skoda2

If there's an Aldi Market nearby, these are in stores starting today. I've been wrenching bikes for over 40 yrs., and am impressed with the quality and adjustability of this work stand. An amazing price of$39.29 !

EDIT: Sorry, didn't see the earlier post, my bad

jlax2485

My wife went to Aldi today and I asked her to pick one up for me. Thanks for the recommendation. At ours it was $29.99

dedhed

Or you're someone like me who completely strips his commuter down to the frame over the winter replacing every bearing and cable, disassembling derailleurs, touching up paint, waxing the frame etc. I can leave it sitting in the stand for a month or two. A stand lets me bring it to a good height so my bad back and knees don't get abused as well as rotate to make areas more accessible. I bought the ALDI stand yesterday simply so I can have one in the basement as well as garage rather than moving my stand back and forth. That's the same reason I have many of the same tools in both locations so I don't have to walk back up the stairs to get a wrench.


While the ALDI stand isn't nearly of the same caliber as my Ultimate Support (now Feedback Sports) It'll work just fine for some of the little stuff I might be doing on my or others bikes. I seriously doubt I'd be removing a stuck BB in it but most routine maintenance or adjustment it'll be fine.

Semipedersen

I have this adapter to put step-thru bikes on my rear rack on my car. I think it should also work for step-thru bikes on the repair stand.
https://www.thule.com/de-de/ch/bike-...apter-_-982000

RubeRad

this was also posted on the hot deals thread, I'm glad to hear another positive review. I hope to pick one up for myself tonight or tomorrow!

SkyDog75

I stopped by my local Aldi today to check this out ...and the store was closed for renovation. Grrr.

2cam16

Darn I had my buddy in SoCal check his local. Sold out.

u235

So was the one closest to me. Went to another one and although they were renovating too, it was open. Got the stand for $29. Used it already.

RubeRad

Do you know which one that is? I'm driving to work tomorrow so I can pop out to Escondido to try to get one, but if that's already sold out I can try to go to Vista

2cam16

Covina

snewton

I got the last one they had for $29.99 for the price it looks like a good stand for routine maintenance.

rumrunn6

almost any stand is better than no stand at all. not saying this isn't a good one. just for anyone considering & on the fence, I've really enjoyed having a stand this past year

RubeRad

This might be worse.

That's the stand I have and it's total junk. The downtube arm only fits the skinniest tubes, and it's time-consuming and awkward to bolt teh BB into the cradle, and the cradle rubber keeps falling out.

RubeRad

Just popped out to Aldi's in Escondido. There were two stands on the rack when I showed up, and one after I left...

IrishBrewer

Picked one up yesterday and assembled it and used it for the first time today. Overall, pretty nice. Clamp works good but the arm connected to the clamp can rotate if the bike is not well balanced where it is clamped. I cinched down that arm a bit more but the bar clamps are plastic so you don't want to get too heavy handed. I'm thinking some carbon paste would help in these areas.

One nice thing about the clamp is that it has a V-notch shape which is beneficial because the tubes you are clamping often have cables/housings that can sit in the notch without pressure on them so they are still fully functional for making adjustments to the brakes, etc.

Some mentioned issues having to step over the legs while working on the bike but I didn't find that to be too cumbersome. The parts/tool tray is nice so you don't end up scattering your tools all over while you are working.

Bottom line, for $30, it's a steal. If you've already got a nice workstand, it's probably not going to beat it but if you don't have one, this is a very worthwhile purchase.

Deal4Fuji

...and so is mine, and the one 40 miles away has just opened from renovation to make a larger store, so I'd say they're doing well. I already have a Performance bike stand as part of this past Christmas, so I didn't need that but did pick up two more insulated water bottles for 4.99 and two of the wireless odometers. I wish they had the under-seat tool bags they've had in the past 2 years, but not in this years offerings. They were nice size seat bags with tools for $7.99 or $9.99. I'm an Aldi fan.

Edit - - the work stand here in NC was $29.99 too

RubeRad

Got to use the stand a little bit tonight, it seems pretty solid. I'm not sure how much I can rely on the clamps to hold a bike in unusual positions, but with the bike clamped near a balance point on the top tube, everything is steady and easy to work on. The clamp is easily wide enough to hold the top tube of the alu road bike I tried first, I am confident it will be plenty big enough for my largest mountain bikes as well.

The vertical pole stays put even when the clamp is loose enough to allow rotation. It took me a bit to figure out that that one part is a handlebar stabilizer, not a wheel stabilizer.

Five legs seems a bit extreme, but you don't have to spread them full width. I've got good stability with the feet spread to about a 3ft dia. circle, and the legs could be spread a bit more before there's even the faintest possibility of tripping on the feet.

The tool tray is really nice actually, lots of holes and slots all around for hex wrenches and screwdrivers, a magnet in the big center tray and two smaller tray areas, that's going to make a huge difference for me, because when I work on a bike I am forever putting tools down in random places and spend half my time trying to find them again!

rumrunn6

yikes me too

deacon mark

Got mine today for $29 and what a deal. I normally would never buy a stand I can use the basement and hand bike but all sorts of various things. This is a real steal just have for the clamp. If you are torquing a BB then I would put it on the ground but that goes with any stand.

Loose Chain

I have two of these in addition to a better pro grade stand. Anybody that maintains their own machinery needs a work stand and this is a super deal for $30. I keep on in my garage, one in my base shop as a back up to my pro stand. These stands are completely adequate for routine maintenance and adjustments and tuning. For heavy work, you will likely need a stronger stand. I cannot imagine any serious cyclist not needing a work stand.

rebgen

Thanks for sharing this deal....I NEVER would have stumbled onto it any other way. Just picked mine up this morning for $29. Brought it home and hoisted my 88 Schwinn Voyager on it and it's very stable. I've only performed very minor maintenance in the past but I've been reluctant to do more since it was always a PITA trying to hold the bike upright.

I've been considering buying a Park stand for the past year and I'm glad I procrastinated. Usually buying a much cheaper version of a piece of equipment doesn't have a good ending. I don't think this is going to be one of those times. Looking forward to doing more of my own maintenance now.

plumberroy

You need to watch Aldi's this isn't the first usable bike tool I have found at Aldi's I found this kit for $9.99 a couple summers back
And a floor pump for ~ $6 . I bought this stand I had a slow leak on a Bikes direct 29 plus bike . Seeing it is one of my heaviest bikes I put it on the stand removed and fixed the tube . Plus found and fixed a couple of other squeaks that were annoying me . I think it is worth the money

P.S. besides being handy at home I fix kids bikes the Church collect for those less fortunate this will keep me off my knees making those bikes ridable again

macattack71

I just picked one up at Aldi this week for 29.99. They had at least 25-30 in stock. I'll be on the lookout for that tool kit too.

plumberroy

I haven't seen them have the tool kit in about a year

xodondum

I bought 1 too, in fact it helped me recently with the stem replacement.