Welp I thought I'd snap some pictures of my ghetto rear stand made from, you guessed it, a shopping cart. This bike stand cost a grand total of $5, which is what I paid some lady who had a shopping cart on the side of her house. Also, it kept me in the garage this weekend rather than out at the bars, so I didn't spend my whole check, which means I can afford tires! It's a win win!


Here is said cart when I... acquired it... this afternoon.



Cut all this off with the sawzall

which left this:


Welded on a couple supports.


Ground off the leftover bars and hit it with a little primer.

Cutting the pegs with a hole saw.


So here's how it sits right now, to be honest I thought this would kind of be a joke but it's thicker wall tubing than I thought, it all feels very sturdy, and I will have TONS of leverage. I can also take the front casters off if necessary.



Welded on some pegs

Cut them down to size and sprayed a little flat black on my new paint stand... BONUS

Greased up the wheels and she was good to go


I just wrapped the pegs in a bunch of electrical tape, we'll see how that holds up, but it's easily replaced.

So it works really well. Plenty of leverage so it's much easier than a standard small one, and it makes the bike very mobile when it's up.

And of course if I want it's very easy to pop out the front two casters.




Thoughts? Comments? And yes, I realize it's very ghetto, so we can just move past those comments...