Topeak Flash Stand (pos)
 

Stay away from this item. The topeak flash stand is shaky at best on level, smooth ground. They got the angles all wrong. Don't know why I thought it would be good but it was an impulse buy that has taught me to no longer trust my impulses.

Others who have the Topeak Flash Stand would differ with your opinion. For the price and purpose for which it is intended, the Topeak Flash Stand is a nice tool and a bargain. Perhaps your bike is a style or size that does not work well with the Topeak Flash Stand.

Check this out: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ak+Flash+Stand

It looks like it would be pretty much like working on your bike while it's mounted in a trainer, only it's less stable and you don't have the option of testing your shifting under load.

To OP: What type of work were you doing on it? I would say it looks like it would only be for very light duty jobs. Adjust brakes, truing a wheel, lubing chain...

That's what I use my Topeak Flash Stand for. It works great for those light duty jobs.

I pretty much agree w/ the OP. I got one from Performance, and I found that it held the bike much less stably than a simple $10 metal stand from my lbs. The "feet" are just too close together to trust it. I returned it to Performance w/o problems, and I haven't missed it.

I used to have a very simple metal stand that held the bike by the bottom bracket and headstay (similarly to the Topeak), weighed next to nothing, and had no moving parts. Its feet were about twice as far apart as the Topeak's, and it held the bike stable. So it's the implementation that's faulty, not the principle.