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 2015-04-10 10:51 AM |
 1502   Katy, Texas |  Subject: Bike Maintenance Stand SuggestionsI'm looking for recommendations on a maintenance stand for my bike. Doing work on it leaning up against the wall or flipped over is getting old. I see a range of them from as cheap as $35 up to $500. So any suggestions would be helpful. I'd prefer to keep it on the cheap side if possible. |
| 2015-04-10 10:53 AM in reply to: 3mar |
New user 1351  Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions I took the cheapest route and rigged up the bike rack that's meant for the back of my car, and suspended it from the wall in my basement. I can hang my bike on it and let the pedals spin freely without obstruction |
| 2015-04-10 10:59 AM in reply to: trijamie |
| 1502 Katy, Texas | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions Originally posted by trijamie I took the cheapest route and rigged up the bike rack that's meant for the back of my car, and suspended it from the wall in my basement. I can hang my bike on it and let the pedals spin freely without obstruction I'd be down for that but my house doesn't have a basement. I don't have a garage either. Actually, I don't even have a first floor... I currently have all my tri stuff in our spare room and I wanted to rig something like that but they used metal studs in the construction of the inner walls of the house, so no dice. (Capture.JPG) Attachments ---------------- Capture.JPG (107KB - 1 downloads) |
| 2015-04-10 11:02 AM in reply to: 3mar |
New user 1351 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions Crap. Nice lookin house though! |
| 2015-04-10 11:09 AM in reply to: trijamie |
Master 3887 Overland Park, KS | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions Just bought this one a month or so ago. http://www.rei.com/product/749596/feedback-sports-pro-ultralight-re... Works great, holds well my TT bike, my roadie and my kids mountain bikes etc. So much easier now to work on. Lightweight and stores easily out of the way. |
| 2015-04-10 12:28 PM in reply to: reecealan |
Veteran 706 Illinois | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions I have something like: http://www.amazon.com/Venzo-Mechanic-Bicycle-Repair-Stand/dp/B00D9B7OKQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428686530&sr=8-1&keywords=bike+repair+stand and it's pretty good. It could be heavier and more stable, but it's very useable and solid. I'm just grumpy that it gets tippy when I try to stand my TT bike up vertically so I can adjust the direct mount brake under the bottom bracket. If I ever build a shed to store my garage junk (like the patio set, the grill, the lawn mower . . . all the stuff that has no business being in my garage), I would probably buy something like http://www.amazon.com/Conquer-Bench-Mount-Bicycle-Repair/dp/B00KHW8A2Q/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1428686530&sr=8-10&keywords=bike+repair+stand and then mount it to the top of a rolling cabinet toolbox. That way I'd have a handy place to put stuff, and the box should be heavy enough to counterweight the bike in pretty much any position. |
| 2015-04-10 1:19 PM in reply to: 3mar |
Extreme Veteran 959 Greenwood, South Carolina | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions Love my Park Tool bike stand and not to bad on the budget. Just google "Park Tool bike Stand" and you will see adds for about $139. Doesn't take up a lot space and works good. My stand folds up and stays in a corner of my garage. |
| 2015-04-10 2:21 PM in reply to: GODAWGS |
| 409 Durham, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_544950_-1___204680 with an extra 20% off deal they had going I saw this one go for about $115, but the wife still won't let me get one so I can't comment on how good it is. |
| 2015-04-10 2:30 PM in reply to: 3mar |
| Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions I've got this stand. I really like it because I can easily swap between both my road and tri bike without having to worry about a seat post clamp. It folds up nicely and easy to swivel the bike around or adjust the height on the fly. |
| 2015-04-10 4:05 PM in reply to: Jason N |
Champion 9407 Montague Gold Mines, Nova Scotia | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions My favourite stands are like the pros use - hold the bottom brack and front fork. However, I have one with a seatpost clamp that works for my bikes. The biggest recommendation I would have is to get a foldable one; then you can take it with you if you want and when it's not in use (most of the time) it's not taking up much space. Shane |
| 2015-04-10 6:07 PM in reply to: gsmacleod |
| 87 | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions I just bought a park tool pcs-10. I debated getting something cheaper (and here in Aus there's seems to be a small selection), but opted with my hard learned advice of, you get what you pay for. It only arrived last week, but it's had one trial and looks the goods. Folds up pretty nicely as well! |
| 2015-04-10 6:17 PM in reply to: #5107220 |
| 1502 Katy, Texas | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I'm leaning towards the Park Tools. |
| 2015-04-10 7:03 PM in reply to: 3mar |
| Master 10208 Northern IL | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions I picked up the Park Tool PRS 20. Like Shane said, bottom bracket & front fork without worrying about clamping on the frame. |
| 2015-04-11 12:15 AM in reply to: #5107312 |
Member 256 Iowa City, Iowa | Subject: RE: Bike Maintenance Stand Suggestions I made this one out of galvanized steel pipe and it works great! It cost me ~$45 and was a fun project to DIY. http://youtu.be/pxIrqnZRH08 |
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