Repair stand for christmas
11-29-07, 12:29 PM
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I was going to advise you that my old one is not suitable if you work on a variety of bikes as I do- but it sounds what you want. Cradled at the bottom bracket with an arm going up under the Downtube. My problem is that I bought it 10 years ago when steel bikes were the rule and I now have fat tube Aluminium bikes and the clamp for holding the downtube does not fit.
See attachment- but where you can get one- I have no idea.
See attachment- but where you can get one- I have no idea.
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11-29-07, 12:40 PM
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My interest is peaked with the talk of the new Park Clamping mechanism. I've seen it described as having a clutch. Are the new Park stand clamps really safe for carbon tubes? I like the idea of the stands that clamp onto the seat tube/post etc. and the new 2008 Madone has a special clamping tool ($30) that boes between the bike and clamp that avoids the need to clamp the bike at all. However, I hate to get a regular clamping stand and not be able to get such a tool for whatever new gike I own after that.
11-29-07, 01:17 PM
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And, if you are using it for more then one bike, you'd have to adjust the stand to fit each bike. Kinda complicated.
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11-29-07, 01:20 PM
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My interest is peaked with the talk of the new Park Clamping mechanism. I've seen it described as having a clutch. Are the new Park stand clamps really safe for carbon tubes? I like the idea of the stands that clamp onto the seat tube/post etc. and the new 2008 Madone has a special clamping tool ($30) that boes between the bike and clamp that avoids the need to clamp the bike at all. However, I hate to get a regular clamping stand and not be able to get such a tool for whatever new gike I own after that.
I've never seen anything else be used by mechanics in a shop. Talk to those guys...they'll know.
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11-29-07, 01:21 PM
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11-29-07, 02:21 PM
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you realize you have to take your wheel(s) off for some maintenance and repair, right?
11-30-07, 01:49 AM
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I just got my Park PRS-20 today. Set up was easy and adjusting the rear derailleur was a snap.
One question though, how do I keep the stand from rotating? I tighten the big black knob on the vertical tube and it makes it a little harder to turn but I can't keep it from not rotating at all.
One question though, how do I keep the stand from rotating? I tighten the big black knob on the vertical tube and it makes it a little harder to turn but I can't keep it from not rotating at all.
11-30-07, 06:42 AM
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You should still be concerned. It is easy to damage an Al frame by over tightening the clamp. Cannondale prints a warning in its manual not to attach the bike to a repair stand by clamping the frame.
11-30-07, 07:09 AM
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Between that knob and the QR under the BB mount you should be able to get it locked into place. I can still force mine to rotate, but it requires a bit of effort. Enough so that I won't do it for fear of excess wear and tear.
11-30-07, 11:06 AM
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There is nothing between the knob and the QR. Do you just turn the black knob to tighten the rotation? There's nothing else there besides the black knob and the QR to perform any tightening adjustments on the vertical tube.
11-30-07, 01:33 PM
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I didn't mean that there was an extra component between those two parts. What I meant was that by tightening both of those my stand is very secure.
