Review: Scorpion Bike Stands
They come ready to strike in many different versions and colors (click to enlarge).
The Lowdown: Scorpion Bike Stands
We’ve been using the Scorpion bike stand for a few months now and have been thoroughly impressed to date. The classic “Why I didn’t think of that?” and the “It looks like a scorpion ready to strike.” often enter our minds when we use it.
It’s a simple concept of holding the bike up with the hole on hollow bottom brackets. Where the Scorpion stands out is in execution. They were able to envision a stand that can be used for maintenance so they sought to build the most stable, highest quality stand around.
Holding up the new Bronson elevates the rear wheel like a good friend (click to enlarge).
This stand is fairly light since it is made of chromoly steel. And the first reaction using it is how sturdy it feels. Let’s face it, the number one job of a bike stand is to hold a bike upright and it seems like most of the stands out there do a half-decent job at it. The bike stays up but bump it, or give it a good puff of wind and down goes the fancy bike. Add to it uneven or grass surfaces and normally stable stands are left teetering.
The issue is further complicated by these new wheel sizes. 29er, Plus, Fat Bike wheels are all making a mess of the bike stand ecosystem as a lot of them don’t fit now and are rendered useless.
Scorpion handles all these wheel size issues as long as they have a modern bottom bracket.
| Mtb or Road MSRP: $73 | Pro Folding MSRP: $89 |
| Included Accessories: Adapter sleeves | Pro Folding Accessories: Adapter sleeves and joining bolt |
Rating:  5 Chilis-out-of-5 |
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Video: Scorpion bike stand in action.
Full Review: Scorpion Bike Stands
Using the Scorpion Bike Stand is fairly straightforward— simply lift your bike and slide the hollow crank axle onto stand’s spindle. A vast majority of mountain cranks use large-diameter hollow axles, making current SRAM and Shimano cranksets, as well as numerous models from FSA, Specialized, Race Face and others compatible with it’s 20mm plastic sleeve installed. The stand ships with an 18mm adaptor for Shimano Zee and other smaller-diameter spindles—without a sleeve it works for BB30 and Cannondale Hollowgram cranksets.
Pro stand can be taken apart with one bolt for compact portaging (click to enlarge).
Ideal balance point
Since most bottom brackets sit slightly rearward of the bike’s center, the balance point is such that the front wheel touches the ground while the rear wheel is suspended a few inches in the air. This allows for the rear wheel to spin freely, making pedaling, changing gears and other rearward adjustments quite simple.
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