paxfobiscum wrote:
Before I bought my stand, I tried many different models and brands by borrowing them from friends and teams. I have two mountain bikes, a Tri Bike and four road bikes so I had to get a stand that could be used by all these bikes. These are things I noticed:
Fork clamp stands:
- limited function because you have to remove the front wheel
- cannot work with my Cannondale which has a lefty fork
- cannot work with my Tri bike which has the Di2 battery under the bottom bracket
- cannot flip bike into various angles and positions
Portable stands:
- some are too flimsy
- cannot be used on MTBs which can be quite heavy
- some cannot be used to clamp the aero seatpost of a Tri Bike
- some cannot flip bike into various angles and positions
Ultimately I bought the Park Tool PCS-10 stand for the following reasons:
- sturdy and strong and can handle really heavy MTBs
- still fairly portable and folds down quite well
- the levers allow you to flip the bike vertical or horizontal allowing you to work on various positions
- the positions allow you to bleed the hydraulic brakes of the MTBs
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has accessories to clamp the aero seatpost of my Tri Bike - has all the replacement parts from Park Tool Co
- proven reliability
- Finally, I bought it cheap from ebay.
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Does it come with that accessory? Or is it a separate part? Asking because I'm in the market for a new stand too. Spesh Shiv seatpost appears to be a surplus wing part from Boeing. ;)