Ben John-Hynes Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) my gcse project from last year!believe it or noti'm quite proud!LolBenEDIT: it's a bike repair standforgot to mentionlol Edited November 26, 2007 by TrialsGenius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Erm, what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hill Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 how long did it take you too make that?I was going to make one but me teacher said i couldnt so now im making a toolbox instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLeacock™ Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Looks pritty cool, is it heavy ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 How does it actually hold the bike? And does it topple over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLeacock™ Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) How does it actually hold the bike? And does it topple over?Im guessing that peice of metal spins round ? The bit at the front ? Edited November 26, 2007 by benleacock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Im guessing that peice of metal spins round ? The bit at the front ?the bar facing down goes where the seat post goes.it doesn't topple over and it made from mild steel, so it's pretty heavy!took around 10 weeks i THINK!Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 So that bar acts as a seatpost?What if you get a new frame with a different sized seat-tube? Or no seat-tube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Still dont get how it works, once you sloted the frame on the metal bit once you let go the frame will just fall to ground so what holds it there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipsy Jock Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Still dont get how it works, once you sloted the frame on the metal bit once you let go the frame will just fall to ground so what holds it there?Errrrr seat clamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Still dont get how it works, once you sloted the frame on the metal bit once you let go the frame will just fall to ground so what holds it there?Seat collar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Elson Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) Don't get that one bit ahhh think i know now, have to stand the bike up normally and adjust the bar up or down depending on how big the bike is, ooh and using a seat clamp you can clamp the pole to the seat tube and lift the bike onto a higher setting to allow the wheels to spin. Good Idea Edited November 26, 2007 by chris121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Seat collar o yeah, but it looks alittle thin for a seat post???? and isnt there different size seat posts so its pritty limited to what frames work on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandadude Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 That looks cool. Im making a bike work stand for gcse at the moment but im currently only at the modeling stage and then its back to more sheet work Mine doesn't look much like yours though lol, i haven't seen a system like yours yet so you deffenetly get some points for originality. I've chosen to use a mole grip affair so it can clamp to the top tube or the seat tube but it may be too complicated to make What grade did you get overall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I made one of them once, but the furthest i got was having the seperate parts powder coated then i just gave up and made some brass screws for summat i needed at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Oh, I get it, after reading a few times.Thought the idea of a bike stand was to get the bike off the floor though so you can sort out gears/brakes etc. without having to lift the bike up.Considering you ride a trials bike, it's a good effort, but kinda... well... shit really, there's no way it can hold a modern trials frame, I would have gone for the tried and tested clamp system myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shay Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 All these people positing negative replys. I think you have to bare in mind this is a GCSE Project made by a sixteen year old with little to no budget and therefor its very specialised to the riders needs and purposes. Teams built of tens of people are commited to research and design for these things and they have much higher budgets... yet these guys still make shit product. TrialsGenius did well on the stand and its a good bit of craftmanship for what he intends to use it for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 bit off topic, did u paint that? pain looks a bit textured, in a good way though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 bit off topic, did u paint that? pain looks a bit textured, in a good way though.I was actually going to say before, it looks like it's been finished very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 All these people positing negative replys. I think you have to bare in mind this is a GCSE Project made by a sixteen year old with little to no budget and therefor its very specialised to the riders needs and purposes.I know this, as I did GCSE resistant materials and we had the choice of PC desk or bike stand. I chose to make a PC desk and I'm still using it now. It was made with 1" square steel tubing and 18mm veneered MDF, which I had to pay for out of my own money, I also made it so it could be disassembled completely, and the longest section is the desktop itself, and it can still fit in a medium sized car, such as a Nissan Almera. I also did it when I was in Year 10, which means I was 14 when I made it, I guess 6, nearly 7 years old isn't bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted November 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 I was actually going to say before, it looks like it's been finished very well it's powdercoatedthey did a good job!i was going to make a computer desk loldecided against it!it's an outrage that they make you pay for it yourself!lolBen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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