I have a Park pro stand (steel plate) with the old style clamp AND a new Ultimate. The ultimate is VERY nice and provides as Dale says very accurate control of the clamping force with no "cam" effect. It's also very portable and costs 169.00. I use it mostly for hosing 'em down in the driveway, and quick tune-ups when a trip out to the barn is not warranted. It does require a lot of torque on the telescoping height and azimuth clamps to get it tight enough so that it wont twist.
Vintage bike content: Both stands are used to hold vintage bikes, ha ha.
===================================================== Mark Petry 206.618.9642 Beautiful Bainbridge Island, WA mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net ===================================================== The whole aim of politics is to keep the populace alarmed and hence clamorous to be led to safety by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of OROBOYZ@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:29 AM To: TW406@aol.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]bike work stands
This MAY be on topic, as protecting old bikes is an important deal.. I meant to mention that at InterBike, I saw Ultimate showing their new "consumer" repair stand which I think is arguably the best one at the moment. It has a folding trio of legs very like their pro stand and the same soft sliding jaws except using thumbscrew binder rather than that unique cinch setup in the Pro stand. It costs $5.00 less at whsle. than the Park consumer stand, which makes it about $150.00 retail? Still not dirt cheap though! I would love to see someone come up with a sub $100. work stand!
Dale Brown
Greensboro, North Carolina