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Which bike stand would you all pick between these three?

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#1 ·
So I have narrowed it down to 3 bike stands that I like. One is in excellent condition on Craigslist. They are all similar in price. They are:

Wrech Force Work stand for $150 on Craigslist: https://asheville.craigslist.org/bop/5565569246.html

The Feedback Sports Pro Ultralight on Amazon for $153 Amazon.com : Feedback Sports Pro-Ultralight Repair Stand (Red) : Bike Workstands : Sports & Outdoors

The Park PCS-10 at REI for $159 https://www.rei.com/product/736990/park-tool-home-mechanic-bike-repair-stand

This stand will be used at home for taking care of a couple of bikes. Will use it while washing the bikes and working on them.

Looking for the most durable and most feature packed stand I can get for around $150.

Any opinion on these or others in this price range will be appreciated!

Thanks:thumbsup:
 
#3 ·
The Feedback.

Hands down after having the Park and sending it down the road after a few years.

The Park is a hideous boat anchor when the newness wears off. It's dual leg geometry becomes cumbersome and limiting in your shop. If you're washing bikes, it's steel under paint...it will rust. Did I mention it's boat anchor heavy?

The Feedback is insanely light yet just as stable, if not more so, than the Park. The clamp is better in numerous way but especially in it's quick release feature. I can literally pick up the stand while my Stumpjumper carbon bike is in it and move it around the garage with one hand. It actually hilarious how light it is and I don't think twice about folding it up and dropping it in my car/truck if I'm going on a trip where its use might be remotely needed.

That other boat anchor listed from craigslist looks like a copy of an older Park commercial shop stand. You can do better.

Get the tool tray for the Feedback as well as a Flopper Stopper. You're dialed for life.

btw...I spent a a lot of time watching the Amgen Tour of California over the past week. Lots and lots of behind the scenes coverage of the race teams and what not. What you did see was nothing but hordes of Feedback stands for most of the teams. Maybe not all but the the big teams being profiled a lot had every iteration of Feedback Stand imaginable. I see a lot of the same on the MTB circuit, as well. No doubt that their weight has a lot to do with that but it also shows that a stand doesn't have to weigh a ton to be good.
 
#5 ·
The Feedback.

Hands down after having the Park and sending it down the road after a few years.

The Park is a hideous boat anchor when the newness wears off. It's dual leg geometry becomes cumbersome and limiting in your shop. If you're washing bikes, it's steel under paint...it will rust. Did I mention it's boat anchor heavy?

The Feedback is insanely light yet just as stable, if not more so, than the Park. The clamp is better in numerous way but especially in it's quick release feature. I can literally pick up the stand while my Stumpjumper carbon bike is in it and move it around the garage with one hand. It actually hilarious how light it is and I don't think twice about folding it up and dropping it in my car/truck if I'm going on a trip where its use might be remotely needed.

That other boat anchor listed from craigslist looks like a copy of an older Park commercial shop stand. You can do better.

Get the tool tray for the Feedback as well as a Flopper Stopper. You're dialed for life.

btw...I spent a a lot of time watching the Amgen Tour of California over the past week. Lots and lots of behind the scenes coverage of the race teams and what not. What you did see was nothing but hordes of Feedback stands for most of the teams. Maybe not all but the the big teams being profiled a lot had every iteration of Feedback Stand imaginable. I see a lot of the same on the MTB circuit, as well. No doubt that their weight has a lot to do with that but it also shows that a stand doesn't have to weigh a ton to be good.
Mine is this one from Price Point and it is VERY sturdy. An excellent value if you can trust them for purchases anymore (they are going out of business and liquidating their stock).

Titan Work Stand with Tray and Bag | combo | portable
 
#6 · (Edited)
I used a stand similar to the craigslist stand, as said its a copy of a park tool stand. It's not that stable and those legs are a pain to deal with. This one I will certainly avoid.

Had the REI park tool for a couple of bike builds, it's massive and heavy, but was very stable for me. Started to rust, but previous owner left it in the yard, most people are not going to do that.
I can't emphasize how heavy it is, to the point that it's a pain to move around the house, whatever it touches it smashes. Floors, doorways, etc. Pain to store, if it falls on drywall it will easily make a hole in it. I would look for something lighter.

I remember REI had light stands in the store when I was there a while ago. Worth going to a store and checking it out in person.
 
#8 ·
Long time ago, the Park home-stands absolutely sucked, then Ultimate came out with theirs (which I have), which prompted Park to make something that actually worked.

The only thing that sucks about that Feedback is the clamp, it works just fine, same as my earlier model, but it's not really a "quick release/attach" clamp. It is shaped so that it gives you a few more options than say the park, which is nice for grabbing on to carbon parts or stuff other than bikes, but that's the only real negative IMO. Otherwise, it's super-sturdy, strong, can easily handle 50lb DH bikes, it folds up into a small bag and is easy to transport, and as mentioned, it is not heavy.

I can't even remember how old mine is, it's definitely more than 10, maybe 12 years old? And I still use it all the time.

As a previous shop mechanic, I appreciate park tools. In some areas, they make "the best" tools, but it's not 100% and there are places where the competitor makes something quite a bit better.
 
#9 ·
I'd buy the Feedback, because I own the Park!

The Park stand is like so many of Park Tools lower-end products. Cumbersome, clumsy, made with cheap materials and poorly thought out. Still not convinced? Here is the sucker punch. The Feedback goes a full 20cm higher!

It's like Park designed the stand in the eighties. In the modern world most people clamp their bikes on the seat-post rather than the frame and if you do that with the Park the bike is too low. Sure, you can use it but it's not comfortable. Even at that, when the Park is put up to full hight there is so little tube overlap in the upright that the upper tube leans forward.

Despite looking the part the Park just feels cheap. It's heavy and awkward to use with stiff or ill-fitting parts. The quick-releases are cheap-quality...yeauk, it just feels nasty. Do yourself a big favour and buy something else.
 
#10 ·
Yeah, the Park flip crank lever is the best for quickly and firmly fastening the bike, but the view of the PSC-10 on REI's website looks like it has something different, more like a skewer quick release lever. I'd be skeptical of that without seeing it in person and, better yet, trying it out. It's also good to keep the clamp rotation a bit loose so as to easily match the angle of the seatpost as you're lifting the bike with one hand. The knob type, like on the Feedback stand, is OK but more trouble to use. My least favorite is the toggle clamp type like the first one in your list. It's finicky to get adjusted right and a real pain to change between different post diameters.
 
#11 ·
I still wouldn't buy the Park but a lot depends on how you are going to use the stand. Mine sits in the shed and hardly moves. If that is the case for you, the Park will work ok. If you actually intend to fold it up and move it around often forget it, even adjusting the hight is a pain and impossible with a bike on it.

The Park clamp is fine, it's similar to a lot of other clamps, but it doesn't make up for the drastic shortcomings found elsewhere.
 
#17 ·
For gawd's sake just don't make one out of pvc or lumber with 10" zinc bolts, wingnuts the size of a humming bird, a 12' footprint, and then rant about how cheap, sturdy, and just as effective it is as the manufactured models.

I have had an old Park pcs-1 for years that has held up well. I like the quick clamp. It is a heavy, cumbersome beast though. I have washed my bikes for years with no ill effect even though it is painted steel. It would take centuries for that thing to rust through given that you could club an entire drug cartel to death with it without any signs of wear.
 
#25 ·
Why not just have a swing arm with a hook that drops down from the ceiling as your bike rack?
Actually, I'm going to do exactly that. I have a wall-mount bike clamp that I'm going to fit to a board that will swing down from the ceiling of the shed. It'll let me hang bikes higher up than the Park will allow with unfettered access around the bike.
 
#20 ·
The Park home stands are terrible and the Bontrager is not far behind.

Out of the 3 you picked, the Feedback is the best.

I use the Topeak Prepstand Pro, built in scale, light, durable and is super stable. Have one at home for 10 years now. They make a less expensive one without the scale,
Topeak Elite PrepStand Repair Stand - Modern Bike
I have that same Topeak stand and really dislike it, I find the clamp to be more or less useless and usually just hang the bike by the nose of the saddle. Conversely I've used a few Park home repair stands that I liked pretty well, go figure.

The Wrench Force looks pretty good to me but I haven't actually seen one.
 
#24 ·
How does it not clamp? Mine locks into place, it is more secure then the Park Pro stand at my work, wonder if they changed it over the years?
Mine is old but looks the same as your's, it has a screw knob on the front to tighten it down but no matter how hard I crank i's never secure, especially when on the seatpost which is where I like it. Also I have to loosen it a lot to change the angle which I find annoying.

Anyway, just my preference. The clamps on the old Park shop repair stands are the best I've used.