After all the years being down to work on my bike on flimsy work stands that sling over the DT and cradle the BB, I just about had enough when I had to catch the bike I was wotking on after it repeated fell off the stand I was using.
Fast forward to Sunday morning when I stopped at the local PBS and saw a Feedback G3 workstand and on sale for 99 bucks. I was shocked when the salesperson rang it up and it totalled to something like $169....
Turned out that it was for the tools in a tray accessory next to it.
I looked at the other stand they had on sale, a Spin Doctor "Team" stand, but the clamp just kinda look cheap on and it just looked very flimsy so I leave another bike store once again, still without a workstand....
How much should one really spend for a workstand to get the most value and use out of it?
Would it also be better to get a stand that clamps the front fork with a skewer and cradles the BB, instead of one that just have a clamp for the seatpost/seat tube??
What about those bike stands you see European sellers use. The sort of large chromed one with looping bent tubes and seem to support the bike with both wheels a few inches off the ground? I can't seem to find any information on them and I can never find them for sale at eBay..... I was thinking, those could he good enough for me and take lot less room than the stands I had been looking at, plus it looks very stable.....