First Workstand

cal_stewart

Need a workstand to built first bike on. I have not got a clue aboat workstands so some help would be good. Would like something that will last so no need to be the cheapset

Rodrego Hernandez

Park PRS-20

lesterpiglet

The Revolution Workstand from Edinburgh bicycle coop is in their sale at the minute for £47.99

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?f_ProductID=5379&f_SupersetQRY=C190&f_SortOrderID=1&f_bct=c008921c024731c009296

chaffordred

Here you go::



http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/bike-workstand-53433343/

£50. I have one and have had no issues with it. Very heavy duty and steady. I honestly couldn't do without it now. I also built my first bike on this.

mfin

lesterpiglet wrote:

The Revolution Workstand from Edinburgh bicycle coop is in their sale at the minute for £47.99

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?f_ProductID=5379&f_SupersetQRY=C190&f_SortOrderID=1&f_bct=c008921c024731c009296

got one, brothers got one... at that price, brilliant, solid, well made

giant_man

mfin wrote:

lesterpiglet wrote:

The Revolution Workstand from Edinburgh bicycle coop is in their sale at the minute for £47.99

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?f_ProductID=5379&f_SupersetQRY=C190&f_SortOrderID=1&f_bct=c008921c024731c009296

got one, brothers got one... at that price, brilliant, solid, well made

+1 - great for the price .....

nochekmate

The one from Ribble @ about £50 is usually a pretty popular choice - I bought one on recommendations. Just the job - can be put up/ put away in seconds and very versatile. Has served my bike-building needs fine.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 0000000000

lancejambo

just got one in the post 2mins ago from merlin cycles . BIKE TOOLS WORKSTAND the quality is better than i thought would be an free delivery i recommend £59.35 folds up small as well
do you want to see a pic ?

moonshine

my new ribble workstand was delivered this morning....

not unpacked it yet, but the box says "Raleigh" on it..

lancejambo

+1

But from merlin cycles and cost alittle more than yours

is very nice a proper steel in my opinion

Berk Bonebonce

Putting a frame in a worksatnd became too much hassle for me years ago. And these days with carbon fibre everything you have to be so careful not to cause damage.

If you mess around with bikes for a living then I can see the point of a workstand - saves you a lot of bending over. But then I guess there are those who tinker with bikes every now and again and who might like the appeal of one. A workstand might convey to them an air of 'professionalism'.

*AL*

nochekmate wrote:

The one from Ribble @ about £50 is usually a pretty popular choice - I bought one on recommendations. Just the job - can be put up/ put away in seconds and very versatile. Has served my bike-building needs fine.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 0000000000

This.

1st workstand = last workstand

Berk Bonebonce

Apparently, you only have to take delivery of a workstand for one to make you feel better. And then just imagine how one can make you feel when you got it set up in your little workshop with your carbon fibre 'princess' hanging from it. Wow!

moonshine

Just unpacked the ribble one and i'm seriously impressed - it is really well put together - very impressive - I am surprised how high quality it looks and feels - the upright is about 3" telescopic aluminium and the feet are braced on an external sleave - altogether it would be a good buy at twice the price...

lancejambo

Apparently, you only have to take delivery of a workstand for one to make you feel better. And then just imagine how one can make you feel when you got it set up in your little workshop with your carbon fibre 'princess' hanging from it. Wow!

yep and makes life so much better when cleaning and adjusting the gears plus also looking after the other 2 bikes in the house. i have ocd with cleaning the bike that is worth more than my car (after every ride) a stand makes perfect sence.

paulbox

Berk Bonebonce wrote:

Putting a frame in a worksatnd became too much hassle for me years ago. And these days with carbon fibre everything you have to be so careful not to cause damage.

If you mess around with bikes for a living then I can see the point of a workstand - saves you a lot of bending over. But then I guess there are those who tinker with bikes every now and again and who might like the appeal of one. A workstand might convey to them an air of 'professionalism'.

I don't have a CF frame so don't have that worry, but I find having a workstand to be very useful for tinkering with gear adjustments, brake alignment and even just cleaning my bikes, particularly mtb when it's caked in mud.

hugo15

Another vote for the EBC Revolution stand. Fantastic value at £48.

gsk82

nochekmate wrote:

The one from Ribble @ about £50 is usually a pretty popular choice - I bought one on recommendations. Just the job - can be put up/ put away in seconds and very versatile. Has served my bike-building needs fine.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 0000000000

ts been great for me. i only really use it to clean the gearing and do the odd tweak to limit screws but can't complain.

dilemna

I have a couple ropes with rubberised protective hooks hanging from joists in the garage to hang my bikes on.

cal_stewart

nochekmate wrote:

The one from Ribble @ about £50 is usually a pretty popular choice - I bought one on recommendations. Just the job - can be put up/ put away in seconds and very versatile. Has served my bike-building needs fine.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 0000000000

take it that it clamps to the seatpost

gsk82

Cal_Stewart wrote:

nochekmate wrote:

The one from Ribble @ about £50 is usually a pretty popular choice - I bought one on recommendations. Just the job - can be put up/ put away in seconds and very versatile. Has served my bike-building needs fine.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 0000000000

take it that it clamps to the seatpost

yes it will do seat post or top tube. the clamp is quite chunky though so on one of my bikes i need to raise the seat to clamp it to the seat post

jonmack

I got the Tacx Spider Team in summer and absolutely love it.

http://www.tacx.com/en/producten/fietsg ... r_team.dot

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=15811

giant_man

Ouch that's dear, you can get it for just over a ton at Ribble, I keep meaning to get one though for BB work, do you find it good for regalar maintenance Jon? I have a 'normal' tripod affair for routine work but need something to support the BB area.

jonmack

That was just the first link I found in a hurry last night, if it's cheaper at Ribble then i'd say get one there!

I absolutely love it, when working at Halfords we had decent quality clamp type stands, but I find this so much nicer to work with. I've only removed the cranks on my bikes so far, haven't done any BB work, but it worked nicely for that, I'm not sure if it's better than the clamp types for that kind of work, but I definitely prefer it for everything else.

fish156

So far I haven't found the need for a full workstand. Instead I do all maintenance work using a simple "Minoura Folding Stand" (around £18 ). It's great for washing the bike, tweaking gears, oiling the chain, re-cabling, etc...

lancejambo

its nice then you can get the bike at chest hight and have the wheels off to clean in those hard to reach bits and thats what the workstands do ? as well as all the other advantages that comes with it

natrix

50% off cycling gear at Go Outdoors on Friday 07/01/11

Park work stand at 50% off - you can't go wrong.

cal_stewart

thank i'll be going with the park if i can get the 50% off.

cal_stewart

just seen the one you use jonmack now thats a stand.

giant_man

Nice stand just get it cheaper from Ribble at £103

jonmack

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-t ... 0000000000

Bargain!