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3.0 out of 5 starswhat I like about it
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2017
Ughhh.... I really looked forward to buying this, I've wanted one for awhile and frankly it pains me to rate it so low. First, what I like about it: it's a decent stand - mine is functional and it works. I really do like the head, the clamp is fast and, despite being plastic, the rotation feature works well and holds our mountain bikes at any angle. I used it immediately to fix a rubbing tire, adjust some old cable brakes and adjust a front derailleur. What is not so great: the stand arrived in a Park Tool box inside a larger, longer amazon box. The amazon box had far too little packing material ensuring that everytime the package was moved, the park box got a good 10 inches of head start to ram into the floor or wall. The amazon box was in poor condition when it arrived. Just about all the tubes are scratched and most severely both sides of the "y" piece. Okay is a bike stand... but still for almost $300 I want to be the one that scratches it up. Speaking of tubes, one of the angled vertical tubes has a crooked hole. I was able to persuade everything into alignment, however one of the feet is toed outward slightly. I like having the stand, i was really looking forward to getting it, it works pretty good, I'm gonna keep it. For almost $300 though, I expected a little more.
2 Year update: I moved it from 2 stars to 3 stars. It's good for
garage wrenching... I've used this stand fairly regularly...I've fixed a lot of kids bike flats and our family's mountain bikes, mostly light maintenance. The stand stores well and holds bikes well... my 2 biggest complaints are the condition it arrived in and some careless construction, but I've slapped some stickers on it... and moved on, it works
