Best budget work stand.

larryb

I could do with a work stand but I am pretty shocked to how much these cost. Essentially they are a few tubes & a clamp. These should not be as expensive as they are, a little like the bike specific pump up pressure washer being a glorified weed sprayer. 10 quid versus 100 for same product. I am looking for alternative ideas like with the weed sprayer that keeps my cost down. Dont really want to spend over 50 quid with a tray. Some may see me as being tight but its alot if a stand thats no engineering acomplishment. I would rather spend the difference on my bike!!!

warpcow

Rosebikes do one with a tray for about £40-50. It's the same model that's sold under various brands for more.

Edit: This is the one http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/xtreme-assembly-stand-s-1300---our-bestseller--/aid:22588 Price seems to have gone up a bit, but they get good reviews.

ricardo_smooth

there are 2 on ribble cycles... one is a alu fold away one (best if you don't have the space to keep it up all the time). One is steel (best if you have space to keep it up all the time). both about £58. I have the alu one that has no problems holding the 32lb bike at all angles. mate has the steel one with similar weights being put on it and does the same, but feels a tab 'sturdier'.

waby1234

Depends what you want it for... I bought a Topeak Flash stand a couple of months ago, perfect for a few adjustments. Obviously not as sturdy or versatile as a proper workstand though but useful nonetheless.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/topeak-flash-stand-workstand/

bluechair84

Price: Nothing...



I is rockin da ghetto!

ricardo_smooth

great until you want to run new gear cables (if they run under the downtube like a lot do, I this isn't a problem for you at present) change the BB, remove the forks etc

larryb

Nice wooden one

The Rose one is perfect but a little to much once you have factored in shipping..

The rigid boss one on ribble is the same as the Rose one but onlt 53.00. May be worth considering if can not get just as good cheaper!!

Raymondavalon

Wait until Lidl have those bargain workstands for £30. Not sure when they'll be available again, but I got one last year and it does the job

too slow to go

I've got the same one as sold by rose, Bought it from decathlon for ~£40 so if you have a store near you go check it out.

mintedox

I was going to mention lidl and aldi ones for thirty quid but they only seem to stock them every few months

tenfoot

Never really needed a stand until the other day, when I came to change the pads on my bike for the first time.

I had to improvise!



The top step was a perfect fit between drop outs and bottom bracket.

It worked ok for this task, but think I'll need to buy one sometime.

plugp7

+1 for Decathlon (Rose) one.
Had it about 2 years now. No probs.

larryb

tenfoot wrote:

Never really needed a stand until the other day, when I came to change the pads on my bike for the first time.

I had to improvise!



The top step was a perfect fit between drop outs and bottom bracket.

It worked ok for this task, but think I'll need to buy one sometime.

Love it ha! Almost as good as the wooden one. At the moment I am reduced to hanging it on a car cycle carrier and is not that stable for spanner work.

monkey_man_1

i have the ally folding one from ribble, got it in one of there sales for about £45. does the job well enough and pretty stable even when the bike is high up. does get a little bt wobbly if your trying to crank hard in a higher gear but im sure most stands would!

if you want the one from rose if you go on facebook and like them you get a £10 off voucher

CUBEical

bluechair84 wrote:

Price: Nothing...



I is rockin da ghetto!

i had thought of making one out of wood

bluechair84

Crikey... I haven't seen that thing in like... a year! It's become wheel chocks for when I'm working under the car, and nibbly things for the rabbits to chew on. I got myself a £60 standfrom ebay which is the best £60 I've ever spent (obviously, I spent a bit too much though. Nuts). Seriously, don't bother with a wooden one. If there's one mantra that I would pass on, it's 'too is often confused with to'. No, that's not it, it's 'A bike is only as good as the tool that maintains it'. Yes, it's a double meaning.

Kowalski675

A couple of weeks back I needed to adjust my front mech. After a couple of minutes head scratching I threaded a ratchet strap through the brace on the back of my (open) garage door, hooked to the saddle rails and rear wheel suspended off the floor. Worked perfectly for that job.

worb68

I had an email recently about this - haven't go it though but looks ok.

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/32634/Ral ... stand.html

CUBEical

think im going to get this one maybe worth a look http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170841344069? ... 1438.l2649

let me know what you think guys

CUBEical

hi guys i have made up my mind and i am going to make my own like this http://www.bicyclebikes.com/bicycle-rep ... plans.html

chrisw333

CUBEical wrote:

hi guys i have made up my mind and i am going to make my own like this http://www.bicyclebikes.com/bicycle-rep ... plans.html

looks clever if you have the parts lying around. But to buy it all from scratch would prob cost as much as one of the Aldi / Lidl / ebay stands?

bluechair84

CUBEical wrote:

hi guys i have made up my mind and i am going to make my own like this http://www.bicyclebikes.com/bicycle-rep ... plans.html

You will be forsaking adjustability though, say, if you wanted to clamp a different part of the bike. And many mountain bikes don't have top tubes that are continually circular, they are often shaped from square to oval or something, so the T bar won't get a good purchase on the tube. Iron pipes... very heavy... not easily collapsed if you want to pack it down or take it somewhere... I can't see what your getting that £30-£60 isn't.

Antm81

Any thoughts on these 2 and the tools that come with them?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320909484604? ... 1423.l2649

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230885353469? ... 1423.l2649

Maro

Got a text from my mate yesterday "are you any good with gears?" so I went round with ma toolbox and had to improvise for a stand, 2 garden patio chairs facing apart and a short plank of wood on top, put the plank through the frame and done!

bluechair84

Antm81 wrote:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230885353469? ... 1423.l2649

I'd go for this one.

CUBEical

i just built one out of wood for £10 lol after going to bnq and every where i could think of couldn't source the stuff needed at a cheap enough price so made a wall bracket with a long arm coming out with a fork on the end and just rest my seat in the tie up with a bungee stop it coming out n going to start my rebuild today . will get up a pic too
so you can either luagth or admire my creation (bodge job)