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Old 07-08-10, 10:12 PM
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$5 dollar bike stand
I made this stand to work on my bike. Built with a $5 dollar clamp and a old satellite dish mount attached to my tool box. I can rotate the arm up 90 degrees when not in use.





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Old 07-08-10, 10:33 PM
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Have you tried it with a bike? I can see that thing tilting over as it looks unstable way at the edge like that...but then again maybe the tool cabinet is heavy enough.
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Old 07-08-10, 10:37 PM
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Oh the tool box is plenty heavy with tools
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Old 07-08-10, 10:38 PM
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I love how it's posed in front of the white garage door.
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Originally Posted by SteveDave
I love how it's posed in front of the white garage door.
Indeed!

Flip it!
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Old 07-09-10, 03:55 AM
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Brilliant thinking!
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Old 07-09-10, 06:44 AM
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I've been going around-the-horn thinking of stands myself. After a year of using a wood 2x4 version, I got a PCS-10 last night.

I see that you are going to squeeze your horizontal tube... careful you don't crush/dent it. I ain't touchin' my aluminum with mine.

Oh and wish I had a welder at home!
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Old 07-09-10, 06:47 AM
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Clever.
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Old 07-09-10, 06:49 AM
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you would think that with all the brain power in this place, we could achieve world peace.
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We can not even achieve forum peace haha. Neat idea.
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flip it. seriously though, it would be better if it grabbed your seatpost instead of your top tube.

i made something similar for my basement shop. good work.
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Old 07-09-10, 07:17 AM
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Steel is real!

Nice job.

And extra BF bonus points for the white garage door, as noted above.
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I wished I had mad welding skills.
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I would still need to buy myself a toolbox.
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Originally Posted by AngryScientist
flip it. seriously though, it would be better if it grabbed your seatpost instead of your top tube.

i made something similar for my basement shop. good work.
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You don't want to clamp the top tube.
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Old 07-09-10, 08:58 AM
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Nice job.. I just built something pretty similar. Instructables.com has a few designs as well.
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Old 07-09-10, 11:59 AM
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you don't have to clamp the top tube hard... just lightly to steady the bike resting on the grooved 2x4.
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Old 07-09-10, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by C_Heath
I wished I had mad welding skills.
not to discredit OP but you don't need crazy welding skills for something like that.
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Originally Posted by nycphotography
you don't have to clamp the top tube hard... just lightly to steady the bike resting on the grooved 2x4.
OK
But you still should never clamp the TT, always the seatpost.
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Anybody have thought in one that holds the bike from the BB the rear dropouts and the fork dropouts?
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Regarding 'only clamp the seatpost' - what about if your seatpost is carbon fiber?
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Originally Posted by darkadious
not to discredit OP but you don't need crazy welding skills for something like that.
Despite the weak disclaimer, all you did was discredit the OP. What's the matter with you?
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Thanks for the compliments. I don't clamp the top tube hard, just enough to provide lateral stability. You don't need a tool box either, you could bolt it to a bench or vertical wall/support.
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Originally Posted by 4000Miles
Regarding 'only clamp the seatpost' - what about if your seatpost is carbon fiber?
The people at the LBs always swap it fir an Aluminum one. In the case of a BMC with T shaped TT and aero seat tube u have not many ways to use clamps at all.
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Old 07-10-10, 06:02 PM
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I think it's an ingenious setup man.
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