[Closed] Lidl workstands

How much and are they any good?

Is it holding up alright ? At that price I think I might have to go and pick one up

Well, its "ok", I guess. It does hold the bike, but you cannot rotate it, plastic bits are not strong enough to hold it in any other way than what gravity dictates. Some DIY might improve this.

What do you mean you've just picked yours up? They're not 'available' until tomorrow, surely?

Tsk. People sweet talking the manager into letting them have one tonight so's they can avoid the rush tomorrow, well out of order. 😉

Well worth the £30 imo. As good as ones costing twice, three times as much that I've seen. As Igorl sez, a bit of tweaking can improve it, but for occasional use say once a month or so it should hold up fine for a few years at least. It seems very simliar to another 'budget' stand I've seen that I'm sure was at least eighty quid.

People sweet talking the manager

😳 Justified by explaining that I've missed out twice before. Just put mine up and put my HT on it. Seems useful.

Can someone post a picture please?

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Worth a look I think, thanks for that

no sweet talking involved. Just walked in and they were already out on the floor for sale.

I got one last year when then did this offer - still impressed for £30!

Justified by explaining that I've missed out twice before.

Exactly my excuse! 😀 True though. If you can't get there first thing (always a Thursday, can't make it first thing there on a Thursday!!) then they just disappear. Went once at 10.30- all gone.

Ciderinsport; how's it held up over a year?

I hope that no one from Bristol is reading this, I am not be able to get to Lidi until I have finished work. 😆

Did you know that this is the most popular forum amongst Brizzolian cyclists?

Bugger.

I got one the last time they had them in. P1sh utter! The clamp is pants, when eventually you do get it fastened round a bit of your bike, the bike slips round until whichever end is heaviest hits the ground.

A waste of £30, i would recommend saving the extra money to put towards one a bit more expensive with a better clamp...

Or, you could simply tweak the clamp so's it don't slip round. Din't take me long to fettle it. You must simply be crap at mekaniking. 😉

Thing is, there' aren't any that are 'a bit more spensive'. They're all a lot more spensive, like twice, three times as much.

And a lot of them aren't much better. Trust me, I've used loads of workstands in me time, and the LiDL one is surprisingly good for the money. If I were going to get something 'better', then I'd get a Park one or something proper decent, and they cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Got one last year, going great. Cant go wrong for 30 rips IMHO use it for my 2 MTB's & my road race bike. Handles the road bike better (lighter bike) but is fine for a the mtb's also.

Foolishly paid a touch over the odds for the same one from ebay last year ~£40 odd I think...

still working fine...

For £30 its a bargain really, not exactly state of the art but does the job, holds the bike doesn't fall over, what more do you need home spannering...

I picked one up last year....the lady behind the counter got up from her seat toddled off and come back with a paper and told me to buy the paper??? WTF??
All credit though there was a £5 off voucher in the paper that she promptly scan so cost me £25......now you don't get that service everywhere!

Just picked one up from southampton lidl - loads there for whoever wants one (was tempted to get two just in case anyone on here missed out)

Now playing with mine. Never had a workstand before so this is a massive improvement over that even if only for fettling the kids bikes.

Just got mine from the leyland store, still got 5 left if anyones interested. Also picked up a tool kit to put on my daughters bike, she likes being self sufficent.

Bought one from the local Lidl first thing this morning. On putting it together it seems pretty solid. The plastic parts probably need to be treated with a bit of care if they are to last but the general quality is no worse than a ten year old Minoura stand I have in the garage which has become increasingly battered and rusty over the last couple of years.

For thirty quid it's worth a look.

Just got one from the Amesbury store. Going to take a while until I get home from work to see if the £30 was well spent or not.

Still plenty left though...

Just got mine from Chapel Allerton store seems pretty good for £30 and fairly solid. And they had at least 16 in at 8 o'clock this morning.

For all of you that have just bought one, I have had one for about a year and so far the best solution I have found to preventing the clamp twisting has been to put in a layer of cloth backed sand paper between the plastic parts and the metal. I initially used plumbers tape but that was useless. Getting the sand paper to fit where you want it can be a little awkward but persevere as it makes a big difference.

balls! forgot to pop to Lidl this morning on the way into Brizzle.

Picked up mine from warwick. Seems pretty solid, though the little telescopic arm which is supposed to hold your bars straight was broken. Not sure if I can be arsed to take it back.
Seems pretty good, big footprint with the legs extended out.

surely the pic is wrong - you should be holding the bike on the seatpost?

how does the clamp handle that?

I own a Park stand, superb. Cost more than Lidl but then I'm worth it 🙂

Just got mine from Exeter store as has colleague.
All i need now is the the mechanical know how to fix bike when in said stand.

Just got mine from Crowborough store still loads left look forward to modifying my bike stand as well as my bike!!

Someone has gone to the southampton store and cleaned them out of stock... there were loads only a couple of hours ago :/

I have had one for about a year and so far the best solution I have found to preventing the clamp twisting has been to put in a layer of cloth backed sand paper between the plastic parts and the metal. I initially used plumbers tape but that was useless. Getting the sand paper to fit where you want it can be a little awkward but persevere as it makes a big difference.

I found a couple of threaded knobs and drilled through the bracket and tube on the bracket which clamps the frame(the little silver knurled knob in the centre), then one at the clamp where the junction is between the clamp bar and vertical bar(you can just see it at the back). Put a few holes in the tube on this one in different positions to allow different clamping angles. Sorted...

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kayak23 - do you work in a school in Greenock?...

No, a college in Warwickshire... Like your powers of observation though...

haha! It looks just like a school I cleared last year. Nice flooring.

Again I say - are you not suppossed to be clamping the seatpost?

Clamping the frame is suppossed to be a bad idea if it has any form of butting to reduce weight.

FAO anyone in Bristol - Was still some in the Lidl on the corner by Southmead hospital this afternoon. Picked up one to take a look at but might take it to the jumble on Sat if I decide to wait and splash out on a Feedback Sports one.

just picked mine up!! happy days

Picked mine up from Lichfield at half 5. They sold plenty but there are still 6 left if they sold out elsewhere

Was about to part with 30 quit when i realized that for the last 20 years i have either turned the bike upside down or just lent it against the wall and done whatever was needed. I have a single speed so no gears to fettle and I guess I just thought whats the point?? Bike work shops I understand but by the time I have dug the stand out of the garage and set the bike up in it I would have done what ever bit of minor fettling was needed and been riding away.......still look good for 30 quid though 🙂

right on the money donks..

I bought one expecting it to be rubbish but its actually very well finished. Yes the blue knobs are cheap looking and the clamp is not brilliant as it needs a QR and the little feet are bound to break but for £30 I am impressed. I recently had the brown aluminium Bike Hand type one which was very disapointing (too much flex) and a steel fold up one which had play in the head.

I was tempted to go buy a Feedback Sports one - either the black cheaper (£110) one of of the more expensive red ones but I think I will replace the blue knobs with either some nice alloy ones or some nice QRs and then sort something out with the clamp.

Again I say - are you not suppossed to be clamping the seatpost?

Can you not just turn the 360 deg clamp 90 deg so that it's vertical?

TurnerGuy - Member
Again I say - are you not suppossed to be clamping the seatpost?

well looking at the pic there is not enough seat tube to clamp and I doubt that frame has any fancy butting!

But yes, obviously you just rotate the clamp and clamp the seat post.

Sometimes for a light job it is easier to keep the clamp horizontal and just place the bike well balanced and then lower the clamp gently to stop it falling off. No heavy clamping needed.

jimster - Member

Can you not just turn the 360 deg clamp 90 deg so that it's vertical?

My friend bought one last year, and says though great value, the clamp won't stay rotated when trying to clamp the seatpost once a bike is loaded onto it. Minor modification may well resolve this though.

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Tell your friend to have a look on page 1 of this thread for my post regarding clothed back sand paper (the flexable stuff from B and Q) between the plastic parts and the stand. And kayak23 post on what he did to prevent rotation of the clamp.

hope these work for for your friend.

Picked one up this morning £30 and it actually holds my bike without falling over. More than happy.

I am tempted to cut mine down a bit to make it pack up smaller. Could loose a good 10" off the tubes and still be a decent height. Especially as you don't need the legs all the way out - it is a lot more stable than it looks in the pics.

I picked one up today

Well chuffed holds my 456 up a beaut

£30 no complaints here