I was about to start a thread on this topic and was glad to find this one here. I'm looking for a stand that's gonna hold old heavyweights.
One thing that I've heard, as well as saw mentioned above is the duration that a bike is held in these stands. I want to put a heavyweight in this thing and start stripping it down but not have to take the bike out constantly. I want to leave it there until I'm done with the project. I know some stands are considered more "portable" and it's a bad idea to leave a project hanging out for weeks or months at a time. For all you Park fans, will those stands hold a heavyweight (mostly Phantoms right now but I also have an Orange Krate that's heavy as hell) for long duration? Does long duration make a difference to any of the recommendations above? Price-wise, I feel like 500 is probably my limit unless someone just really talks me into something above.