I've been looking at cycle workshop stands for a while, they seemed a bit steep at £50-£100 so I dived into my pile of metal offcuts and, found some rhs, some angle iron, a few bits of tube, and old hinge and.....

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clamps in my bench vise and puts the bike at the right working height.


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I've got a old inner tube tied to the roof, just loop it round the seat tube and there you go, proper Locost.

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Bloody hell mate! Someone has nicked half your spokes.