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Unpopular opinion: Park Tool stands are overrated for home mechanics
Was talking to a guy at a co-op last week. He fixes bikes out of his garage for beer money. Uses a basic clamp on a wooden stool. Said he's been doing it 8 years. No wobble issues. Makes me think. Dropped $250 on my PRS-25 and it sits in the corner half the time. Am I just buying into the hype? Has anyone else ditched the fancy stand for something janky but functional?
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xenarobinson8d agoMost Upvoted
Admit it, I used to think fancy gear mattered" - that line hit me. I actually have a weird story about this. My dad was a mechanic in the 70s and he used this old wooden workbench with a vice grip bolted to it. He fixed everything from lawnmowers to motorcycles on that thing. One time he was working on a vintage Schwinn and the whole bench started wobbling because one leg was shorter than the others. He just shoved a folded up pizza box under it and kept going. That bench held up for 30 years. So yeah, maybe we're all overthinking this. If a pizza box and a wooden stool works for that guy at the co-op, what are we even paying for? The brand name on the clamp?
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