Homemade bike repair stand

I've seen a lot of homemade bike stand and bike repair stands on Instructables as well as other places on the internet over the years and have tried my hand at a few.

I used to have a Park repair stand, which I consider the top tier. I should never have sold it since I bought it cheap on craigslist. But, I had to make room for more bikes and more projects.

What I have not seen on any homemade bike repair stands is the kind of quick-release clamping feature that you find on the Park stands as well as a clamping mechanism that can be rotated to hold onto a sloped or horizontal top tube as well as a (vertical) seat post. I also threw in height adjustment. The only thing it doesn't have is fold-ability. I could add that later by changing out the base.

So that was my task to investigate with this Instructable.

Step 1: Materials and tools

Materials include the following:

• 10' length of 1 1/2" EMT (electrical metallic tubing) - $12.45 from Home Depot electrical dept.
• +/- 3' length of 1 1/4" EMT - left over from previous project (a 10' length is $10.25)
• 1" x 12" black steel pipe, threaded both ends - $7.66 from Home Depot plumbing dept.
• 1" steel cap for above pipe - $2.84 from same
• (2) 3/8"-24 x 2" grade 5 bolts and nuts - $1.34 from Home Depot (I used the 24 thread bolts because I figured the shallower thread would give better torque when tightenng down for clamping)
• (2) 4" pieces of 1.25" x 1.25" x 1/8" steel angle- left over from previous project
• 11" swivel pad locking pliers - had them for welding clamps - currently on sale at Harbor Freight for $4.00, reg. $6.99
• (3) 1 1/4" PVC pipe caps - $0.86 each from Home Depot plumbing dept.
• 8" of 5/16" steel rod - had from previous projects
• Miscellaneous scraps of small steel plate

Tools

• Pipe cutter
• 4" Angle grinder with grinding, cut-off and flap wheels
• Welder
• Files
• Hammer, pliers, miscellaneous hand tools

Comments

[pantarhei]

Thank you for your instructable. It is easy to follow. The pictures help a lot. Great work!

[almillermtz]

I would like to share some bike repair videos that can be helpful. http://bikerepairshops.net

[escapefromyonkers]

beautiful , best i have seen. Proper clamping is everthing

[onrust]

+1 on the clamp.......awesome work

[onrust]

What kind of frame is that?

[marple200]

What do you mean? Which frame?

[onrust]

The red one in the bike stand.

[marple200]

That is a 1988 Raleigh Edge

[onrust]

A 26 & 24 inch tire. Very interesting bike. I looked (a little) online and only saw the one color. I imagine that is a very sought after bike. Nice ride!