Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
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Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby JustJames » Sat May 05, 2012 4:05 pm
Does anybody know anything about the Vulcan bike repair stand, which I've seen advertised in a few places. It looks like good value, but only if it's any good (blinding flash of the obvious). Has anybody used one, or had a close up look at one?
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Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby Ozkaban » Sat May 05, 2012 4:41 pm
+1ozdavo wrote:I have one, and the only issue I have is the clamp rotates and uses a hand screw which pushes against a steel rod to fix position. There is no issue if the weight is balanced roughly equal, ie top tube clamped, but for instance if you clamp the seat post, there is too much weight forward and the screw won't hold. To overcome this, I drilled a hole through the champ & rod in the vertical position which I drop a bolt through when I need to clamp by the seat post.
It's pretty good apart from that flaw. With a drill and a decent bolt you can fix it
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby A_P » Sat May 05, 2012 4:44 pm
I have same stand (bought at aldi)
It does the job, its not the highest of quality, but for what i use it for (general cleaning and maintenance) its fine.
The clamp is hard plastic on the jaws and some of the blue knobs have cracked slightly and the nuts inside them spun, but easily fixed with some epoxy.
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby Ross » Sat May 05, 2012 6:20 pm
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby sdnelson19 » Sat May 05, 2012 8:09 pm
my cordless drill was flat, and I could see a brand new tube of superglue on the bench.... 10 min later, job done.Ozkaban wrote:+1ozdavo wrote:I have one, and the only issue I have is the clamp rotates and uses a hand screw which pushes against a steel rod to fix position. There is no issue if the weight is balanced roughly equal, ie top tube clamped, but for instance if you clamp the seat post, there is too much weight forward and the screw won't hold. To overcome this, I drilled a hole through the champ & rod in the vertical position which I drop a bolt through when I need to clamp by the seat post.
It's pretty good apart from that flaw. With a drill and a decent bolt you can fix it
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby JustJames » Sun May 06, 2012 1:31 pm
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby jasonc » Mon May 07, 2012 9:17 am
thanks for the ideaozdavo wrote: To overcome this, I drilled a hole through the champ & rod in the vertical position which I drop a bolt through when I need to clamp by the seat post.
btw - it definitely looks the same as the aldi one.
i.e. don't pay more than $40
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby GasCyclist » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:08 am
Managed to arrange for a replacement. Looks like a decent unit if modified to be solid. Any ideas on the best way to turn this cheapie work stand into something solid using some component from our mates at Bunnings? Having a Carbon bike I only clamp by the seat post and this unit as is does not do the job very well.
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby AUbicycles » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:13 am
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby GasCyclist » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:40 am
AUbicycles wrote:Out of interest, is it the screws themself that are worn/dethreaded?
Its all the cheap plastic blue tightening knobs have cracked. Put the bike on and all component move around due to the unit not being solid so you try and tighten it and eventually the cheap plastic cracks.
Also the clamp has come off. Was cleaning the bike and the whole thing came off lucky I got a decent hold of the bike before it came crashing down and did some damage.
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby jdimitri » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:46 pm
Are there better alternatives for under $100?
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Re: Vulcan Bike Repair Stand?
Postby GasCyclist » Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:09 pm
Want to start to learn all about servicing. I've got my old Trek I want to use as a guinea pig for maintenance training. Gear adjusting etc.
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