Recumbent Repair stand

What type of recumbent repair stand do you use???

The top notch bicycle mechanic (I am NOT) decided to try working on my bents. I originally bought a spin Doctor.



The stand was well built and I like that it had a tripod base and folded up into a tall stick. Problem was the jaws. They weren't big enough for any of my recumbents. This was designed for road bikes.

So I ask Mark Powers what stand I should buy and he said he will order you one. So I went to his shop last week and found out it was a Park Tools stand.



I wasn't sure I would like it because it looked like it would fall over. Mark assured me this is the only stand he uses. Last weekend I mounted by Corsa on it and it worked great! This stand also folds up into a tall stick position so I can store it easily in my garage.

Here is a video of it.

 

Home Made

With left over 1/2" softwood plywood and a 2 x 4, I
built a stand that I use all the time to park the bike that
I'm riding.

It cradles the frames behind the head tubes and supports their frames just ahead of the rear dropouts.

The stand doubles as a work stand, of course.
This makes any task extremely simple, from wiping the chain after a ride
and topping up tire pressures to rebuilding and truing wheels.

It cost me a few pieces of yoga mat foam, some contact cement,
clamping time and glue.

Your commercial work stands are awesome:
My problem is that I'm allergic to spending money.

 

Low tech here. If I need to adjust the derailers or otherwise need the back wheel up in the air I use a piece of rope over a hook in the ceiling of my garage. Doesn't get much simpler than that.

 

Nothing wrong with that!!! I used to be the same way.

 

I like it!!!

 

For diamond frames:bike: is use a repair stand similar to the ones in the first post of the thread. That stand won't work with the trikes :trike:.

At home I will use two tables set up in a TEE. If I have to do any work that requires the rear wheel to turn (we have tadpoles) I use a set of rollers that I picked up at Harbor Freight. I will use the rollers on both the floor and the tables.

Just last week while out of town I had to work on the rear of my wife's trike. Of course I did not have the tables or the rollers with me, but I did happen to have a bike rack attached to the back of the truck (I was working a week long bike ride) and a piece of rope. I raised the arms of the rack and with the rope running through one of most outward mounts on the rack I raised the rear of the trike. Easy Peasy she was back on the road. I should have taken a photo of the impromptu repair stand, but...

Gary