In this box, I have the newest version of The Handlebar Jack.
I've done a video on this before, but that was when this product very first came to market.
The Original Handlebar Jack. Ultra-Portable Bicycle Repair Stand. Made in The USA. Patent Pending.
There have been some improvements and changes that make it even better.
One of the main reasons I wanted to show this off again, was not only to show you that there
are updates to it, but to highlight the fact that this is a made in the USA product.
YEAAAHHH! Woohooo! (Applause)
We're Team USA. Gathered from all across America.
And, and if you know of any other ebike related products that are made in the USA, I would
love to hear about them.
This one was a unique idea and it's something that could have been honestly very easily
sent overseas for production.
But Andy, the creator, made it a point to keep the production here.
And one of the reasons right now, I think that is critical or very, very important is
because overseas manufacturing is really, really, really behind schedule.
As an example, if I want to buy Shimano components right now, And Shimano makes some of the most
popular, if not the most popular components for bicycles and electric bikes, brakes, shifters,
derailers, they have their own motor systems for ebikes now.
The lead time, if I order them today, is August of 2022.
A year and a half from now is when I could expect to maybe get the parts, but it doesn't
stop there, because they are so backed up they are literally, they are not taking orders.
So if you call up their factory and try to place a bulk order….
NO SOUP FOR YOU!
COME BACK! 1 YEAR!
This is made here in the United States!
I think that's awesome.
And I've even started a small section on my website, small, but growing about made in
the U S. products.
Now, if you want to know more about the creator, Andy Wilkoff, I actually had him as a guest
on my podcast.
“One of the important design aspects of it for me, you know, being a problem solver,
but also a cyclist as well is space is precious.
You know, weight is precious.”
Go check that out, If you want to get some audio only content.
Now, first off, if you don't know what the Handlebar Jack is, let me give you a very
quick overview of what it is does.
You see you pull the jacks out of the box, pull them apart, open the legs, tighten the
cinch strap around your handlebars.
And then you have a jack in place where you can flip your bike over onto the handlebars
without scratching up anything you might have mounted on here.
And particularly for electric bikes, there's usually a display.
There are four major things that I want to focus on for this video to explain what has
been improved.
Again, these are injection molded, not 3D printed, and this is using a glass filled
nylon material.
That means it's going to be super, super tough.
The weight, I'm not sure what the capacity was before, but it says it's 180 pounds now.
I don't know about you, but I've never seen an electric bike that weighs 180 pounds.
It's hard to see from further away, but the hook and loop strap actually has a grippy
texture on the inside.
So that's kind of cool.
The originals for these had a rubber like o-ring and they worked for a little while,
but eventually they did come apart.
So this is much better.
I like this.
Good job!
So if this was a bicycle, we would be putting our handlebars under the straps.
But, like I said, it's rated for 180 pounds.
Let's find out if that's actually true.
Yes, it can hold more than 180 pounds.
The other thing that is new for these are the detense.
So these don't really swivel, like the originals.
They very securely stay locked either in or out.
Can't really hear it, but you can definitely feel a definitive click in directions.
Now let's use these the proper way.
So normally what you would actually do is slip these on your handlebars.
And now when you go to flip the bike over, the jacks are going to hold up the handlebars.
So you don't scratch up your nice display.
For me, it's kind of a no brainer.
It's something you can just keep in your saddlebag.
And then when you need to remove your front or rear wheel out on a trail, in your garage,
it really doesn't matter, if you have an easier way to do it than trying to find some two
by fours or blocks or something that you probably don't have in your saddlebag.
Now in the previous video, this is the part where I would tell you to go to handlebarjack.com
and check out their website, but you don't have to do that any more because these are
now injection molded.
They can be made in bigger quantities.
And that means that I'm now carrying them at Bolton Ebikes.
So if you come into our location in Grass Valley, California, we have these literally
on the shelf to buy, or you can purchase them on our website.
I also enjoy making my own ebike related products here at Bolton.
Ebikes one of those is our Free Wheel Removal Tool for the Bafang motors.
I'm happy to announce that we have made some improvements and changes to the tool.
We've changed how we actually run it to some degree to improve the finished quality, the
style of the grooves that are here.
So it looks so much better.
This one is a dirty, oily one that I just stole off the shelf.
And I probably should go put that back.
If you want to know how we also develop our own parts and pieces in-house and I highly
recommend that you go check out this video.
Also make sure to hit that subscribe button because tomorrow we're going to be doing a
live electric bike review.