Quick Bike Repair Stand From Scrap.

Having recently rediscovered the joys of bicycling but finding Kansas wind to much for single speed my folks old cross country bikes in the shed are looking pretty good. But it's hard working on the ground so it's time to elevate this project to the level it deserves. This build took about 2 hours and was built from scraps of wood I had laying around, it ain't perfect but it will get the job done.

Environmental note.

Every time we repair, reuse and repurposed things were were helping to minimize new junk from entering our lives and the earths system. This project is embracing this ideal. I encourage you to embrace anti consumption in your lives as much as reasonable.

This is a design as I built from Things at hand so your tools and materials may vary.

Materials

4x4 from a pallet

About 12ft of 2x4

Nails 3in

Tools

Hammer

Speed square

Tape measure

Pencil

Circular saw

Table saw

Chest high felt like a good height because I could easily reach the handle bars standing and the gear train sitting on a bucket. That came out around 48in (I much prefer metric but that's not the tape I could find today). The pedals stick out about 8in so it needs to hold the bike at least that far from the post.

The whole thing could easily be made from 2x4 but I found a 44in 4x4 so used that instead as it's height would be close enough for the post.

Make a bad doodle of your plan I used the wood I'm working with.

I have found that attaching boards to each face as a base works pretty well so that's what I'm going to do.

Many bike stands can pivot to better accommodate step through bikes. That's not a feature I need right now so put that complexity in the bin along with a clamp (ratchet strap will do just fine).

Don't forget to sort out (remove) any nails or screws that may be poking out of your material (hazard of salvaged material)

As usual I made plans and notes on the fly and my work. (I said quick)

My long board was 88in so making 4 22in legs was the first thing to do.

Then I split the 47in board in 2 and nailed them both together so a grove for the bike frame could be cut in both at the same time.

I also had a really short piece that got a 45 at one end as a brace for the arm.

I used the table saw for the angle cuts because those cuts are a little to sketchy for me to do with only one arm. DISABILITY PRIDE.

Remember we decided that the bike should be about 10in from the post, so measure from the bottom of the groves that the bike will rest and make a line to help line up the arms on the post.

Using screws and drill might prevent things from moving (hammer strike shift occurred) just try and make things aligned.

The speed square is your friend USE IT.

Put the legs on so the post bottom is raised up and won't cause extra wobble. 4 legs will always wobble so attach the last leg on the flattest surface you can find (should have gone to the cement slab). Shims will make it stop wobbling later.

A random dog bowl was attached to the top to put small parts. And that strap works great to keep the bike from shifting and tilting.

Now we got a good enough repair stand to fix some bikes.