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Duggram
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 11:06 am: |
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Would like to get a lift to make working on the bikes easier. Does anyone have a recommendation or experience they'd like to share? |
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Krassh
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 11:34 am: |
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I have the manual pump Cycle Lift from Harbor Freight.
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Slaughter
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 11:49 am: |
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I have the Harbor Freight lift and it tends to "sag" with the crappy seals. I'd recommend the Handy lift - having worked with both... but if you DO get a HF lift, fabricate some hard stops so that when the crappy seals start to wear out, you aren't constantly pumping it back up every few minutes. I have heard that some HF lifts do better than others... maybe their quality control is a little lacking??? (like that would be a real surprise) Again, the HANDY is really great but not really cheap. From memory, the HF one is less than $300, the Handy is more than $700 |
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Rocketray
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 05:08 pm: |
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I also have been using this same HF lift. Had it about 2 years problem free. Rocket Ray |
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Dtinnan
| Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 07:12 pm: |
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just to get the rear tire off the ground i've used two jackstands and a piece of rebar thru the axle |
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Haus
| Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 11:37 am: |
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I also use a similar one to the HF. My friends handy lifts are way nicer but for the money this one works fine. Big thing I found was to buy a Handy cycle vise and bolt it to the HF lift, this sturdys up the front end instead of the included baby vise. |
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Krassh
| Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 11:52 am: |
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Looks like the chinese already upgraded the front wheel clamp and are charging an extra $100.00 for it plus air capacity on a newer model.
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