Pro Road Stand

Modern road and gravel bikes don't always play nicely with traditional clamp-on repair stands. Thru-axle dropouts need an adapter to slot into a fork-mount, integrated cable routing makes a down-tube clamp risky, and aero seatposts come in shapes that a cam-style jaw was never sized for. The Pro Road Stand sidesteps all three problems with a frame-fitment design that supports the bike at the bottom-bracket area rather than clamping a tube, leaving the down tube, top tube, and seatpost untouched.

At 5.1 kg the stand is roughly 600 grams (1.3 lb) lighter than comparable portable stands from other brands, and it still carries a 27 kg (60 lb) working capacity. It was developed across two seasons with the World Tour outfit now riding as Ineos Grenadiers (Team Sky at the time), which is the kind of field-service feedback loop that drives weight out of a portable design. Through the Thru-axle Adaptor 1693R.2, the stand handles thru-axle road, gravel, and cross-country bikes without additional setup.

Compatibility

Out of the box, the Pro Road Stand fits quick-release road and gravel bikes. The thru-axle adapter (sold separately) extends compatibility to modern road, gravel, and cross-country bikes with 12 mm thru-axles, including Boost rear spacing.

Specs

• Article number: 1693R
• Folded weight: 5.1 kg
• Working load capacity: 27 kg (60 lb)
• Mount: frame-fitment at the bottom-bracket area (not a tube clamp)
• Thru-axle compatibility: via Thru-axle Adaptor 1693R.2 (sold separately)
• Setup: no tools required

Includes: folding stand body, frame-fitment mount, carry strap. Thru-axle adapter sold separately.

Built in Zreče, Slovenia

Unior has been forging hand tools in Zreče since 1919, and is the official technical partner of multiple World Tour and downhill teams. The Pro Road Stand was developed in the team service-truck environment where stand weight matters, setup time matters, and integrated-cable-routing frames mean tube clamps are the wrong choice. The two-season co-development with the team mechanics shaped the frame-fitment geometry around the road-bike service workflow.

Pro tip from our mechanics

A frame-fitment stand changes the workflow on road and gravel bikes: rear-derailleur indexing reads differently when the rear wheel is free to spin without the stand fighting it, and brake-line routing isn't getting compressed under a clamp jaw. For shops doing rotor truing or brake bleeding on road bikes, the frame-area mount is the faster setup. When this kind of stand makes sense vs. when a tube-clamp is the better answer is the question we work through here: How to choose a bike repair stand →