good bike stands?
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02-13-2008, 02:58 PM
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good bike stands?
hey i wanted to buy a rear bike stand and was looking around it dosent have to be the greatest thing but i dont wnat a flemsy piece of **** last thing i want is my bikefalling on me while im working on it. any recomendations? any one buy any of ebay? what are the pros and conson the"paddle" type VS the "spendel" kind? anyone know?
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02-13-2008, 03:51 PM
RE: good bike stands?
Adam
I havethe T-rex's off of ebay, they work great, never had a problem with shifting or anything, plus they came with spindle/paddle for the rear, so you can use either depending on your set-up. this topic is also in a recent post if you search for it, you can see what others recommend. you may also want to look and the Handy.com ones, they are pretty good. others will have their own opinions. you just have to figure out what you want in a stand.
I havethe T-rex's off of ebay, they work great, never had a problem with shifting or anything, plus they came with spindle/paddle for the rear, so you can use either depending on your set-up. this topic is also in a recent post if you search for it, you can see what others recommend. you may also want to look and the Handy.com ones, they are pretty good. others will have their own opinions. you just have to figure out what you want in a stand.
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02-13-2008, 08:02 PM
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RE: good bike stands?
For the price of ONE Pitbull you can get rear stand (spool or swingarm) and a front stand with triple tree attachment from T-Rex, roughly $124 + shipping ($20 - $25). They are great stand for the money and are comparible to pitbulls. Only diff is pitbulls are all welded which cost more to ship on top of the high price. The T-Rex are bolt together, but once bolted together are rock solid.
#8
02-13-2008, 08:53 PM
RE: good bike stands?
The other ones on eBay that aren't T-Rex stands (and costly slightly more) are crap, unless you have spools (I don't, yet).
They tend to slide down the swingarm and set the bike back on the ground when you leave them alone for more than a week... and you can't put the bike on the stand with one hand, if you're not using the spooled attachment, since the pads swing around and won't face the right way (unless you add a weight on a stick or something).
They tend to slide down the swingarm and set the bike back on the ground when you leave them alone for more than a week... and you can't put the bike on the stand with one hand, if you're not using the spooled attachment, since the pads swing around and won't face the right way (unless you add a weight on a stick or something).
