The Remco Bike Raise got here into my workshop late final fall, and issues haven’t been the identical. I’ve since labored on just a few bikes outdoors on a sunny day, plus at some races on my favourite folding workstand. However all the pieces that’s been labored on in my store up to now half a yr has been magically lifted off the bottom by this little monster.
I’ve to preface this evaluate by saying, “After all, you don’t actually need a restore stand that lifts your bike off the bottom for you. However, oh man, that is significantly a game-changer!”
Remco Bike Raise electrical telescoping bicycle restore stand
The electrical Remco Bike Raise is undeniably an extravagance.
Final December, I gave the workstand an Editor’s Selection award within the Instruments class for its day-to-day performance. Sure, it is rather costly. The opposite instrument I awarded at that very same time late final yr, for altering how I work on bikes, was a $140 / 115€ mini inflator. That one continues to be costly for pumping up a tire, nevertheless it’s nonetheless lower than 1/10 of what this robo-stand would price. You see, the whole Remco Bike Raise setup in my precise configuration with all of the trimmings retails for $1402 / 1551€.
However the, albeit nonetheless costly, pricing is sort of a bit extra complicated than that.
Because it makes use of a modular building, you solely have to purchase the components you want. So if are a motorbike store that already has a professional workstand and base (or you’re bolting it to the ground), real looking pricing begins round $744/840€. Even dwelling mechanics, who’ve an present Suggestions, Park, Unior workstand (the listing goes on…) with a high-quality clamp head, will possible be capable of get out less expensive than my full beginner setup.
Heavy-duty eBike-rated, as much as 45kg
To be honest, I already had a conveyable stand with a lighter Unior clamp, however opted for the heavy-duty Unior Grasp Store Clamp to get the max load ranking that the Remco Bike Raise can present. Topping out at 45kg (100lb), that’s greater than sufficient to pick-up the heaviest ebikes we usually take a look at. Most efficiency eMTBs we evaluate sometimes fall within the 20-25kg vary.
However it additionally meant I may safely work on my heavier long-john-style Hagen cargo ebike. And issues just like the foolish, heavy Engwe commuter ebike we’re nonetheless working round to get groceries and take out the recyclables 4 years later than we thought it could survive.
Put merely, it is a heavy-duty telescoping bicycle restore stand with an electrical motor inside that lifts all the pieces out of your UCI-illegal highway bike, as much as your gravity-ready full-powered enduro ebike – all on the press of a button. It’ll primarily carry any sort of motorcycle, so that you don’t need to.
The heavier the higher I say. Or moderately, it’s even higher with the heavier ones.
Tech Particulars & My Private Setup
The Remco Bike Raise debuted about 2.5 years in the past as an answer for bike outlets engaged on increasingly more heavy bikes & ebikes. The idea was merely that the important thing electric-lifting column couple be swapped in, changing present workshop stand setups with comparatively minimal price – holding present base and clamp options.
The carry works due to a linear actuator inside that extends 65cm (25.6″). That’s usually sufficient to select up bikes off the bottom by the seatpost at/above the seatpost clamp, and carry them excessive sufficient to work at eye degree. Place 1 is the underside and three is the highest, and you may program 2 wherever in between, as you favor. I’ve 2 set at 16cm under top-out, as that’s my sometimes perfect peak for engaged on drivetrains and brakes.
In line with the official Remco Bike Raise drawings, the bottom working peak for the middle of the clamp could be 86.6cm (34″) off the bottom. However with most mountain bikes and eMTBs that includes sloping geometry and long-travel droppers, I discovered that to be not fairly low sufficient.
Actual dimensions & journey
Fortunately, a more in-depth have a look at the official Min & Max heights tells a barely completely different story.
The Chuck Adapter (the small vertical stub that’s connected on high of the orange carry management field) has two mounting positions, and the decrease one is 6.5cm down. That’s the one I opted for, giving me a extra perfect low place of 80cm off the bottom, and nonetheless 143.5cm at high out. Finally, the show then reads 3cm increased than the highest of my clamp. However because it’s simply an approximate illustration of the place the Bike Raise is in its full journey (85.5-149 on display), it’s nonetheless a useful information.
Some mechanics will favor the upper place. And there’s additionally an elective base extension to make it even increased. However I favor the low setup.
A bit extra detailed pricing breakdown of getting all the pieces in a single place
Value is a significant level right here, clearly. (As a result of it is a large outlay, whether or not it’s an funding for ease or workability in a professional store, or only a very severe improve for the house mechanic!)
However so is getting your restore & upkeep setup completely dialed to enhance effectivity, proper?
Modular, means solely purchase what you want and re-use the workstand clamp you’ve got. However it nonetheless isn’t low cost. This actually continues to be meant to be a professional bike store restore stand for on a regular basis mechanics who must work on heavy ebikes. However as extra $15,000+ highway, gravel, mountain & high-powered ebikes get offered (and even simply the still-expensive $8-9k ones!), it begins to make sense that extra persons are going to purchase fancy restore stands to take a few of the ‘work’ out of ‘working’ in your bike, even at dwelling.
Loads of beginner shade-tree mechanics already purchase premium-quality skilled instruments.
Why not a professional work stand, too? And if you happen to go searching for a pro-level restore stand, you’ll shortly discover that you can simply spend 600-900 {dollars} or euros on a kind of. And also you’d nonetheless need to carry each bike into it. So why not go all the way in which!
A detailed have a look at my setup
If we break it down, my setup seems like this:
$744 / 849€ for the Remco Bike Raise itself, consists of the attachment for Professional Clamps like this Unior one.That is the core factor that actually does all of the heavy lifting.
$209 / 210€ for the Unior Grasp store clamp If you have already got a workstand to improve, you gained’t want this. Plus, there are extra inexpensive clamps obtainable, too. However this one is stable safe, rated for 45kg, and made sturdy 100% within the EU.
$220 / 302€ for the Base Plate, as a result of a heavy chunk of metal is simply price rather a lot. However, bolt the stand to the ground of your workshop and save a bunch of money.
The $120€ Device Tray is a should in my eyes; that is what permits you to customise the setup for the way you’re employed. I drilled out just a few tiny holes to mount my commonly-used decide instruments, and added some hangers for a small bolts holder, an additional wrench, a rotor checker, and an electrical inflator.
And the $79€ Fast USB Charger can also be a must have in today the place so many bikes have batteries to maintain charged! Remco needs you to mount it low on the aspect of the controller. However I drilled a gap within the plastic high cap of the Chuck Adapter stub, and it’s extra simply accessible, and may even pivot side-to-side, as wanted.
The negatives (in addition to worth)
One of many solely actual ache factors I’ve skilled with the Remco Bike Raise is that I needed it had a regular outlet to plug in proprietary chargers or a pill/laptop computer. The one energy output it has on the stand is a non-standard plug for Remco’s personal USB changer. I began with out the charger, however after a month I noticed that I wanted it. And it has made all of the distinction – charging AXS & Di2 batteries, a flashlight for peering inside frames, and mini inflators, so I don’t need to pump up tires manually within the workshop anymore.
As a result of trendy gentle eMTBs nonetheless aren’t that gentle
Since final fall, I’ve been servicing & sustaining dozens of European Bikerumor take a look at bikes on this stand – together with cleansing, packing & returning a number of take a look at bikes on the finish of 2025, after which some fairly main winter servicing on all of our long-term and my household’s private mountain bikes all through the spring.
Amongst that, there’ve been, I feel, 6 ebikes in that point. None of them exceptionally gentle weight.
Even top-tier trendy path, all-mountain, and enduro bikes right now are sometimes 1-2kg heavier than earlier era. While you begin including wider tires, wider wheels, digital all the pieces in every single place with further batteries, and inner body storage that invariably means all of the bikes are geared up with spare tubes, multi-tools, tire restore instruments, and possibly even a pump always. Extra trendy bikes are extra succesful and extra handy… simply not lighter.
And oh, how wonderful it’s to have this little orange magnificence choosing all of these bikes up and placing them again down, again and again. After I first preset my perfect working peak, I simply roll the bike as much as the Remco Raise, clamp its seatpost, hit 2, and stroll away. It appears utterly foolish to me. However it’s someway releasing to not carry heavy bikes of the bottom, and spend these possibly ten seconds, discovering any specialised instruments I would must prepare.
Or, I simply carry the bike as much as a pleasant working peak, whereas I set myself to a different process like seating & inflating a brand new tubeless tire.
And positioning the bike for every process is so a lot better!
The factor that has most shocked me, is that I now transfer the bike up and down within the stand possibly 3 or 4 instances whereas I’m engaged on it.
I by no means used to try this with a standard restore stand, even with a daily bike. And particularly not a heavier ebike that often weighs effectively over 20kg. I might typically spin the bike within the stand, however by no means re-lift it. It simply wasn’t price the additional effort. However now, after I transfer from adjusting a derailleur, to putting in a bottle cage, to adjusting a brake lever clamp, to eradicating a rear shock, to routing a brand new inner dropper cable, to easily cleansing and lubing a series. Every time, I transfer the bike up or down, possibly simply 5 or 10cm to a peak that feels excellent.
So now, I’m additionally extra prone to pull up a stool for a process which may take longer, like putting in a brand new chainring or cleansing out a T-type cassette full of autumn leaves or spring grasses.
As a result of it’s so little effort to maneuver the bike up and down centimeter by centimeter, now I transfer it far more typically. So it’s on the excellent peak for no matter process is at hand.
Parting ideas
Sure, it’s costly. So are all of the rattling bikes today.
However, the Remco Bike Raise has genuinely modified how I work on bikes.
I didn’t suppose lifting bikes right into a stand was that troublesome, till I didn’t need to do it anymore. And I didn’t even point out how a lot simpler (and pain-free) it was to service bikes in these days within the workshop after I couldn’t experience a lot after a minor shoulder harm. I additionally hadn’t ever actually appreciated how far more snug it might be to regulate the bike for each completely different upkeep process at hand.
Sure, the Remco Bike Raise is pricey. However you need to completely drool over it, identical to you lust over the following, greatest new highway or gravel or mountain bike that we’ll write about this week or subsequent. And if you happen to frequently work rather a lot on bikes – and it’s inside your finances – I can guarantee that you just’ll admire this extra superior workstand.
I’m by no means going again to lifting each bike I work on into the restore stand.
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