Can we talk about spending 50 bucks on a bike stand that nearly killed my frame?

I bought a cheap folding stand off Amazon for around 50 dollars last spring because I was tired of flipping my bike upside down to fix the gears. Figured a stand is a stand, right? Big mistake. The clamp was this hard plastic piece that scratched the paint on my top tube within two minutes of use. Then the whole thing wobbled so bad during a chain adjustment that my bike tipped over and bent my rear derailleur hanger. Took me another 40 bucks and a trip to the local shop to get it straightened out. Ended up spending more fixing the damage than I saved on the stand. Has anyone else had a cheap stand wreck their bike or am I just unlucky?

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faithb761d ago

My buddy Mike bought the SAME cheap stand last summer off Amazon for $48. He was pumped to do a derailleur tune up in his garage. The clamp stripped the paint right off his carbon seatpost within 30 seconds of tightening it. Then the whole stand just collapsed sideways while his bike was hanging, and his frame hit the concrete floor. Cracked the bottom bracket shell on his old Specialized Allez. He was FURIOUS. Total waste of time and money.

joseph4551d ago

Oh man, that's rough! I went through something similar and just used a cheap old guitar stand from a thrift store instead - bolted a piece of wood to the top and it holds my bike steady without damaging anything. It's not fancy but it's been solid for three years now and cost me like ten bucks total.