homemade bike working stand

[max123]

I have been wanting a bike stand so that i could work on my bike without flipping it over over leaning it against something. I wanted to work on ym bike rightside up and have the rear wheel be able to spin. so i made this. the rear wheel can spin, and the bike is held up by the chainstay. I havent tested sitting on it yet because I dont think it is strong enough but i dont really need to.

[q_ball2]

thats a good idea,
before i was able to get a bike stand, I went to home-depot and bought a series of pipes, bends, and a vice. The unfortune thing is it takes a while to get it flat. but it worked pretty well. just make sure the vice has some cloth on it so it doesn't hurt the surface, and as long as you dont squeeze the piece to hard it'll stay.

your stand ooks awesome, you could totaly take it where ever you go.
its a good feeling when you build your own tools.

[FR4life]

Originally Posted by q_ball2

thats a good idea,
before i was able to get a bike stand, I went to home-depot and bought a series of pipes, bends, and a vice. The unfortune thing is it takes a while to get it flat. but it worked pretty well. just make sure the vice has some cloth on it so it doesn't hurt the surface, and as long as you dont squeeze the piece to hard it'll stay.

you'd probably save money and time by buying an actual stand......

[max123]

i got the wood for mine from a dumpster, so mine was completely free.