I agree with Patrick's suggestion, get a good one. I bought a decent stand
with REI rebates one year (LOTS of camping equipment bought that year!).
I've had the "Ultimate" repair stand for 20 years now and have never liked
it but can't justify a new one. Things I suggest watching for (that I have
disliked) is the clearance and the clamping. The clamp on mine has to be
screwed down with a knob. This is very difficult to do while you are
holding 25-35# of bike in the other hand. The clearances are also a
problem. Unless I have it held just right, the pedal hits the stand
(damned tripod!). Do the research and spring for the good one because even
a bad one may last a lifetime. Post mounted tool trays are helpful
additions as well.
John
On Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 2:28:42 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> Yes, the most important piece of wrenching kit after your allens, combo
> wrenches, cassette/bb/headset tools, and your hammer, screwdrivers, and
> pliers. ("After" because a stand is not much use if you haven't the tools
> to use it with.)
>
> I chose an inexpensive Park "consumer" model (this about 1996-7) and I
> would have been better off with a more sophisticated clamp. I have a decent
> Feedback now, but my ideal, with a garage of my own to do what I like with,
> would be one of the old, massively heavy VAR workstands, or something
> similar rigged up at home, like Stevie's which has a base made from a
> concrete filled tire. The heavier and less movable, the better. No damned
> tripods; a 50 lb base, or something bolted to the floor. I may have to try
> rigging up some sort of floor mount, or at least a heavy base, for mine.
>
> Point being: spend the money for a good one.
>
> Patrick Moore, who used to overhaul cup and cone bbs holding the bike up
> with his forehead (and even, way back, using hammer and nail for the
> adjustable cup and lockring)
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Tony DeFilippo <vpi...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Treat yourselves to a stand... It revolutionized my wrenching enjoyment.
>>
>
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