Shop bike repair stand?

[KLF]

I'm gonna get my bike back on the road after too many years of it hanging in the garage. It needs a full teardown and rebuild, so I need a stand to hold it. Any homebrew stands out there that work well? I'd rather make one, probably hang it off a Workmate.

 

[ErikinSC]

You can buy the Park clamp only and fab it up to something else. Otherwise just buy a front skewer mount and a Workmate stand should be solid we ought to hold it....

 

[2mbb]

You can hang it from the ceiling with a couple of ropes. It will swing around a bit but it's a cheap way to go.

 

[KLF]

Here's what I came up with, proof that there's nothing I can't over-engineer.

Bike on stand. Bucket is counter balance, about half full of sand.

I have several bikes to work on so I made the bottom bracket saddle adjustable for different wheelbases

Whipped up the fork mount with some scrap steel I had, and a skewer I scavenged off a bike that was in the scrap metal pile at the dump

While I had the welder out, I made a truing jig that uses my dial indicator, it works really well

Made the entire thing with scrap wood, steel, and hardware I had in the garage, total cost was $0.

 

[muddpigg]

Nice stand!!

 

[Dirtgypsy]

full win right there!

 

[sseaman]

There are some reasonably priced stands on Amazon with good reviews, and clamps you could bolt just about anywhere


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[tag3]

Lengthen that front der. housing.

 

[KLF]

Lengthen that front der. housing.

No can do. That's the original stainless coil-spring cable housing. Ferrules are brazed on.