Northern California - Bike assembly: bike stand

So my latest plastic frame has arrived. :D Does anyone near Santa Clara has a bike stand I can borrow or wants to land a hand putting it together? :innocent:

I'm all the way up in San Ramon, but my garage (tools, stand) is open, for the price of a burrito (or sandwich, or pizza) :)

If you still need one, you can borrow mine. I should be around tomorrow afternoon. Planning on doing the SJBC Winter Series race in the morning.

You guys are going to let him use a stand even though he didn't post a picture of the frame?

Anything for a burrito

Thank You bigossman, sauerwald, and JourneyLight for offers. I picked up a stand from JourneyLight today and will start build tomorrow. :)

I'll post it as I build it. :)

You guys are going to let him use a stand even though he didn't post a picture of the frame?

This might take longer then I thought. Race crown was not installed even thought it was agreed upon. **** Pedal Force. I will never deal with them again. They just cannot be trusted at ALL.

Unless I'm missing something, installing a fork crown race is not a big deal. Even if you don't want to do it yourself, any LBS can do it in 5 minutes or less.

Unless I'm missing something, installing a fork crown race is not a big deal. Even if you don't want to do it yourself, any LBS can do it in 5 minutes or less.

Well it's more about them promising to do something (and I payed for) and not doing it, and follows a pattern I experienced with them.

Don't you need a special tool to do it?

Well it's more about them promising to do something (and I payed for) and not doing it, and follows a pattern I experienced with them.

Don't you need a special tool to do it?

A good shop will do it for free, in about 30-seconds.

Don't you need a special tool to do it?

You need a crown race setting tool. I use a length of copper pipe I got at the hardware store for a few bucks. :) Like Georges said, just about any LBS can do it jack-quick. It is a very easy thing to do, unless the seat for the race is still in the rough from manufacturing.

I've installed 'em with a carefully placed hammer. But that was a steel fork. Probably not advisable on a plastic fork.

I've installed 'em with a carefully placed hammer. But that was a steel fork. Probably not advisable on a plastic fork.

For plastic fork, I use a PVC pipe and connect fork to a front wheel, hold it up straight and tap it on.

Had a hard time setting a crown race once without proper tools at home... finally got it on by sliding the stem all the way down the steer tube and using it like a slide hammer. Used an aluminum headset spacer between them to protect both parts. Works very fast and went on perfectly straight. I'd been fumbling around with PVC, hammers, etc. for over an hour.

This only works on forks with constant diameter steer tubes... mine was steel...

I am just going to bring it to the shop. I am not 100% convinced they sent the correct race crown with the frame....

Had a hard time setting a crown race once without proper tools at home... finally got it on by sliding the stem all the way down the steer tube and using it like a slide hammer. Used an aluminum headset spacer between them to protect both parts. Works very fast and went on perfectly straight. I'd been fumbling around with PVC, hammers, etc. for over an hour.

This only works on forks with constant diameter steer tubes... mine was steel...

Also, a great idea.

Couple pictures on LightJourneys bike stand. :thumb:
After day 1 of bolting major parts on. I had headset installed at a shop. It wasn't free, I guess I don't have such a sparking personality that would allow it. :lol:
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After replacing brake cable and trimming everything and doing adjustments. Front derailure still doesn't want to shift in to big ring when under load. :(
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Looks good!

Thanks. This is the cleanest it will ever look. Got fitted, front fork cut yesterday, tuned, found out I need to replace front chainring then did a ride up Mt. Tam with a friend. Took it really eas... ah who am I kidding I was bombing down Mt. Tam trying to keep with him. :lol: Damn that frame is still. Even stiffer then CAAD8. Also the fork now has lawyer tabs. I miss the one that came with my RS2 without them. :( In the evening put the crank and wheels back on my CAAD8 to prepare for todays rain.