Ebay bike repair stand?

[N8NBOX]

anyone tried out one of these? think its worth the $30? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0423884188

 

[thatismytruck]

I was interested myself a few months ago so I showed it to my bud Ian, who is quite experienced in riding and repairing, and he said to run away.

 

[HotRodRob]

I bought the other one he's got back in the winter and only one of my bikes will fit on it. They would be fine if all you had was diamond frames but anything with a curved downtube....forget it. I have my RRBBO4 bike on one, check out the Salt Flat Special to see the stand. By the way, it's not that sturdy , pretty chinsy really.

 

[N8NBOX]

thanks for the fast input and glad I didn't go ahead and buy it. I think im going to go the DIY route on this and go off of others homemade designs and try to make one requiring little or no welding that will be nice and beefy....would rather have one that weighs a ton and is nice and sturday than one thats more easily moved around since it will just be in and out of the shop anyways....might eve throw some training wheels on the back or something so I can lean it back and roll it around.