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 On: 2006-07-08
Simply put, I dont feel comfortable parking my road bike on this. I purchased this GrandStand to park my road bike properly in the garage rather than lean it against the wall. But after using it a couple of times I noticed the stand holds the bike in vertical position by the spokes. There is just too much lateral pressure on the spokes especially that the bike tends to go slightly to one side or the other and you can see the spokes temporarily bending by the weight of the bike. There is another thing that Ive noticed, depending on the bike derailleur and what gear its in, when parking the bike with the rear tire, the stand might get between the derailleur and the spokes, pushing the derailleur away from the tire. This might potentially harm the derailleur.
Not wanting to feel that Ive wasted my purchased, I tried to use it with my cheap mountain bike, but quickly realized the heavy mountain bike would put even more pressure on the spokes than the road bike.
 On: 2005-08-31
We purchased 2 of these great little units from Gals Garage and cant figure out how we lived without them. Easy to assemble and we throw them in the back of our club chase van so we when we have a rest stop we arent leaning our expensive bikes up against trees, vehicles, benches or having to lay them on the ground. They work great in the garage as well!
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