- If you ever do any maintenance on your bike,
you'll be familiar with the name, Park Tool.
They have a tool for just about everything bike related
and in fact, a few that aren't.
Like, a pizza cutter and a bottle opener.
When I tell you then that this isn't just
a plain old cardboard box sat next to me,
but it is in fact, a park tool branded cardboard box.
I suspect you're gonna be getting a little bit excited now,
because as you'll be familiar with, I'm sure,
you can win this cardboard box and the contents of it.
Not just one of us, but three lucky winners,
next week, in fact.
I'll tell you how you can enter in a little bit,
but for now, you probably wanna see
what's inside this cardboard box.
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How quickly do you think you'll
be able to work out what this is?
The size should be a bit of a giveaway.
If that was a tool of some kind, like a wrench
or an allen key, there would be
quite a lot of leverage there.
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Ta-da!
It's a work stand, you already knew that, I know.
You clicked on a video with that in the title
and there was a giant picture of it,
but nevertheless, we got to try
and give you a bit of suspense while we can.
This is, the PRS-22, more commonly known
as the team issue repair stand.
A very good reason because it's the choice
of pro race mechanics, the world over.
Repair stands are just brilliant, period.
They make just about every single maintenance job
that you do on your bike, easier.
They remove the risk of needing to carefully
balance your bike, and therefore
scuffing your saddle on the wall
or scratching the top tube, and indeed,
it stops you turning your bike over, upside down,
whereby you then scratch your brake lever hoods
and indeed, your poor old saddle again.
What sets this stand apart then,
firstly, is the fact that it is
really light and really portable.
It's made out of a mix of 6063 T6 aluminium
and composite materials, and it weighs in
at just 5.67 kilos, meaning that, even I, can lift it.
And, as we've already seen, it's completely foldable.
As well as, the materials when it is light,
actually much of that, is down to the design.
It doesn't have to be that big
and that's because, the way it holds your bike,
is by the front fork here, with the bottom bracket
then resting on that dedicated support there
and as well as being light and portable,
there is also one huge benefit to that,
straight out of the box.
And that is that no tubes, need to be clamped.
Clamping itself, doesn't have to be bad,
but it can be absolutely catastrophic.
Particularly even delicate carbon
and so this design, completely gets away from that.
The only point of your bike that is firmly attached
to the stand then, is your front fork
and let's face it, that likes to be clamped.
Given the different standards though,
you'll probably imagine that could be a bit of a headache.
But no, we have a quick release on there
and it's also compatible with 12mm, 15mm
and 20mm through axles.
So, should you wish, you could work on your downhill bike
on this stand, because you got one, I'm sure.
Then when you've got your bike on there,
you can easily adjust the distance
between the fork clamp and your bottom bracket mount,
so that you can adjust it with just one hand
with that dial there, to accommodate
different lengths of bikes and then you can also,
change the height of this stand as well,
with just a couple of quick release levers there.
So you can go from 76cms high,
where you could comfortably take your handlebars
right out to a 114cms high,
where it'll make it easier to index your gears.
So you can always work at the appropriate height like,
in fact, a good office chair, and if you permit me,
to stick with this weak analogy for one more minute,
just like a good office chair, it also swivels!
And also, like a good office chair,
it also swivels, meaning that it is mega
for bike cleaning so you don't do
what I sometimes do and forget to clean the other side.
But then you can also do more complex tasks as well,
like re-cabling or fitting new cranks.
You can totally see why pro mechanics
are all over these, can't you?
And if you wanna join their ranks
and be one of our three lucky winners this week,
then, all you gotta do is click on the link,
in the description below this video, simple as that.
Now, your next port of call, if you like
all things maintenance, is to make sure
you subscribe to GCN, we have a maintenance video
every single Monday, so just click on the globe to do that
and you'll always be in the right place.
Then, for some more content from
the maintenance archives in fact,
click just down there for, how to index your gears,
that is a must to watch, and click down there
for how to get the most out of your brakes.