Quick & Cheap Stand For Chain Maintenance

[reed scott]

Only place I can hang this bike in a regular stand is by the seat post and it's a dropper plus I don't want to put stress on the carbon frame so ....



The white stuff is the fuzzy side of vercro strips to protect the bike's finish.

 

[Handlebars]

I made one of those but in 2 pieces. One of the pieces will support the bike by itself and the other one can then go in. I have longer supports on mine and has more supports. It would have been easier to do a different way but I wanted to be able to turn the rear wheel for adjusting brake and gears. As well the kickstand is in the way on one side. My bike is very heavy so that had to be figured in.

 

[reed scott]

I can see I need to twist the uprights to match the angle of the chain stays for a bit better stability. They are assembled with screws so it will be easy.

 

[reed scott]

I was going to make another narrower one to keep the front wheel from turning while turning the pedals or what have you but I realized I can just work the wheel into my new gravel drive and it stays straight. I put the little bungee that came with my clickstand on the front brake to make sure the bike doesn't roll.

 

[6zfshdb]

I have a tray style bike rack. For chain maintenance, I keep the front wheel in place with the rack support arm and place a length of 2x4 under the bottom bracket: