Workstand?

FunkMaster007

Hey Guys,

I am looking for a workstand to use to clean and work on my bikes ... but are there any stands out there that are actually affordable ... as one of the one's I've seen is a Park Tool and it's like £200 *sigh*

nicklouse

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Sear ... workstands


£55 and up.. scroll down

FunkMaster007

sweet ... thanks man! Clearly I was not looking properly

Si78

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BIKE-CYCLE-BICYCL ... 7C294%3A50

exactly the same as the £55 one on Chainreactioncycles site.
£35 including postage.

Si

antfly

It says you shouldn`t use it on a carbon bike.

Andy B

yup, stick a seatpost in the frame & clamp to that rather than the frame, it's the best way to clamp any frame.

nicklouse

Andy_B wrote:

yup, stick a seatpost in the frame & clamp to that rather than the frame, it's the best way to clamp any frame.

+1

does not matter is the seat post is carbon as that is designed to be clamped.

wemac

Ribble do a couple for around £55

davebarrie

I got one of these:

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product.asp? ... rc=froogle

but for £20 off ebay.

They are more stable than the clamp stands, and allow you to be able to work on both sides of the bike without changing anything. Plus they fold up really small. I think it's a cracking buy.

Just have to make sure the little frame clamp fits - oversized downtubes would be problematic.

Northwind

£70 to Merlin gets you a Minoura W3100, I love mine... Very solid, fantastic clamp. Bit cumbersome though, it's a big old thing. Nicer than the Park Tools stand I've used occasionally, IMO.

Inverted8

I bought one from Halfords. Yes Halfords. It cost £79

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_210155

Very strong and stable, not the lightest so ideal for home use. I can't really fault it for the money. You can always peel the Bikehut sticker off!