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Is there a real, significant difference between a $100 repair stand and a $250 dollar one. I want to scoop a used one off ebay and they really do not seem that different other than the clamp. What do y'all recommend? What works well and what falls apart?

Retro Grouch 

Height is the other biggie. Since it's best to clamp your bike by the seatpost, you need some pretty impressive clamp height to get your bike up to a convenient work level.

With your bike up so high, stability becomes an issue. If you take it out in the field, 3 legs are good because the ground where you work won't ever be even.

Folding is a nice feature if you move it around a lot, but you might find yourself tradeing height and stability to get a stand that folds compactly.

KleinRider

The other difference would be the way the clamp adjusts. My travel stand has a clamp that needs to be unscrewed and rescrewed into a different mounting point if I had to clamp a bike with a larger or smaller diameter seatpost. This obviously isn't a big deal if you don't ever clamp a different size seatpost, or at least do so seldomly. My permanent stand has a clamp that's adjusted with a "barrel adjuster" type mechanism. This is *way* more convenient if you clamp different size seatposts frequently. I don't do this professionally, so it's not a big deal either way. If you were in a bike shop and has the clamp style on my travel stand, you'd go crazy- and probably wear out the knob that unscrews for the clamp setting.

The $100 stand probably has the clamp that my travel stand has, and the $250 stand probably has the clamp that's on my stationary stand.

Rev.Chuck

For travel I like my PRS-5 It does not sit well on uneven ground however. Nothing beats a commercial Park stand bolted to a hundred pound steel plate but that would set you backe $500+ For the occasional user there are some $100-150 stands out there Park makes one that works pretty good for $100 but you need to watch your fingers when you fold it up.

WorldWind

A couple weeks back, there was a rather long thread where this was discussed in depth... You Might Want To Do A Search... to read that thread.







Here.... https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...8&page=1&pp=25