may be too wide to allow the crank to spin freely though.

I'm not aware of a bike stand that will attach to the Eahora, which has neither a seatpost or frame tube to grab. At 150#, it's a heavy bike. The motorcycle jack may be your best option. If there's a dealer near you, see what they use.

You can also send them an email and ask what they recommend:

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[PCeBiker]

The problem with a jack of any sort is that the ebike is REALLY unstable on the jack and can easily topple off the jack, or the jack itself can topple over.

One wheel barely touching the ground and the jack barely contacting the frame isn't stable, and there's the small footprint of the jack as well.

I've done it and realized that the jack has to be firmly attached to the frame and the jack needs to be firmly attached to the floor or a much bigger base.

 

[PCeBiker]

This is the jack supporting a motorcycle,..

That motorcycle has a large contact area with the stand, and the stand has a large contact area with the floor, but working on your motorcycle like that would be ridiculously dangerous.

 

[Aushiker]

I was watching a video on Magura brake pad replacement, and the dude was using a bike stand to hold his "e-bike". I am wondering if one that has 'supports' would do the trick, over a flat plate style stand such as in the second image. It has a foot pedal to operate the lift.

 

[PCeBiker]

I used to set my dirt bike on a milk crate, and that worked fine, but getting my ebike to sit firmly on the bottom bracket wasn't working for me.

If you could make some kind of support bracket that would lift from the bottom bracket and also somewhere on the down tube and/or the chainstay as well, then it would be a lot more stable.

That stand itself looks quite stable, but getting an ebike to sit on it stable might be difficult.

I've also got wires and cables running under the bottom bracket that could get pinched if the weight of the ebike was sitting on them.

If you want clearance for the chainring and crank arms as well, then the lifting point can only be as wide as your bottom bracket.

Maybe a couple pieces of wood could be cut and shaped and bolted to the stand to make a "yoke" to lift the ebike?

 

[Aushiker]

Maybe a couple of pieces of wood could be cut and shaped and bolted to the stand to make a "yoke" to lift the ebike?

That is what I was thinking. In my case, the bike would be sitting on the motor, somewhat like what this guy has done.

 

[6zfshdb]

If all you need is to get the bike off the ground, these lift type jacks could be modified and would likely work fine. For some jobs, I like to invert the bike to get better access. For that, you can't beat the old downtube clamp.

Unfortunately, work stands that use this type of clamp can get expensive, especially the motorized models.

Maybe a combination of the two might be a more economical solution. Use the lift stand to get the bike up into the downtube clamp?

 

[CanNik]

HEllen,
I have a question for all you garage junkies!
I just bout an Orion Motor Tech motorcycle jack. Is the suitable for my Romeo Pro II. I want to lift up the bike to check the mph on each tire. Will this work? I know that the chain can't be touching.
Are their certain Jack's for ebikes? Or do we just use the motorcycle jack? Oh, it's a scissor jack that lifts as you turn it up or down.
Thanks ahead if TIME for any insights or if I should be looking for a different kind of jack.

I find this an unbelievable question, a JACK for a "bike" I can lift mine are your bikes seriously that heavy LOL

I am 68 and lift my ebike, mid drive on to this

 

[6zfshdb]

I'm 79 with a bad back and yes, I now find a jack to be quite handy. 10 years ago, it wasn't an issue.

I have the Park PCS 10 shown above and I use this trick.
I first lift the lighter front end of the bike and clamp it in the stand:

I then pivot the heavier rear end up into position:

No need to lift the full weight of the bike.

The process can be made easier by setting the front wheel on a milk crate while attaching the clamp.

 

[stompandgo]

Not everyone is a burly manly man like you

 

[Aushiker]

If all you need is to get the bike off the ground, these lift type jacks could be modified and would likely work fine. For some jobs, I like to invert the bike to get better access. For that, you can't beat the old downtube clamp.

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Unfortunately, work stands that use this type of clamp can get expensive, especially the motorized models.

Maybe a combination of the two might be a more economical solution. Use the lift stand to get the bike up into the downtube clamp?

I have a stand, a Feedback stand similar to this one.

My bike, however, is a Riese and Mueller Supercharger, which has a battery in the top tube and the down tube, making these tubes significantly larger than most bikes and hence not ideal for this stand. My only option for clamping the bike is the seat post. So that, in combination with the bike weight, ~ 32 kg before the batteries are taken out, does not make it the greatest option, hence I am curious as to the stand used in the video.

Oh BTW our house was built in 1896 ... we do not have a garage to mount a stand to a wall

Oh, the bike is this one:

 

[Aushiker]

I find this an unbelievable question, a JACK for a "bike" I can lift mine are your bikes seriously that heavy LOL

I am 68 and lift my ebike, mid drive on to this



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I am glad that works for you. However, as per my previous post, using such a stand with a bike such as mine is not that practical.

 

[Aushiker]

I'm 79 with a bad back and yes, I now find a jack to be quite handy. 10 years ago, it wasn't an issue.

I have the Park PCS 10 shown above and I use this trick.
I first lift the lighter front end of the bike and clamp it in the stand:

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I then pivot the heavier rear end up into position:

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No need to lift the full weight of the bike.

The process can be made easier by setting the front wheel on a milk crate while attaching the clamp.

If my bike were stand friendly as yours, I would be quite happy doing as you do; sadly, it is not

 

[stompandgo]

I never, at home or at the shop, clamp a bike to any bike tube. Always the seatpost. If it needs to be extended, I'll mark the position with a loop of electrical tape.

My dual battery Tesoro weighs a little less than your R&M, but the second battery is a frame battery which is easy to remove before putting it on the stand.

That is one beautiful bike, Aushiker.

 

[Aushiker]

I never, at home or at the shop, clamp a bike to any bike tube. Always the seatpost. If it needs to be extended, I'll mark the position with a loop of electrical tape.

That is good to know. I had been concerned it was a weak spot.

I can remove the batteries easily. Just need to strip off the bags, etc, first. First world problems

 

[PCeBiker]

I find this an unbelievable question, a JACK for a "bike" I can lift mine are your bikes seriously that heavy LOL

I am 68 and lift my ebike, mid drive on to this

My ebikes are 85-90 pounds with the batteries, and I can still lift them up onto some sort of stand.
I also have eye hooks in my ceiling, so I can string up my ebikes with straps.

The problem with the ceiling straps is that the ebike kinda swings around, especially if I'm pushing hard on a wrench for the rear wheel or something.

Most bike stands are only rated for about 65 pounds (like the Park Tool stand you posted) and if I've got my ebike suspended with the wheel spinning, I Really don't want the bike falling or the stand breaking.

The other problem with the stands, is that if you can't get the clamp in the middle of the bike at the balance point, then there is Huge Twisting Torque on the clamp with a 90 pound ebike. The clamp can either bind, break, or jam.

They do have bars that attach between the seat post and steering stem so you can clamp onto the horizontal bar at the balance point.


Another thing that I kinda realized, is that I can just lay my ebike over on the ground to work on it depending on what I'm doing.

It's not a motorcycle, so I'm not going to spill oil, gas, or battery acid.
The hydraulic brakes are sealed and they're fine to be at any angle.

I can also flip my ebike upside-down and stand it on wooden blocks to work on it.

So, I don't really need a stand, especially the Really Expensive ones that can support 100 pounds securely and safely.

 

[PCeBiker]

They do have bars that attach between the seat post and steering stem so you can clamp onto the horizontal bar at the balance point.

It's similar to this Park Tool handlebar clamp, but its got heavy duty clamps on the ends for supporting an e-bike.
(I can't find the one that's designed to hold an ebike)

 

[Aushiker]

It's similar to this Park Tool handlebar clamp, but its got heavy duty clamps on the ends for supporting an e-bike.
(I can't find the one that's designed to hold an ebike)

This one? Apparently, it is good for e-bikes ... Costs more than most stands but

 

[PCeBiker]

This one? Apparently, it is good for e-bikes ... Costs more than most stands but

That's close, but not the one I remember seeing.
Apparently that one has the same issue with not fitting large diameter frame tubes as well.

The one I remember clamps firmly to the seatpost and the steering stem with extendable tubing in between, then you clamp your bike stand to that tube.

The clamps on it were more like a seatpost clamp, not rubber straps.