Thanks for tuning in, this is The Sweet
Cyclists and today we're gonna be looking at
the Maxxhaul repair stand. So here we
have the bike repair stand.
I want to thank Maxxhaul for
sending this out. This is item number
80725 in their
catalog. I'm really impressed with this
just based on the specs alone, if you
look it's a little bit over $40.00 which
actually cost less than the little
attachments for the Park Tool repair stands
so really competitive price. It can
handle up to 66 pound bikes and
has a four folding arm stabilizer design.
The first thing out of the box, we have
the attachment and as I mentioned Park
Tools cheapest stand is about $150 and
they charge about $34
for just the plastic tray.
We have the clamping arm and this is
the most important part of any
bikes repair stand, this is what holds
the frame on the stand and gives you
access to it. You really want
to make sure the clamp is well-designed,
easy to use and doesn't
damage your frame. This actually feels pretty
nice, with these rubber covers that
shouldn't scratch up the frame. The
little clamping arm are
adjustable for different size frames.
Here we have another piece,
it looks like this is the bottom
piece. It looks like if I
just pull up on them, and they will open up.
Here are the assembly instructions,
first start with the base you can see
there's a basic clamp here and it
slides up and down. This is actually
quite a bit larger than I expected.
You can see fully bottom down here you,
basically it's like a
quick release clamp. Fold it down and
then lock the skewer in place.
It is pretty secure, we'll rotate up now and
aseemble the top portion. Here's the
top portion, this is what the clamp
attachement and it's an aluminum piece
of tubing again. We have a little
clamping surface here.
I'll go ahead it open that up. Here's
a closer look at the clamping mechanism,
basically a quick release you can see
when I loosen this, these
two plastic pieces come apart. Unless you
move this up and down, then
rotate it clockwise to tighten and then
just pull down the quick release
skewer to tighten it.
Then pull it all the way so you can see
pretty secure once it's locked in place.
Here's a clamp again, this seems pretty
well constructed a little pressure and
then you have the clamping head itself
with a basic quick release lever
again. It is the same as the bottom clamp. We're gonna
slide this in we'll open this up and
make sure it's loose.
This was part expands to accept
it and that same is with a quick release
will tighten it
in place. You can see with it locked in place,
we have full rotation and the clamp
itself. Here you can actually loosen and
tighten this here, and it has a little
spring in here with a little wingnut to
adjust the height. This
accommodates different frames so you can
see full rotation here we can also
loosen this to rotate the clamp around
to accommodate different positions.
The next step of the assembly is to put
on the tool tray itself. This is pretty
nice piece that they provide free of
charge and it's also magnetized too so
you can see the tools won't fall of
this little magnetic strip here. To
attach it you basically have a plastic
collar, here we'll run the bolts through
and then we'll put the little nuts in
here and then tighten it down to hold it
in place. Off camera I went ahead and
assembled this, its a lot
more difficult to do on camera. Now
you just tighten it down using
the provided allen key and it feels
pretty secure.
Well that's about it, so this is fully
assembled
repair stand. It is pretty impressive you
gotta remember this is only 40 bucks
compared to a park tool tool tray which is
about $35. If we start from the top you
have the clamp with this really simple
mechanism and rubberized arms.
This is rotatable 360 degrees and this clamp
pad here can be loosened
and you actually rotate this around so
you can adjust the clamp head angle
depending on whether you want to attach to the down
tube tube or seat post. All the
clamping surfaces use quick
release style clamps so you can see I can
tighten it then I can loosen it. Once
it's tightened down, they work pretty
well. If we come down, this is a separate
piece that can be extended quite a bit
so you can go pretty high.
I think once it's there it's pretty secure,
this is rated up to 66 pounds and I
could believe it. Here we have the
of strap to hold your front wheel
prevent it from moving around.
If you come down to the
stabilizer arms for leg design, there's a
little leg here you can see. It's kind
of loose, this is again plastic and
aluminum. With this large
footprint it feels pretty stable and
t has the same kind of clamping. If you
want to loosen this we just pop this up
lift it off and everything will compress
down to a much smaller size.
The stand is bigger than I
expected, so you'll have to remember to use
a quite a big area if you want to use
the repair stand.
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Alright so now let's go over
the basic operation of the stand. You can
see how you rotate around that it does need
to be balanced and will not hold it like
that.
It works pretty well but you do
have a little bit of play.
You can adjust this
wing nut to clamping this down, but it's
rotating around itself, something to
watch for especially with heavier bikes.
Now let's see, when I'm done working on
the bike pull the clamp off. now
let's look at the disassembly.
I'm gonna take off the little wheel
brace as I mentioned, it isn't useful.
You can see a little bit closer it's already
starting to tear from being
stretched out. You can adjust the height
here, so you can see if I loosen that
bring it up you can go quite high
this is kind of the maximum height here
You can also see the little indentation here,
fully compress it for storage. Drop it all
the way down
and clamp that down to take the bottom.
Pull the lever up here,
clamp that down as well
and then the clamp head itself. Alright
now let's review the pros and cons for
the work stand. I think the first pro is
the price at $40.00 it's pretty hard to
beat, second thing is the rotatable and
height adjustable clamp. You get full
rotation around the clamp itself and
then you can rotate it another 360
degrees around the work stand.
Finally the magnetic tool tray is really
nice and it has the slots you
need to place screwdrivers or other tools.
Now for some of the cons for the work
stand. It has a large footprint with
that four leg design, which means it's very
stable but it will take up a lot of
space. The other
con is the clamp head can flex under
load, it can still hold the bike at an
angle but there's a little bit of play
back and forth so it is you have to be
aware of that. Finally the plastic
quick release couplers are used at the
clamp head and at the bottom legs, I feel
like this might be a durability issue
with a longer term use. In terms of our
rating I'd give the repair stand an eight
and a half out of ten. My primary
concerns are the plastic couplers and
the lack of replacement parts however
for the $40 price the clamp is well
designed and the stand has the stability
and adjustability you need to work
on your bike. Thanks for watching
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