Best biking buy ever

[alecstilleyedye]

i bought a cheap turbo trainer. it's rubbish for intended purpose, but very handy for using as a workstand for all but a few jobs.

 

[Tynan]

I'd like one for sure but they're not exactly cheap are they

 

[slow down]

I'd like one for sure but they're not exactly cheap are they

Neither's a bike, but we buy them don't we?

 

[Panter]

Actually, I think my best buy has been my Decathlon hydration rucksack thingy.

Does the job of a camelback.............................but for a tenner

 

[yenrod]

>Best biking buy ever

STI.... oh and Time pedals

 

[Tynan]

Neither's a bike, but we buy them don't we?

the bikes gets use every time init

not so much the stand

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

I have a Hayter rotary lawnmower. If I put something heavy on the engine cover, I can hang a bike off the handle and use it as a workstand.

 

[Mortiroloboy]

I have a Hayter rotary lawnmower. If I put something heavy on the engine cover, I can hang a bike off the handle and use it as a workstand.

How on earth did you first discover...No, what made you ever think that a lawn mower would make a good bike stand?

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

How on earth did you first discover...No, what made you ever think that a lawn mower would make a good bike stand?

I did some basic topology at school which encouraged me to think in terms of shape and function. Straightforward maths enabled me to do the lever calculation to make sure that it would not topple over.


Apart from that it was fairly bleeding obvious.

 

[TheDoctor]

I got a workstand off that SJS shop on Ebay for £22 - a lot of which was postage. It will not cut grass whatever I hang off it!

 

[fossyant]

Whoooooo I've finally got one - Decathlon have their own make stand for £30 and it's pretty decent - very stable, the bike sits on a rubberised cup for the BB then a strap is passed over the down tube and locked into a quick release ratchet (like on your shoes) and there are front wheel 'stabilisers' as well. The whole unit is well made.

It held my heavy commuter MTB rather well, and for £30 I can't complain...... 20 years without one, I feel as though I've been missing something.....

Happy days.............
They also do a clamp type one (not their own make), but being a saddo, I don't want anything clamping my frame/paint !!!

 

[Abitrary]

Whoooooo I've finally got one!!!

cool

piccy?

 

[peterdowning]

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/images/assets/asset_7490996.jpg

 

[Abitrary]

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/images/assets/asset_7490996.jpg

Have you just stolen fossyant's new stand?

All the same, woof woof, I just had a little, shall we say 'frisson' looking at it

 

[fossyant]

That's the one !