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Watch what you say. Back when I was starting out these (and the single BB supporting A&J stands) were the standard. We got the work done with the tools we had, just like these days. I can't wait till you have kids and they question our Park stands and spoke tension meters. Andy
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Looks like necessary equipment for mid century American bicycles, old English 3-speeds, Flying Pigeons, and Opafiets.
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Old school...
Watch what you say. Back when I was starting out these (and the single BB supporting A&J stands) were the standard. We got the work done with the tools we had, just like these days. I can't wait till you have kids and they question our Park stands and spoke tension meters. Andy
Their minds could not comprehend those stands!
My oldest pro stand...
Newer clamps fits!
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My first bike repair stand, built in the late '80's, was simpler but not a lot different from those. The base was a 2'x3' piece of doubled-up 1/2" plywood with the upright and arm of 1-1/2" and 3/4" threaded steel pipe and a reducing ell mounted to the base with a 1-1/2" floor flange. The clamp was a 3/4"pipe clamp threaded to the arm and padded with rubber covered wood. It wasn't elegant but it worked for several years until I bought the "real thing".
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I particularly like the valves. For lubricant? Cooling water?
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Set screws, not valves.
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We are lucky having the instruments, our cell phones, to take pictures of our lives for posterity.
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"We are lucky having the instruments, our cell phones, to take pictures of our lives for posterity."
Wishful thinking. Digital files have a way of corrupting or losing compatibility along the way. I know as I have several of them that have become corrupted and are useless now. Now, if you are printing those pics, then yes, the phone is a convenient picture taking tool, unless you simply carry a film or digital camera with you and leave the electronic tether on the kitchen counter!
Wishful thinking. Digital files have a way of corrupting or losing compatibility along the way. I know as I have several of them that have become corrupted and are useless now. Now, if you are printing those pics, then yes, the phone is a convenient picture taking tool, unless you simply carry a film or digital camera with you and leave the electronic tether on the kitchen counter!
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Wiz,
Once again your bewilderment amazes me! I remember using them and what an upgrade the Parks stands were. They were reasonably functional and made working on bikes a lot easier than on the floor or up-side down. At that time the Euopeans were suspending bikes from ceiling rafters on ropes or strings. Those stands really made a sturdy base to work on. Smiles/double smiles, MH
Once again your bewilderment amazes me! I remember using them and what an upgrade the Parks stands were. They were reasonably functional and made working on bikes a lot easier than on the floor or up-side down. At that time the Euopeans were suspending bikes from ceiling rafters on ropes or strings. Those stands really made a sturdy base to work on. Smiles/double smiles, MH
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I'm trying to remember what we used at the Racine Cyclery in 1971. I don't think that we used anything this ... fortified. We may have used Park Stands. Worked find for setting up Banana Splits.