Recommend: Wall mount repair stand

[ShawnoftheDread]

If you have the space, don’t use the stand for storage. That’s my only advice.

[jrenaut]

How come?

[Bilsko]

Its gonna be pretty tough to get out of spending over $100

I have the Top Peak TwoUp in the living room with two bikes haning on it right now. Not enough space to have them mounted properly (horizontally), I have them both hanging vertically with the seat tubes resting on the stand arms. It’s location behind the TV makes it tough to get set up to use as a service stand, and the few times that I have used the stand, its been adequate but not great.

If you want to do your own work, you really would do well to get a stand that will support and secure the bike.

All of that said, if it looks like the type of thing you’d like, I’ll gladly part with mine for $100.

[jrenaut]

The ceiling in my basement is very low – not tall enough for two bikes. My plan is two of the $20-30 fold down mounts that are just for storage, and one more expensive version that’s meant for doing work on the bike (something like this).

[ShawnoftheDread]

@jrenaut 99758 wrote:

How come?

Only because it becomes an annoyance to rotate bikes around to put the one you need to work on on the rack.

[AFHokie]

@Bilsko 99762 wrote:

Its gonna be pretty tough to get out of spending over $100

I have the Top Peak TwoUp in the living room with two bikes haning on it right now. Not enough space to have them mounted properly (horizontally), I have them both hanging vertically with the seat tubes resting on the stand arms. It’s location behind the TV makes it tough to get set up to use as a service stand, and the few times that I have used the stand, its been adequate but not great.

If you want to do your own work, you really would do well to get a stand that will support and secure the bike.

All of that said, if it looks like the type of thing you’d like, I’ll gladly part with mine for $100.

Could you post a photo of that? I’m having a hard time visualizing how you describe the bikes on the stand in the space you described. I’m using a Topeak Dual Touch 2 stand in a location that’s a little too short to stack the bikes one above the other without some overlap. Wondering if your method would work better.

[jrenaut]

@ShawnoftheDread 99783 wrote:

Only because it becomes an annoyance to rotate bikes around to put the one you need to work on on the rack.

That shouldn’t be too big a deal. It’s not that many bikes, and I don’t do that much maintenance. The Bianchi would probably hang out in the work stand because currently most of my recreational riding is the new fixed gear because it’s so sexy I just can’t resist.

[Bilsko]

@AFHokie 99784 wrote:

Could you post a photo of that? I’m having a hard time visualizing how you describe the bikes on the stand in the space you described. I’m using a Topeak Dual Touch 2 stand in a location that’s a little too short to stack the bikes one above the other without some overlap. Wondering if your method would work better.

Looks like this, but now I have the rear wheel off of the Surly:

https://twitter.com/Bilsko/status/361118624800448513

[americancyclo]

@Bilsko 99812 wrote:

Looks like this, but now I have the rear wheel off of the Surly:

https://twitter.com/Bilsko/status/361118624800448513

For some reason I always thought that pic was over a stairwell landing instead of behind a TV. probably safer that way.

[Bilsko]

not sure its terribly safe. big tv right in front of the stand would definitely topple over if the stand fell into it.

I used to keep one bike hanging on the banister on our entrance stairs. Haven’t done that in a while though

[AFHokie]

@Bilsko 99812 wrote:

Looks like this, but now I have the rear wheel off of the Surly:

https://twitter.com/Bilsko/status/361118624800448513

Thanks, that won’t work for mine, but it gives me some ideas.

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