Do you have a bike repair stand?
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A cheap repair stand is almost useless. Get the best stand that you can afford. I am speaking from experience as I have had both.
As the others say, pay for a good one. I would recommend one in which a clamp is used to attach your bike (eg Park Tools). This is far more flexible as you can attach the bike via the top tube, seat tube, upside down etc depending on what part of the bike you are working on. The other type simply supports your stand; usually from the bottom bracket and along the down tube near the forks. They might also come with a 'clamp' to stop the front wheel from spinning. I don't find this type to be as flexible to use.
I like to use the stand as it means less bending down when working on the bottom bracket, cranks, pedals, deraillleurs and so on.
I like to use the stand as it means less bending down when working on the bottom bracket, cranks, pedals, deraillleurs and so on.
I have an Ultimate Pro. Works great and makes cleaning and adjusting a lot easier than not having any stand at all.
I would not buy a really cheap, flimsy stand but I think the mid-range stands work about as well as the top end stands do.
You can sometimes find the Ultimate Pro on sale for around $140 USD, which is about the regular cost of the Consumer model.
I would not buy a really cheap, flimsy stand but I think the mid-range stands work about as well as the top end stands do.
You can sometimes find the Ultimate Pro on sale for around $140 USD, which is about the regular cost of the Consumer model.
I have one of these: http://www.deanwoods.com.au/store/prod606.htm excellent for cleaning and adjusting the drive train. 
\mysrh said:
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No.
Three bikes, ride through the winter and find cleaning/tuning simple without one.
It would cost and take up room in my garage.
Cleaning - for the monthly - put bike up against the back fence, spray on biodegradeable degreaser, leave for a few minutes and hose off. Wait until bike is dry and wipe over with a clean rag and re lube.
Stand needed - no.
Mine is a homebuilt made of cast iron with a park tools clamp attached. I think I got the clamp second hand from a bike shop for $20 and invested less than $25 at lowes for the rest. It bolts securely to my workbench and I can clamp the bike in any position I want with a quick adjustment on the stand angle. Cast iron is cooler looking than painted alu any day of the week! Cleaning is a snap when you can flip the bike in seconds to get to the drivetrain. When I don't need it, I simply remove the bolts and hang it on the wall next to the bike. It actually takes me less time to get it set up then any of the commercial models I've seen. Not a solution I can take on the road though.
Is it possible to get a stand like the bike shops have installed? The kind where the pole gets inserted into the ground. That would be pretty sweet to have in your garage or something, eh?
Bigbananabike said:
Yeah, I guess I would find cleaning & tuning simple without a bike stand too ...if I had a garage and a fenced-in back yard.
But in the Dining Room of my 4th floor apartment, a bike stand is a necessity. And +1 to Robert Gardner who said "A cheap repair stand is almost useless. Get the best stand that you can afford."
Park PRS-2 OS dual clamp or the Park PRS-3 OS single clamp. There's a bunch of other brands or who pro / workshop type stands too..Syrio Forel said:
I went with a Spin Doctor stand I bought from Performance Bike for $79.99
http://www.performancebike.com/shop/Profile.cfm?SKU=18819&item=40-1993&slitrk=schamp&slisearch=true
I makes it easy to clean and make adjustments.
http://www.performancebike.com/shop/Profile.cfm?SKU=18819&item=40-1993&slitrk=schamp&slisearch=true
I makes it easy to clean and make adjustments.
That's what my bike is currently sleeping ingclark8 said:I have one of these: http://www.deanwoods.com.au/store/prod606.htm excellent for cleaning and adjusting the drive train.
A stand certainly makes life easier, for general maintenance, repairs or washing down your bike. I took an old bike rack, the type that fitted on the tow bar and made a bracket to mount it to the wall. Conveinetlly placed at the garage door so all the tools i need is in reach and i have a tap and hose right there.
I looked into them and found them to be very expensive for the good ones, so I used my noggin and came up with a homemade deal made out of a row exercise machine a neighbor was tossing. It's a two part system, the first part folds up to the ceiling when not in use, and the foldaway stand holds the front wheel while the bike is in the air. It works excellent and saves space in my shop.
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