EZ Bike Stand

I just received my bike stand and my bike has 2.4 tires well within the recommended size of 2.75 but the stand will not fit them because the top nut hits the stand and will not turn to tight . On the bars turning if you use the rear wheel like I do you can just make a tool like Park sells to keep it straight for next to nothing . If you can afford it the Park front tire holder is better and if I remember right about $20 . I can see how this stand could be built to easily hold todays fat tire bikes which have 5 inch tires . Yes they would have to charge more but it would be worth it . Very sad about the tightening situation . This is very clumsy and there is no way to get it tight on the tire sides easily . The bike sits in their sloppy if it isn't tight and if it is set to tight the wheel doesn't set down in . It is holding the bike up but the wheel turned to the side one time causing it to fall . Once I learned to tie the front wheel off too it was much better. . Most bike work stands recommend it . Until you can make or purchase something to hold your front wheel straight you can get a strip of Velcro long enough to fasten the back of the front wheel to the frame tube while on the stand if you have a stability issue like I did . My bike loaded up is 70 pounds so this stand is fairly solid . I bought it because I saw no weight restriction like the competition and had no other options . This seemed the best one . It is ok except for the adjustment at 2.4 inches under the recommended 2 3/4 max tire size . I will more the likely take a dremel tool and trim the plastic fastener so it will tighten all the way with the stand adjusted out .Update : Without my asking I received a delivery from EZ Bike of a new more compact plastic wing nut for the stand . It now fits my tire properly and for once being behind on projects was a good thing as I also have the larger one intact incase I need to use this on my old track bike with very narrow tires . Thank you so much to the Director of Operations who read the comment and sent the item to me out of the goodness of their heart by their own initiative you have won over a customer for life . I think anyone using the rear wheel over the front should consider making sure it is tied off so it can't turn regardless of the rear stand used . I hope in the near future your company finds the fat bike niche large enough to market a product too so I can use this product with my fat bikes 4.8 inch tires . Thank you for making a stand that can hold up to a loaded touring or electric bike . I know this is pushing it for what one can expect and the bikes you originally created this functional , safe , and easy to use stand for . God Bless Mr. S . and all at EZ Bike Products . Your caring about your customers is noteworthy . I just switched to bike riding due to a health issue and the people are great and really look out for each other .This is a great stand but some bikes are more unstable due to baskets or weight distribution this will hold your wheel straight if Velcro from the wheel to the centertube doesn't hold it . Park Tool HBH-2 Handle Bar Holder

I ordered this stand over others because I live by the ocean where metal parts don't hold up so well. I wanted a different one, but this one is 95%+ plastic. I came home from a bike ride today and found it delivered at the front door. It arrived quickly and looks to be as advertised. I set it up,adjusted it, and set my mountain bike's rear tire in it. It was snug and held the bike upright on the flat concrete slab behind the house. I was a little skeptical of it's holding power because it merely grips the edge of the 2" tires (the part that is designed to contact the road surface). If the tire deflates even a little, it will fall over. It's a little breezy today, but at the price of this lightweight chunk of plastic my expectations were too high. It will not work at all with my front wheel. I went inside for a few minutes and when I went out to check on the bike/stand, it had fallen over. It was still in the stand, but the stand had gone over with it. I don't like it for a mountain bike with wide tires. A road bike is both lighter and doesn't have tires that flare out so much beyond the rim. I just don't ever see this simple design ever holding a mtb tire very well at all. Perhaps an extra part like a spring loaded arm that reaches around to grip the back of the tire would help to stabilize such a bike. Yes, the entire stand fell over today, but it seems to me that the bike started falling first, and with all the leverage and momentum behind it, the stand didn't stand a chance of staying upright. Maybe if it were nailed to a floor, but that would only leave the bike in a very difficult tipped position that would not be good for your wheels. I regret this purchase, but will keep it around in the shed. I believe that it costs at least twice what I would expect it to. Sure, it will hold the bike upright, but it is precarious. Bump into it even slightly and it will likely fall over. I just expected more.

The nearly $50 price tag put me off at first but eventually, after getting tired of clumsy family members knocking over my bike while it was stored in the garage and consequently chipping the paint and breaking my various handlebar-mounted gadgets, I broke down and bought it. I'm very glad I did!It's just heavy enough to hold the bike securely without being too heavy to move around easily. It holds the bike upright without getting the spokes involved, unlike other bike stands I've tried. It's adjustable for any tire width, but smaller tires (20" or less) might be too small to fit properly in the lower semicircular part which holds the bike upright by the sidewall and rim; I don't know, I don't have a bike with small tires like that, but it appears it could be a problem for such smaller tires.Update 2012-11-21: I've been using one of these with my Sun EZ-1, which has a 20" rear wheel. It works fine but the 16" front wheel is too small - the fender on the front wheel gets in the way, although it would probably be OK if I didn't have a fender on that wheel. The fender on the 20" rear wheel doesn't pose a problem.Putting the stand together is beyond trivial: If you can tie your shoes and heft a phone book, you can put this stand together.This stand has been great for keeping the bike steady while I perform simple maintenance as well as protecting it from the aforementioned clumsy folks who traipse through my garage every day. The instruction/information sheet which came with the stand was a hoot to read; kudos to the good humor of the EZ Bike Products folks who wrote it.I have a second bike in the garage which I keep off the ground on a folding wall rack, and a third bike leaning against cabinets or on its own kickstand. I still think the price of this stand is a little high for what you get, but when I have another half a c-note burning a hole in my pocket I'll buy another one of these for that third bike. If the price were about $30 it would be the sort of thing that should be standard equipment for every bike owner.