Originally Posted by
coominya
You have to be careful with the paintwork though, I don't use the stand, I don't find them rigid enough. I rest the frame across the arm of a solid old lounge chair with the head and forks extended over the edge. It's padded but firm enough to allow the transmission of the force.
Attempting to secure the frame in a rigid structure is one approach. Veteran mechanics know that the rigid structure with which the bike is secured is likely to absorb much of the force of impact. Often, the best approach is to suspend the bike---e.g., by balancing the bike by the nose of the saddle on top of a work stand clamp---to ensure that little of the force is absorbed by the rigid structure and that almost all of the force goes where you want it to.