Work stands?

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Can anyone recommend a good work stand?
I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.
Advice anyone?

Make one. ;-) I've seen plenty of DIY pics/designs on the Web. FWIW, I
made mine out of a drum cymbal stand and a drum rack clamp I wasn't using.
If you really want to just buy one I've heard good things about Park Tools'
and Ultimate Support Systems' stands. Check www.roadbikereview.com
---
Splat

I have the Park home version, and have used it extensively for 10+ years
with absolutely NO trouble.
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Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend a good work stand?

I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.

Advice anyone?

Thanks

I have the Park Deluxe Home Stand, and I'm happy with it except for the
fact that I have to raise my seat in order to clamp the seatpost. If I
was buying again, I'd make sure the clamp was small enough to clamp the
seatpost without raising the seat.

Get the superbly engineered Ultimate [consumer model] work stand!

Very stable. Folds up compactly (including the legs). Versatile head.
Not necessary to extend seatpost to clamp it. Very easy to adjust for
whatever bike position you want, and the bike stays put.

Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend a good work stand?

I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.

Advice anyone?

I screwed two big eyebolts into the rafters of my carport (spaced a
little longer than my bike's overall length). When I want to work on my
bike I put a piece of webbing through the two eye bolts, tie one end
around the seatpost, hoist the bike up, and then tie the other end to
the handlebar stem using a slipknot. The bike wobbles from side to side
a bit, but think of the things you can buy for your bike with the money
you save.

Andy

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Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend a good work stand?

I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.

Advice anyone?

Cheap way to go is to get a piece of rope and attach it to your cieling. Then
you can tie the other end to your seat. You can then work on the bike. Cost
is minimal.
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Alex

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Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend a good work stand?

I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.

Advice anyone?

Thanks

A quality work stand will probably last your lifetime.

You won't be disappointed.

http://www.parktool.com/

--
DTW .../\.../\.../\...

I've spent most of my money on mountain biking and windsurfing.
The rest, I've just wasted.

Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend a good work stand?

I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.

Advice anyone?

Thanks

Ooh, ooh! I know! Turn the world upside-down! Cost is nothing!

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

D T W .../\... said:

A quality work stand will probably last your lifetime.
You won't be disappointed.
http://www.parktool.com/

I think I agree.

Yes. It's like the old saying: "If you buy the best, you only cry once."

A workstand is almost a necessity for me, since I only have a storage
shed in the back yard and no garage.

I bit the bullet as I'm new to cycling and eager to throw money around
freely (not really) but decided to get a work stand and found a new Park
PCS-1 for $115. Seems stable and well thought. I checked out the slightly
more expensive Ultimate stands and they're nice and fold up a bit more
compact. Park has a clamp head, Ultimate screws in. Park has grooves for
cables, Ultimate doesn't. Park has to readjust set screws (no big deal) for
different tubes sizes, Ultimate doesn't since it screws on.

But the Park has a new wheel truing attachment for the PCS-1, I picked on up
new for $20. Now all I have to do is learn how to use it.

Rick
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Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend a good work stand?

I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.

Advice anyone?

Thanks

Quoted message said:

Cheap way to go is to get a piece of rope and attach it to your cieling. Then
you can tie the other end to your seat. You can then work on the bike. Cost
is minimal.
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Alex

I tried that, but it was really hard to put any kind of torque on
certain parts of the bike without it swaying about and hitting you in
the head.

Robin.

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Get the superbly engineered Ultimate [consumer model] work stand!

Very stable. Folds up compactly (including the legs). Versatile head.
Not necessary to extend seatpost to clamp it. Very easy to adjust for
whatever bike position you want, and the bike stays put.

I totally agree. I had the Park consumer stand and hated it. I switched to
the Ultimate and love it. It can clamp any bike without havingto use the
seat post.

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Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend a good work stand?

I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.

Advice anyone?

Thanks

I have the Topeak, its pretty robust - Two years and no problems yet.
It even folds up nicely for road trips.

http://www.topeak.com/products/stand_002.html

It's bigger than it looks. (the stand that is)

Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend a good work stand?

I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.

I got this one for $90:

http://www.supergo.com/profile.cfm?LPROD_ID=25223&lmfg_id=&searchtext=stand&referpage=

It's been marked down again, this time to $80. Holds the
bike. Folds for transport or storage. The head rotates
so you can clamp the top tube or seatpost or adjust to
slanted tubes.

I don't think the tool shelf is standard equipment, though; I didn't
get one with mine.

--Blair
"So cheap I want two."

Per Frank Drackman:

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I totally agree. I had the Park consumer stand and hated it. I switched to
the Ultimate and love it. It can clamp any bike without havingto use the
seat post.

I find my Ultimate's clamp adjuster tb a nuisance. I've seen newer ones which
look like they've changed it for the better. Look for something that you can
easily spin with one hand while holding the bike in place with the other.
--
PeteCresswell

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Quoted message said:

Can anyone recommend a good work stand?

I'm looking for something to have at home. I'm guessing I want to
spend less than $200. Maybe much less. I just want something to hold
the bike so I can have good access to it for working and cleaning.

Advice anyone?

Cheap way to go is to get a piece of rope and attach it to your cieling. Then
you can tie the other end to your seat. You can then work on the bike. Cost
is minimal.

I have a couple of ropes that I hang from my garage ceiling -- can work
on 2 bikes at once! I just knot a couple of loops at different heights
and stick the saddle nose through them -- handy for cleaning, lubing and
tire filling.

For serious work, I use a mag trainer, the kind that clamps the rear
wheel QR. One advantage of this over a work stand is that you can hop on
and pedal the bike with realistic loads to check shifting and creaks --
of course you get a trainer for free, too.

For storing my bike tools and sitting while working, I use a Rubbermaid
toolbox which has legs to double as a seat/step stool -- very handy.

<http://www.promote24-7.com/catalog/keychains/rubbermaid-step-stool-toolboxes-20.htm>

Frank Drackman said:

I totally agree. I had the Park consumer stand and hated it. I switched to
the Ultimate and love it. It can clamp any bike without havingto use the
seat post.

Just to clarify, with the Park Deluxe stand you're not forced to use
the seatpost, but if you have a lightweight frame, you SHOULD use the
seatpost. In my case, the clamp is too wide to use the seatpost without
raising the seat.

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Quoted message said:

Cheap way to go is to get a piece of rope and attach it to your cieling.
Then you can tie the other end to your seat. You can then work on the
bike. Cost is minimal.
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Alex

I tried that, but it was really hard to put any kind of torque on certain
parts of the bike without it swaying about and hitting you in the head.

Robin.

I'm laughing because I went over a person's house to purchase a Cinelli
handlebar Model 66 he had advertised. In his living-room he had an
immaculate blue Gios hanging with rope from the ceiling for display only.
In his bedroom he had another immaculate blue Gios and in the hallway he had
a Masi, all hanging from the ceiling. He wasn't married, so I guess it was
ok.
-tom

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Per Frank Drackman:

Quoted message said:

I totally agree. I had the Park consumer stand and hated it. I switched
to
the Ultimate and love it. It can clamp any bike without havingto use the
seat post.

I find my Ultimate's clamp adjuster tb a nuisance. I've seen newer ones
which
look like they've changed it for the better. Look for something that you
can
easily spin with one hand while holding the bike in place with the other.
--
PeteCresswell

I must have the newer model. I push the clamp in, and hold, with left hand
then screw to desired tightness with right hand. It is great for carbon
frames.

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