A Bike Maintenance Stand for Home Mechanics
Going to a bike repair shop to get your bike repaired or serviced is something that can cost a pretty penny. Affordable bike tune-up services can cost anywhere from $5 to $50 – imagine all the costs if you had to do this regularly. Other services like deluxe tune-ups, paint jobs, frame and fork, overhaul and parts replacement can cost well over $100 as well. This is why a lot of people are learning how to tune-up, maintain and repair their bikes at home. This is something that you can do on your own, too. Of course, to make the process easier, it helps to have the correct tools.
Bike Maintenance Stand
A top quality bike maintenance stand like the Park Tool PCS-10 bike stand will help you fix, tune-up, clean or maintain your bike without a problem. The Park Tool PCS-10 is perfect for those that wish to work on their own bike at home. The very first bike repair stand popularized by Park Tool was the PCS-9 Home Mechanic Repair Stand, but the PCS-10, an upgraded version of the PCS-9, is quickly catching up in popularity.
With this bike stand, taking apart and setting up your bike should be more effortless as well. Online, there are a lot of rave reviews for the PCS-10, and among the great things about it is that it can be used with different types of recumbent, as well as bikes that have tubing of strange shapes. This bike stand uses a 3-point leg mechanism for more stability, and the pressure of its cam-type clamp can be completely adjusted. When folded and locked, the PCS-10 measures only 41”.
Mountain Bike Garage Storage Stand
A storage stand for the garage is an ideal tool to have if the space in your garage is limited. With two cars parked in the garage, it is not too easy to fit in an additional 2 to 3 bikes in the garage. However, using a bike storage stand like the Topeak Dual Touch Bike Storage Stand can make storing your bikes no problem at all. Included in the package are 2 mounts for a couple of bikes, but you should be able to mount as much as 4 bikes onto the stand with the addition of 2 more mounts (which can be purchased separately), allowing you to make use of vertical space in your garage.
The holders can be adjusted to rotate from 0 to 30 degrees, for bikes with tubes that slope up. This garage storage stand even has a handlebar stabilizer so the front wheel is prevented from turning, and its knob is good-sized, so it can be adjusted safely and swiftly. Additionally, there is a QR locking stepper foot that ensures the stand stays in place and securely holds your bikes on the storage and display stand. When fully extended, the storage stand measures 10 1/2 feet so it will fit in any garage, no matter what the height of the ceiling is.