BobbyG

My wife said, " We didn't use the grill even once last summer."

So I made sure that didn't happen this year.

We've been in our house 19 years, and it just occurred to me today that if I ran a 2 x 4 across the outdoor grill and let the heavy metal lid hang on it, it should support a bicycle so that I can do what little maintenance I do more easily.

Iride01 

I do similar, but not with a grill. I'll put the boards over the rungs of a ladder or across my table saw in the garage. I've never regretted not getting a maintenance stand in the 50 years I've been working on my own bikes. I just don't have the room for any more stuff that only does one thing.

Cougrrcj

Shiiiiiit, I cook on my grill all year long - at least twice/week - even during Cleveland winters. I go through easily 10-12 20-pound propane tanks/yr. This past week alone I cooked four chicken breasts, a half dozen Bratwurst, four burgers and a few hot dogs. This week the menu includes some NY Strip steaks, four 12-oz Filet Mignot and some marinaded veggie kabobs...

WizardOfBoz

Having grown up in Wisconsin (bratwurst) and then moving to California (fajitas and other great meats you can cook on a grill), and then to Texas (there's a reason Texans are proud of their BBQ - it's really good*), I like cooking on the grill. But I must say, we recently got one of those instapot things, and it cooks meat really nicely. We had carnitas tonight. Absolutamente delicioso.

There are many clever ways to work on a bike, but years working in the shop made me a fan of Park's PRS-2.2 (rather, its older equivalent). That model is way too expensive for weekend mechanic (thought I'd buy one in a second if I owned a shop). I now have an older Park PRS-4 (also shown below). I like having a stand: it keeps my grill open for use.



* There are new names that are trendier, but we really liked the Salt Lick in Austin, Tx.

jitteringjr

Same here.

This is wrong on so many levels. I don't know why he just didn't lean the bike against the grill. Its not like having the bike 3" off the ground is going to help with maintenance as he would still have to kneel on large gravel rocks to get to anything.

dedhed

I made this out of some bar stock and inner tube for basic lunch time maintenance in my shop at work.

My Grill gets used way more than my repair stand if everything is going right.

rumrunn6

clever, but you might stain that gravel & cement pads

just curious, why don't you ever grill?

BobbyG

We used to grill a lot when we had kids in the house. And then less so, but at least a few times each summer. However for 4 years my step daughter had a medical condition that required us to be ready to drop whatever we were doing and go assist her. We finally got a handle on her situation just within the last 3 months, and I guess many parts of our life have not returned back to normal yet. It's hard to enjoy life when your child is suffering. But for now we can go back to enjoying things. The phone still makes me jumpy, though.

rumrunn6

sorry to hear that. here's wishing you & your family better health & a calm summer




personally I don't mind grilling but not when my wife surprises me, or wants to start the coals for just a few hot dogs



Wifey taught me to roast peppers. it's OK that the skin burns, you just remove that part & the rest of the pepper is delicious on everything

BobbyG

Thanks. Grilling and Coronas should help towards that end!

fairyson

Pellet grills have significantly less malignant growth causing cancer-causing agents and the majority of the notable organizations like Treager produce their pellet grills with at least two shields that come in the middle of your food and the warmth source and this implies the potential cancer-causing agent fat beads come up short on the chamber into a basin that is outwardly of the Grill. Along these lines the conceivably perilous fat never gets an opportunity to trickle down into the warmth source which is the fire.

indyfabz

It’s sockeye season. Grill, baby. Gill.