Park PRS-20 Professional Race Stand ?

BikeyGuy said:

Park has a new stand for 2004. The PRS-20 Professional Race Stand.
Has anyone used this stand? Comments?

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Never seen one in person, just pictures. I guess that my first thoughts are (versus a conventional clamp-style):
Pluses:
Holds bike very securely
Holds handlebars rigidly for working on taping, brifters etc.
Compact for transport

Minuses:
Requires removal of front wheel
A bit more involved procedure for clamping it in than a PCS-4 single clamp.
No vertical rotation
Holds handlebars rigidly (see pluses above) making fork removal awkward.

My main concern from the pictures, however, is why Chris Van Roosbroeck chooses to stand on a sheer sheet of ice to work and clean a bike when a clear spot of pavement is about a meter away.🙄

serenaslu said:

Never seen one in person, just pictures. I guess that my first thoughts are (versus a conventional clamp-style):
Pluses:
Holds bike very securely
Holds handlebars rigidly for working on taping, brifters etc.
Compact for transport

Minuses:
Requires removal of front wheel
A bit more involved procedure for clamping it in than a PCS-4 single clamp.
No vertical rotation
Holds handlebars rigidly (see pluses above) making fork removal awkward.

My main concern from the pictures, however, is why Chris Van Roosbroeck chooses to stand on a sheer sheet of ice to work and clean a bike when a clear spot of pavement is about a meter away.🙄

Actually, the clamping arrangement can be reversed if you need to work on the front stuff like headsets. There are 2 clamps, one for the front and the other for the rear. So, you can actually swap.

I'm actually looking at it too, and comtemplating between it and the Tacx Cyclespider Team.