Repair Stand Advise?

[Ben]

Fellow 'benters,

What repair stand, if any, do you use? I have a Canto and the Performance stand I use for my upright does not work.

I'd like to avoid dropping a C-note on a repair stand, but I may not have a choice.

If you don't use a stand, how do you adjust your shifters, etc.

Always willing to learn from my 'bent colleagues,
Ben

 

[Cletus Lee]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> Fellow 'benters,
>
> What repair stand, if any, do you use? I have a Canto and the Performance stand I use for my
> upright does not work.
>
> I'd like to avoid dropping a C-note on a repair stand, but I may not have a choice.
>
> If you don't use a stand, how do you adjust your shifters, etc.
>
> Always willing to learn from my 'bent colleagues, Ben
>

After many years of not using a stand at all, I 'Dropped a C Note' (and then some) on a Park Home
Repair Stand http://www.parktool.com/tools/PCS_4.shtml And an Extreme Range Clamp
http://www.parktool.com/tools/100_5X.shtml

This has proved the best treat I ever gave myself since I got my first recumbent.
--

Cletus D. Lee Bacchetta Giro Lightning Voyager http://www.clee.org
- Bellaire, TX USA -

 

[Ben]

Cletus,

A recommendation from you means alot. I've been looking at those myself. I suppose I'll have to give myself the same gift.

Thanks,
Ben

 

[Jim H]

Park's stuff is always high quality. But I wish they'd make a cheaper alternative to the combination
of stand Extreme Range Clamp. It's overkill for the recumbent owner. I don't need 'extreme' range,
just a basic clamp that's somewhat bigger than what I have now.

 

[Baronn1]

I have a Ultimate Bicycle Support stand that works great for my mountain bike, but not my Giro. The
clamp works like a bench vise. I was loathe to trade it for a Park stand, so I could plunk down
another $140 for an extreme range clamp. So... About $3.00 later, I have a very serviceable adapter.
Materials are a 11" long 2x4, and two hooks from a hw store. The hooks are U-shaped, with a screw
centered in them, designed to screw into your shed wall and hold a shovel. I cut the 2x4 into an
elongated U shape by taking 5" out of the center of 1 long edge, half as deep as the width. This
accomodates the Baccheta seat clamp, your bent might not require it. The U hooks are mounted along
that same edge, about 7" apart, centered on the 2x4 length and width. Looks like this:

__|__ _|__ _U_
| |___________| |
| |
|__________________| | End view

One bungee around the stad's vertical post, and hooked into the underseat pannier holes stabilizes
the bike nicely. A length of tire tube,. split along the length and place in the U's prior to
placing the bike protects the finish and adds grip to eliminate the bike from rolling to either
side. With a little geometry applied, the same jig could work in a Park stand, and handle various
monotube bikes. If you'd like to see pics, email me directly. Or, I will make you one for $59. You
can then buy a UBS stand, and still be ahead of the game over buying the park stand and the extreme
range clamp.

"Cletus Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> > Fellow 'benters,
> >
> > What repair stand, if any, do you use? I have a Canto and the Performance stand I use for my
> > upright does not work.
> >
> > I'd like to avoid dropping a C-note on a repair stand, but I may not have a choice.
> >
> > If you don't use a stand, how do you adjust your shifters, etc.
> >
> > Always willing to learn from my 'bent colleagues, Ben
> >
>
> After many years of not using a stand at all, I 'Dropped a C Note' (and
then some) on a Park
> Home Repair Stand http://www.parktool.com/tools/PCS_4.shtml And an Extreme Range Clamp
> http://www.parktool.com/tools/100_5X.shtml
>
> This has proved the best treat I ever gave myself since I got my first
recumbent.
> --
>
> Cletus D. Lee Bacchetta Giro Lightning Voyager http://www.clee.org
> - Bellaire, TX USA -

 

[Baronn1]

OOPS, my "graphic" got mangled

__|__ side view _|__ _U_
| |___________| | | |
| | | |
|__________________ | | | End view

"baronn1" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I have a Ultimate Bicycle Support stand that works great for my mountain bike, but not my Giro.
> The clamp works like a bench vise. I was loathe
to
> trade it for a Park stand, so I could plunk down another $140 for an
extreme
> range clamp. So... About $3.00 later, I have a very serviceable adapter. Materials are a
11"
> long 2x4, and two hooks from a hw store. The hooks are U-shaped, with a screw centered in them,
> designed to screw into your shed wall and hold a shovel. I cut the 2x4 into an elongated U shape
> by taking 5" out of the center of 1 long edge, half as deep as the width. This accomodates the
> Baccheta seat clamp, your bent might not require it. The U hooks are mounted along that same edge,
> about 7" apart, centered on the 2x4 length
and
> width. Looks like this:
>
> __|__ _|__ _U_
> | |___________| |
> | |
> |__________________|
|
> | End view
>
> One bungee around the stad's vertical post, and hooked into the underseat pannier holes stabilizes
> the bike nicely. A length of tire tube,. split along the length and place in the U's prior to
> placing the bike protects
the
> finish and adds grip to eliminate the bike from rolling to either side. With a little geometry
> applied, the same jig could work in a Park stand,
and
> handle various monotube bikes. If you'd like to see pics, email me directly. Or, I will make you
> one for $59. You can then buy a UBS stand, and still be ahead of the game over buying the park
> stand and the extreme range clamp.
>
>
> "Cletus Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
> > > Fellow 'benters,
> > >
> > > What repair stand, if any, do you use? I have a Canto and the Performance stand I use for my
> > > upright does not work.
> > >
> > > I'd like to avoid dropping a C-note on a repair stand, but I may not have a choice.
> > >
> > > If you don't use a stand, how do you adjust your shifters, etc.
> > >
> > > Always willing to learn from my 'bent colleagues, Ben
> > >
> >
> > After many years of not using a stand at all, I 'Dropped a C Note' (and
> then some) on a Park
> > Home Repair Stand http://www.parktool.com/tools/PCS_4.shtml And an Extreme Range Clamp
> > http://www.parktool.com/tools/100_5X.shtml
> >
> > This has proved the best treat I ever gave myself since I got my first
> recumbent.
> > --
> >
> > Cletus D. Lee Bacchetta Giro Lightning Voyager http://www.clee.org
> > - Bellaire, TX USA -

 

[Greg Dunn]

If you have a garage, a couple of ropes hanging from hooks screwed into the rafters make a very
flexible repair stand that will accomodate just about anything you throw at it.

--
Greg Dunn www.BicycleCommuter.com

"Ben" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Fellow 'benters,
>
> What repair stand, if any, do you use? I have a Canto and the Performance stand I use for my
> upright does not work.
>
> I'd like to avoid dropping a C-note on a repair stand, but I may not have a choice.
>
> If you don't use a stand, how do you adjust your shifters, etc.
>
> Always willing to learn from my 'bent colleagues, Ben
>
>
>
> --
> >--------------------------<
> Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com

 

[Geob]

> If you have a garage, a couple of ropes hanging from hooks screwed into the rafters make a very
> flexible repair stand that will accomodate just about anything you throw at it.

I currently use nylon web tie-downs with the buckle thingee so you can tighten them (shorten them).
I hang them from the overhead bar on my roll-up garage door. Kind of a hassle.

I am making the PVC repair stand that has been mentioned somewhere, probably this list. If yer
interested I'll dig up the plans complete with digitized anotated picture. The fella who built it
used 3/4" pipe, I'm using 1". Prolly either wil work fine. I have some foam pipe insulation that
I slip over the horizontal arms thatsupport the bike frame in order to provide grip and protect
the paint.

 

[Greg Dunn]

Gee, that stand has gotten around.

Thank you for the offer of pictures...but I have them because I designed and built the stand:

http://www.bicyclecommuter.com/PVCWorkStand.htm

A certain recumbent dealer was taking credit for it for a while, but I wrote him when that came to
my attention, and he said that a former employee had designed it and claimed it as his own. Said
dealer then removed the plans from his web site, even though all I asked was that he properly
acknowledge me as the designer. I was sorry to see him take them down, because he had written up
some nice construction detail that was a good addition to the original material, and which would be
helpful to prospective builders of the stand.

The pipe insulation for the arms sounds like a good enhancement!

--
Greg Dunn www.BicycleCommuter.com

"GeoB" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > If you have a garage, a couple of ropes hanging from hooks screwed into the rafters make a very
> > flexible repair stand that will accomodate just about anything you throw at it.
>
> I currently use nylon web tie-downs with the buckle thingee so you can tighten them (shorten
> them). I hang them from the overhead bar on my roll-up garage door. Kind of a hassle.
>
> I am making the PVC repair stand that has been mentioned somewhere, probably this list. If yer
> interested I'll dig up the plans complete with digitized anotated picture. The fella who built it
> used 3/4" pipe, I'm using 1". Prolly either wil work fine. I have some foam pipe insulation that
> I slip over the horizontal arms thatsupport the bike frame in order to provide grip and protect
> the paint.

 

[Geob]

> Thank you for the offer of pictures...but I have them because I designed and built the stand:

Thank YOU, Greg! I appreciate you making it available, in whatever form you did. It always helps if
someone has already built something so others can benefit from the mistakes made the first time.
Well, I mean, if I had built it the first time, *I* would have made mistakes.