Originally Posted by
Crashogre
You could consider making a bike stand instead of buying a new one. Instructibles.com has a number of articles for making one. At least this way you could work on junk bikes, flip them and then eventually have enough to buy a stand.
That's a great suggestion! They have a lot of plans for various stands on that site. Do you have one you like best?
Also - the commercial stands have an easy way to rotate the clamp. How important is this feature in real life? (Until now, the only flipping I've been doing with bikes has been to turn them upside down to work on them - a method that has gotten very old...)