Bike work stands - meta power 29

[jptbiow]

Hi everyone. Bought a bike work stand but struggling to attach the bike because of the placement of the rear shock. Avoiding clamping the dropper... Any ideas?

 

[HORSPWR]

Hi everyone. Bought a bike work stand but struggling to attach the bike because of the placement of the rear shock. Avoiding clamping the dropper... Any ideas?

Just clamp the dropper, it can take it.

 

[TallPaul]

I have a Park Tool PCS 10 stand and take the battery off and clamp the top tube further along form the shock.
I had it in there yesterday swapping the Lyrik damper and rotated it 180 degrees at various stages.
The first time I did it it was dusty and marked the paint but I put some heli tape on after.

 

[Gee]

I've got the one from Aldi and just clamp on the dropper.

 

[jptbiow]

Thanks for the thoughts all...

So I bought this...
And I ended up just clamping the seat tube and fixed tube of the dropper...seemed to be OK in the end.

 

[Jamsxr]

I clamp on my top tube.

 

[jptbiow]

I clamp on my top tube.

Tried that, but the angle of the bike and resulting weight / leverage is enough to pop open my (cheap) work stand clamp!

 

[seamarsh]

Tried that, but the angle of the bike and resulting weight / leverage is enough to pop open my (cheap) work stand clamp!

Return that stand and invest in a proper one.. cheap stands are not worth the headache.. needs to be stout and stable especially for an ebike.

 

[MattyB]

You can happily clamp on the dropper; as per King Calvin uou will be applying way less torque than your seatpost clamp...