I am in the market for a stand. How stable are these when doing heavy work like removing stiff BBs? Are they stable enough when clamped onto the seatpost?

Edited by Matt London on Wednesday 5th January 18:28

Raven Flyer

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Thursday 6th January 2011

Matt,

I am not sure I have ever seen a stand that is stable enough for a BB removal. That's always a bench job for me.

The stand is up to pretty much any other maintenance job though (indexing, brakes, lube/clean, headset work).

Matt London

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Thursday 6th January 2011

Cheers Raven.
I have never had a workstand so didn't know what to expect.

a11y_m

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Matt, I've got that Edinburgh Bicycle stand and it's not stable enough for jobs like BB removal on all my bikes. Depends how tightly it's in I guess, but I usually drop the bike wheels to the floor (but still clamped in) for jobs like that.

I can't access the site from here, but Decathlon have a great stand for around £50. I bought one for a mate's birthday and it's more stable than mine, although the clamp head isn't as good. Still better overall even if it doesn't fold.

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Thanks for the info a11y.
I need a folding stand as I just don't have the room. It sound like the Edinburgh one will be good enough general fettling.

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