tomhawk
Senior Member
I have been volunteering at my local community non-profit bike advocacy organization, The bike library .
I have been picking up some bike maintenance skills there. I learned that having a bike stand to hold the bike up in the air is an important tool.
I wanted a bike repair stand for my garage. These things can take up a lot of space though. Further, I don't work on my bike at home that often. Yet, a bike in optimal repair is very desirable. Adjusting derailleurs and brakes and applying lubricants requires getting the bike on a bike stands so the wheels and crank can rotate easily.
My design provides a robust bike clamp that can attach to some upright object I already have in my garage. In my case I will use a hand truck. I don't use the hand truck too often; only when I need it. I now have two very useful tools I don't use too often that occupy the same footprint in my garage.
I created the clamp from a 4" C clamp welded to some 1.5" angles.
The clamp was then welded to some 1/2" rod. I made a receiver for the rod out of some 3/4" black pipe with a nut welded to allow a 3/8" screw to immobilize the rod. This allows the clamp to be freely rotated and then locked in any position.
After welding, I used bits of old bike tire tubes to line the clamps so they wouldn't scratch the bike frame paint job.
One end of the black pipe welded to a 1.5" angle with a hole allowing the rod to pass through it.
A hand truck is a great support since you can easily move the attached bike around as needed.
But I would think that many folks ought to have something in their garage to attach such clamp even if they don't own a hand truck.
The 5" piece of black pipe cost $2. The C clamp was $5. The other parts were scrap I had laying around. The angle was salvaged from an old bed frame.
I am quite happy with the way this turned out. Little did I know what I could learn to do when I set out to weld my own trailer chassis for My Build.
I have been picking up some bike maintenance skills there. I learned that having a bike stand to hold the bike up in the air is an important tool.
I wanted a bike repair stand for my garage. These things can take up a lot of space though. Further, I don't work on my bike at home that often. Yet, a bike in optimal repair is very desirable. Adjusting derailleurs and brakes and applying lubricants requires getting the bike on a bike stands so the wheels and crank can rotate easily.
My design provides a robust bike clamp that can attach to some upright object I already have in my garage. In my case I will use a hand truck. I don't use the hand truck too often; only when I need it. I now have two very useful tools I don't use too often that occupy the same footprint in my garage.
I created the clamp from a 4" C clamp welded to some 1.5" angles.
The clamp was then welded to some 1/2" rod. I made a receiver for the rod out of some 3/4" black pipe with a nut welded to allow a 3/8" screw to immobilize the rod. This allows the clamp to be freely rotated and then locked in any position.
After welding, I used bits of old bike tire tubes to line the clamps so they wouldn't scratch the bike frame paint job.
One end of the black pipe welded to a 1.5" angle with a hole allowing the rod to pass through it.
| Here is the final assembled clamp. |
| Here is the final assembled clamp attached to my hand truck with a bike attached ready for repairing. | The stand is robust enough to rotate the bike to provide better access for repairing. |
A hand truck is a great support since you can easily move the attached bike around as needed.
But I would think that many folks ought to have something in their garage to attach such clamp even if they don't own a hand truck.
The 5" piece of black pipe cost $2. The C clamp was $5. The other parts were scrap I had laying around. The angle was salvaged from an old bed frame.
I am quite happy with the way this turned out. Little did I know what I could learn to do when I set out to weld my own trailer chassis for My Build.
