Holding handlebars still

Matty1235
Matty1235 Posts: 125
edited November 2008 in Workshop
Hi,

I've started doing more home maintenance to my bikes. I use a park tool stand, but can never keep the handlebars still, and cannot think of an effective way to do so. Anyone had simular problems and come up with a cost effective way of doing so.

Thanks
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  • Slow Downcp
    Slow Downcp Posts: 3,041
    Velcro strap through wheel to downtube, or bars to toptube?
    Carlsberg don't make cycle clothing, but if they did it would probably still not be as good as Assos
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    Slow Downcp wrote:
    Velcro strap through wheel to downtube, or bars to toptube?
    Was just about to post the same thing! I put a length of velcro around the downtube and through the wheel. You can get a roll of thin double-sided velcro for about £3 per roll.
  • wilwil
    wilwil Posts: 374
    There is a gadget especially designed to do this

    http://www.parker-international.co.uk/7 ... older.html
  • Vivid
    Vivid Posts: 267
    Angle the front of the bike downwards.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    'Laccy band round the valve and wrapped around the dountube and back round the valve but this becomes useless if working on the front wheel.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909
    Vivid wrote:
    Angle the front of the bike downwards.

    +1
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm

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