[Closed] That bike stand that goes through the crank hole

andy stand, I think

http://andystand.co.uk/

from andystand.co.uk

tad dear, but v much worth it. I've not looked back. Makes things like fork service a doddle, as you put the bike on the andy stand, leaving the clamp stand free for holding the forks.

Look into the [url= http://od-designs.co.uk/odpod.html ]Od-pod[/url] too, it cradles your bike from the BB shell which makes it better for tweaking gears/oiling the chain.

I got one just last week (slightly cheaper in a bulk buy). I went for the folding version as it's handier to throw in the car.

I have to say i prefer my normal stand as these only work with MTB cranks with the hole, no good on Shimano Road cranks as the non drive side hole is not big enough for the stand to fit into.

I only really bought mine as a portable stand that i can throw in the car without taking up too much room. For the £35 i paid i can't grumble too much.

Thanks for this thread.
After seeing it I just knocked one up similar in the factory at lunch time out of some 20mm tubing.
I have a few bikes which will fit with 20mm of clearance as the andystand but i just tried a piece of 20mm in the campag cranks on my road bike but it didn't fit. I ended up using a piece of 19.5 for the insert bit which goes in ok.
Its better for the road bike than the stand work bought me as it doesn't rely on tire width.

Thanks again
Andy

Cheers all

Crikey, I paid the same from Wiggle in the sale for my proper work stand.

Grab a length of copper tubing & some elbows from Wickes.

Yeah nice idea and I like the 'guy in a garage' aspect but the price is ridiculous

I actually met Mr Stand up at Gisburn forest last year and he tried flogging me and my mates the stands out of the back of his van(he was up there riding but had a few "samples" in his van). As above, reasonable idea but seemed well over priced to me. When we got up to the dog and partridge afterwards he was in there trying to flog them in the bike shop. Nice guy trying to come up with something a bit different but I wouldn't pay more than £15 for a stand like that, purely because I think it has a limited use.

Seriously? £45 for some bent piping?

Presumably it won't even work for a fair number of chainsets.

I know Andy very well, yes a very nice bloke.

If you knew what went into the design and making of the stands you would understand why they are priced like that.

I think they are a good price considing some of the other junk on the mountain biking market that is over priced and fall to bits in no time.

I wouldn't pay more than £15 for a stand like that

You clear no nothing about design, manufacturing and selling a product, Its british made not that cheap chinese rubbish.

Anyway off for a ride now

You clear no nothing] about design, manufacturing and selling a product, Its british made not that cheap chinese rubbish.

Erm, I wasn't in any way slagging off the design, manufacture or sales/distribution costs of the product. Nor was I suggesting that Andy was making any sort of exorbitant profit on the stands.

I said

I wouldn't pay more than £15 for a stand like that,[b] purely because I think it has a limited use.[/b]

Enjoy your ride 🙂

I'm sorry Simon I'm in agreement with the overpriced argument. I'm sure it's a good product, but I just can't justify that amount for the product.

If you knew what went into the design and making of the stands you would understand why they are priced like that.

Fairly irrelevant though, it's worth what it's worth regardless of what went into it.

I bought one off him for £25 [I think] at MM a couple of years ago - TBH it's a pain for doing anything that requires the cranks being turned

You clear no nothing about design, manufacturing and selling a product, Its british made not that cheap chinese rubbish.

The ones that are half the price, fold better and are more portable, and hold a wider variety of bikes?

Yep, i prefer function over form, so didn't buy the andystand as i thought it costly and a limited. I like to support British companies, but won't pay over the odds just because it's British. Pretty thou.

That Od-Pod is a nice idea.

I do like the look of the Od-Pods, halfway tempted by one to throw in the car.

I love people on here. What can you actually buy for £15 at retail price?

You can't even buy one of those crappy folding stands with the flexy arms which support your seatstay/chainstays.

You can't even buy one of those crappy folding stands with the flexy arms which support your seatstay/chainstays.

One of these? http://www.wheelies.co.uk/p44224/Raleigh-Maintenance-Stand.aspx

if you cost up andy's time making them in Britain, the risk and investment involved in getting a batch made, etc then the price soon become realistic.

If it was a high volume product then it might well be cheaper.

but let's compare it to stuff made for far less in other countries and then not complain that things aren't made in this country anymore and there are no jobs left for craftsmen/engineers in this country.

My mate left IT and retrained in cabinetry making - his furniture is beautiful but expensive - but when you add up the cost of the materials, workshop rental and then his time making things (at reasonable rates as well) the high prices are soon justified.

I bought one of the first Andystands in white ,I don't have the space for a proper workshop stand , yes it costs a bit but cost per use has negated the purchase price TBH. Wouldn't be without it and for the sake of being able to leave your £**** bike safely in a stand without leaning it against walls or propping it against a piece of wood, kerb etc..... It does only fit hollowtech cranks but all my bikes have these and it makes routine maintenance and cleaning a doddle.

double post sorry 😳

being able to leave your £**** bike safely in a stand without leaning it against walls or propping it against a piece of wood, kerb etc

Do you find that walls don't provide adequate support for your very expensive bike?

Not when their isn't one available mate. I promise once you've used one of these types of stands you'll wonder why you didn't earlier, like i said it makes maintenance much easier.

I recently bought a folding through my Singletraction membership. If you are a bike washing addict you will soon wonder how you lived without it.

Cheers Mr A Stand 🙂

cardo - Member
...It does only fit hollowtech cranks but all my bikes have these and it makes routine maintenance and cleaning a doddle.

I have one of the earlier ones and it fits hollowtech [u]and[/u] FSA cranks a treat. A good bit of kit to have for race days when you can't drag along the workstand.

Overpriced? For the sum of parts, yes - but then what isn't nowadays? Arse savers, Crud catchers, anything with 'Park Tools' on it etc...

I wash my bike a lot, and use a wall, despite having a very reasonable workstand on hand.

being able to leave your £**** bike safely in a stand without leaning it against walls or propping it against a piece of wood, kerb etc

As I said, I do have a Andy Stand but I find one of these just as stable and easier for fettling

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=28173

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if you cost up andy's time making them in Britain, the risk and investment involved in getting a batch made, etc then the price soon become realistic.

Understandable and realistic aren't the same thing.

Has anyone ever made one with copper tube and a pipe bender?

I don't think they are that good..

as unless you remove the non drive side preload cap you have to put it on to the drive side and then that makes spinning the pedals awkward..

but unless you are using it to adjust gears could be fine..

there is a similar thing that cradles the BB shell so does nto get in the way of spinning the cranks

but I find one of these just as stable and easier for fettling

how do you fettle the gears with that - you can't rotate the rear wheel.

I have a topeak tune-up stand but might get a od-pod as it looks quite good.

The feedback is used for heavy duty fettling.

how do you fettle the gears with that - you can't rotate the rear wheel

Badly?

Just noticed that all the bikes on the window ledge in that cafe on The Cycle Show are sitting on Od-pod stands.

You clear no nothing about design, manufacturing and selling a product,

obviously you do and your post is in no way jaundiced by being friends with the manufacturer. So, enlighten us then.

The "chinese crap" Little Englander ship sailed long ago.

And tell us where your bike, TV, phone, computer etc were made, as youre obviously keen to pay over the odds to support British companies.
We live in a world market, prices are dictated by the market, and products are worth what people will pay for them. Both my mountain bikes are from British companies, one built here, one overseas, I bought both of them because I like them not because of who built/designed them. Triumph are dominating the big bike market not because they are built in Britain, but because they built terrific bikes which are competitively priced.

To me and many of us the andystand is overpriced for its limited use, I paid 45 quid for a folding full work stand which is far more useful.

as youre obviously keen to pay over the odds to support British companies.

yes, **** all those british craftsmen/engineers - the sooner Hope fold for selling lights that cost more than dealextreme, the better...