Bike stuff

[johnridley]

I've decided I absolutely need a repair stand. It's getting ridiculous working without one; the bike tipping over and ramming various bits into the pavement, bending stuff, landing on my feet and knocking over stuff.

I've ruled out < $50 crap stands, I'm deciding between $120 consumer stands and $200 low-end pro stands. Or just banging together some 2x4s. The main problem with 2x4 stands is that they'll either be anchored to the wall of the garage and therefore probably impossible to get at sometimes, or they'll be huge and unweildy, so they're probably out.

I will probably wind up with a $200 stand. The guy at the LBS is pushing the Topeak Pro, but it looks like that's a rebadged Feedback Sports BRS-80R, which in turn is an Ultimate Stands spinoff (the people who make professional sound equipment stands, made bike stands for a few years then spun them off). It does look like a nice stand, I can get it for $190 online with free shipping, we'll see what the LBS can do.

I think this is one of those times where I should just spend the money. It's the sort of thing that could be a pain in the ass to use and fall to crap in a few years, or be very nice to use and last forever, depending on quality.

Comments

[c0nsumer.livejournal.com]

I should have added this. Mine is this one but Ultimate branded as seen here. It takes a bit longer to open the head, but I don't need to do so frequently so it's not really a concern.

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

I was just going to ask for particulars. I think I'll probably go for the next one up. It's $150 for the one, $190 for the other. For that much difference I'm inclined to just drop the money on it and not worry about whether I should have gotten the other one. If it were between $190 and the $110 one I'd think again, but the $110 one looks pretty junky.

[c0nsumer.livejournal.com]

At that price difference I'd agree. I think I got mine on some large discount at REI, costing something like $129 or $119 after I ended up returning and re-purchasing it with a discount.

I've also got a few Feedback / Ultimate Rakk stands which I use for storing bikes and I really like them as well. I'm actually able to do most repairs / maintenance in the Rakk stand. The floor stand only comes out when I need the bike suspended to do drivetrain/brake adjustments.