repair stand

On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 04:15:07 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote:

John B. writes:

With a high and big enough table, it is
still the issues of protruding stuff on the
handlebar, and imbalance, apart from many
problems that do not benefit from the bike
being upside down...

Good Lord. Bicycles have been turned up side
down for maintenance for a hundred years or
more and now you say it won't work?

It is not optimal for many tasks.

But, when I was 12 years old it worked for every thing I did to my
bicycle then :-)

A long enough table? Squat down, or sit on
a box.

I'll only consider serious suggestions...

Well, seriously :-) buy or make a bike stand.
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cheers,

John B.

John B. writes:

Well, seriously :-) buy or make a bike stand.

Indeed. I have found stands in three shops:

Biltema ("car theme") - height is only
1.5 meter.

Jula - the clamp is really bad. I like to think
my hands aren't the softest but still it hurts
like hell rotating the spring nut. After that,
the frame isn't still.

Skurk Ohlson (Crooks"RUs) - they have an
Italian stand that seems OK, however I have
read a couple of customer reviews on there home
page and the one complain that reoccurs is the
clamp. And that is the thing. I want it to snap
open and then suck the frame shut in
an instant!

So perhaps I need to get this from the UK as
well - only what stand exactly I still don't
know...

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On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 13:01:35 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote:

John B. writes:

Well, seriously :-) buy or make a bike stand.

Indeed. I have found stands in three shops:

Biltema ("car theme") - height is only
1.5 meter.

Jula - the clamp is really bad. I like to think
my hands aren't the softest but still it hurts
like hell rotating the spring nut. After that,
the frame isn't still.

I find that probably the majority of the time I use a stand I just
hang the bike in the clamp without tightening. For example, adjusting
the front or rear derailer there is no need to tighten the clamp.

Skurk Ohlson (Crooks"RUs) - they have an
Italian stand that seems OK, however I have
read a couple of customer reviews on there home
page and the one complain that reoccurs is the
clamp. And that is the thing. I want it to snap
open and then suck the frame shut in
an instant!

So perhaps I need to get this from the UK as
well - only what stand exactly I still don't
know...

I build my own stands but if I were going to buy a stand I would look
seriously at Park Tools. Not always the cheapest but what I have
purchased from them has always been quality equipment.
--
cheers,

John B.

John B. writes:

I find that probably the majority of the time
I use a stand I just hang the bike in the
clamp without tightening. For example,
adjusting the front or rear derailer there is
no need to tighten the clamp.

OK, your stand is better than mine, for sure.

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On Sun, 05 Jun 2016 07:27:09 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote:

John B. writes:

I find that probably the majority of the time
I use a stand I just hang the bike in the
clamp without tightening. For example,
adjusting the front or rear derailer there is
no need to tighten the clamp.

OK, your stand is better than mine, for sure.

Not necessarily better, but certainly cheaper as I built it out of
material left over from other projects :-)



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cheers,

John B.