Park Bike repair stand

[mrcpea]

Hi all,
seriously looking for a good repair stand. Are these worth the money, or are there as good for less.
Over to you for some valued advice..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Park-Tool-PCS ... 540950bb36

Many thanks

Richard

 

[Jonny69]

I'll describe an alternative which might help make your mind up.

I've got a LIDL £35 fold up one. It's ok. It folds up and extends which is handy. When opened out, the legs extend front and back so it takes up a lot more space than that one does. It is sturdy and you can rotate the bike on the clamp. The clamp doesn't lock off very tight so it won't hold a bike at a funny angle. Probably the most annoying thing is you can't rotate the cranks all the way round with pedals on them because it catches the stand, which sort of defeats the point of it for a lot of gear adjustments, chain related stuff etc which is easier with the bike up the right way but off the floor. I don't use it much.

My thoughts on that one. Pros: Nothing there that will have the crank rotation problem though, legs only extend forward so you could work next to a wall rather than only in the middle of the floor. Cons: looks a bit like it might be bendy.

Park stuff is usually pretty good though, even their budget tools.

 

[Johnsqual]

Re:

I bought the mid-price workstand from Decathlon about a year ago. It costs 60 euros.

Overall, I am quite happy with it. It's solid and stable, the only problem is that the rubber grips on the clamp that protect the frame come off very easily.

It doesn't fold, though, and does take up a bit of room. You either have to take it apart when you don't need it, or find somewhere to store it

 

[JeRkY]

I'll describe an alternative which might help make your mind up.

I've got a LIDL £35 fold up one. It's ok. It folds up and extends which is handy. When opened out, the legs extend front and back so it takes up a lot more space than that one does. It is sturdy and you can rotate the bike on the clamp. The clamp doesn't lock off very tight so it won't hold a bike at a funny angle. Probably the most annoying thing is you can't rotate the cranks all the way round with pedals on them because it catches the stand, which sort of defeats the point of it for a lot of gear adjustments, chain related stuff etc which is easier with the bike up the right way but off the floor. I don't use it much.

My thoughts on that one. Pros: Nothing there that will have the crank rotation problem though, legs only extend forward so you could work next to a wall rather than only in the middle of the floor. Cons: looks a bit like it might be bendy.

Park stuff is usually pretty good though, even their budget tools.

I also have a Lidl stand and can perfectly happily rotate the cranks, at least when the clamp is fully extended. Also able to lock the bike off at all sorts of angles, I guess it depends on the weight of the bike?

 

[MrW]

My Lidl bike stand does everything that I ask of it.

I'm sure that there are more expensive and better ones out there, but as a starter, this does the job!

 

[highlandsflyer]

The last LIDL one I encountered had a crappy plastic clamp and would not hold a bike well at all. Add to that how cumbersome the stand was, which despite a wide spread was far too easy to trip up on.

The PCS-9 is quality kit. I can't understand people spending 1000s on bikes but willing to part with so little on what is arguably the most important of basic workshop equipment. Harrumph!

Besides which if you shop around you can get it for just over £70 delivered!

 

[Deleted member 24574]

Hi all,
seriously looking for a good repair stand. Are these worth the money, or are there as good for less.
Over to you for some valued advice..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Park-Tool-PCS ... 540950bb36

Many thanks

Richard

I have that one - does the job ... never had any problems.

 

[barry2017]

I had a Cinelli one for a while.

It was brilliant for road bikes, but useless for anything else.

The one I have now is one of the little steel things that just holds your back wheel off the ground. I reckon it's as good as any of the non-professional ones. None of the home repair stands are any cop when you have to give things welly. You have to sit down to work, which is not the end of the world.

Mine was £12 at Decathlon. Lots of other places seem to do much the same thing for about the same price.

 

[Martin Rattler]

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I too have the £35 Lidl one. I have used it quite a lot, well constantly really for about three years and think it is excellent. I don't think that you really need to spend any more than this unless perhaps you have a shop.

 

[highlandsflyer]

I wonder how many of these contributors have actually used a proper stand?

Really, unless the LIDL ones have changed radically they are a compromise.