Guinessisgoodforyou
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Why would you tun a bike upside down? Horrible imo.
Park race stand mods for modern rigs (BRING OUT YOUR STANDS…)
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2manyoranges
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Spot on.
I use the race stand for messing with transmission, cleaning and other jobs…and then switch to other stand for front end. I see this same switching at DH races with many teams having both styles of stand. I do have the luxury of some space to do that, albeit a bit cramped now that it’s full of biomass boiler.
Have always turned my bikes upside down, while working on gears or wheels/tyres and to build them up until the wheels are fitted, which is pretty much the final part apart from grips really.
I have a couple of nice stands, which I do use, mostly for storage as it keeps the bikes out of the way, a lot more hassle setting up and putting the bikes in then just flipping them, especially for little jobs.
In response to the OP i did recently buy a Tacx Team stand cheap, £15, which is quite nice, tilts and swivels 360deg which is good for moving it out the way when going by. The whole qr axle part slides out so you can fit bolt through axles in, not sure about length of actual bar though for longer frames, luckily I have no newer longer frames, looks like it will take the weight of heavier dh frames though.
I have a couple of nice stands, which I do use, mostly for storage as it keeps the bikes out of the way, a lot more hassle setting up and putting the bikes in then just flipping them, especially for little jobs.
In response to the OP i did recently buy a Tacx Team stand cheap, £15, which is quite nice, tilts and swivels 360deg which is good for moving it out the way when going by. The whole qr axle part slides out so you can fit bolt through axles in, not sure about length of actual bar though for longer frames, luckily I have no newer longer frames, looks like it will take the weight of heavier dh frames though.
To be fair, for most of the riders on here it's not intentional, it's just the way we crash.
I bleed/adjust disc brakes with the bike the right way up, but lent against a wall rather than in a stand.
I'd love to be able to use a stand, but it seems very faffy. What do you do if you have a particularly recalcitrant BB for example? I can't imagine any stand having enough stabiity to cope with a bike undergoing significant persuading.
27motorhead
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Love that Blackburn stand. It might be nearer 30 years old than 20? That formed the inspiration for a CDT bike stand project I designed & built...
grantoury
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Recently I had a BB that needed some persuasion to come out. I put the bike on its wheels for that.
I don't find a stand a faff. It would be ideal if it could have its own permanent place, but who has the space.
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Yes it’s a brilliant piece of design and really simple to manufacture - as the designer intended. They come up occasionally. I wish that they still made them. It‘s great that you based your design work around It. Imagine one in raw stainless…..yum.
