Originally Posted by
Garthr
After having used the monopod Park shop stands w/baseplate on and off since the 80's, portable stands are just barely adequate. The sandbag idea can help for sure, but like the Feedback Pro stand I have, the portable nature of it is it's also it's weakness. Too many moving parts wiggling and jiggling and the bike sagging. One of these days I'll buy a Park shop stand as I don't need portability, but I do prefer stability ! What they hey, what's a grand-i$h anyways ? I had an original Park consumer PSC-1 that I sold after I bought the Feedback. In hindsight I wish I had kept it. At least the clamping arm was rock solid. I would stand on the the legs if I could. for stability as it was prone to rocking. Sandbags would have helped it, or just a big dummie ! It offered no height adjustment however, which I thought the Feedback would work for. In real use the Feedback is too unstable to raise up though, so I went nowhere with that supposed benefit. I hate when that happens darnit ...
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My 23lb bike doesn't jiggle much at all on either the Park 10.3, or the massive FS Pro Mechanic HD. My $50 Walmart special with four legs DOES jiggle, something I never really noticed until after using the FS and the Park. But even with that stand I had little problem wrenching loose a bottom bracket (it was tight), but hammering out the crank was a little difficult with the stand jiggling so much. I don't expect I'll have any problem with the new Park. My cellar is pretty tight, so I need the ability to easily move the stand around from time to time. I don't have the room to semi-permanently position a stand,