Originally Posted by
SweetLou
I have been thinking of making one out of 1" threaded steel pipe. I was trying to figure out a way to clamp the bike. I like the way you did it. I saw one where the guy cut pvc pipe and used a latch clamp (don't know what they are called). I might give your way a shot.
These clamps are very secure but I wouldn't use them on anything but the seatposts. If you screwed them tight enough it may dent tubing. The rubber pads are really grippy so they don't have to be really tight to hold on to the seat post.
I could cut the one leg on the bottom to match the other and I guess I could paint it. But it only took about 10 minutes to fab up.
I think we need a thread on home-brewed stands as I am also interested in building a wheel stand for truing rims and building wheels.