I have a Park HBH-2. It’s fine, but cumbersome and far from perfect. Anyone use the Park HBH-3? It seems better, but also fiddly. Same for the Feedback Sports Flop Stop. I’m curious what recommendations people have. Any homemade tools, be it a strap between frame and wheel or something more complex?
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The park tool hbh-2 is my favourite. But 90% of the time I don’t use it as intended as I only throw it over the bars and that’s sufficient, too lazy for the strap. Works for me. All other solution are rather too fiddly, as it’s not worth the hassle.
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I have and use the HBH3. I like that I can set it to have the fork turned for better disc caliper access. It is a bit fiddly in that the hinge points have a fair amt of play.
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I also had the HBH-2 for several years. I didn’t realize how bad it sucked until I got the HBH-3. I have no experience with the Feedback version but I suspect it too is far superior to the HBH-2. Get rid of the HBH-2 and don’t look back. You’ll thank me during your next brake bleed.
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Have a few of the Feedback Sports Flop Stop for the various bikes in the home, and the issue I continue to face is the rubber bits at the ends breaking up over time. Not sure if it’s due to me going one ball tighter, to avoid the floppiness, and/or the humidity where I am, but it almost certainly breaks up in a year or two.
Moved to the Park Tools HBH-3, which was equally fiddly. Will probably end up inserting some nitrile bushings at some stage, to minimise the flop. Also annoying that the circular tightening knob has started rusting too…
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I’ve used the FS Flop Stop for a while. Got to say that I’m not totally enamoured with it but it does the job. I don’t like how easy it is to separate the two pieces when adjusting it. Also painted the end that you undo so I don’t try to yank the fixed end out when removing it. The Park Tool certainly looks more substantial.
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@Dave_Rome once suggested to me that I put my bike in the workstand on an angle with the front of the bike lower than the rear. This is easy and avoids the front wheel/bars moving left and right.
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^^ This.
Bar flop is only a problem if the front wheel is level or higher than the rear.
Can’t tell if you guys are joking or not. Do you also advise “don’t buy a torque wrench, just don’t undo the bolts that would need to be torqued?” 
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In all seriousness, there are dozens/hundreds of reasons you would need the front end raised. One of the top ones is the one @BJ_Keane mentioned above: a rear brake bleed.
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It’s also a lot easier to wrap bar tape when the bar isn’t loosely flipping. I do most of my wrapping when the front wheel is locked on a Kickr Rollr though, but the Flop Stop helps a lot.
Helps to have the front end a bit higher when tuning brake caliper position too to save your back and neck.
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In all seriousness, there are dozens/hundreds of reasons you would need the front end raised. One of the top ones is the one @BJ_Keane mentioned above: a rear brake bleed.
Totally. I’m not saying you never need to use one - just that having the front wheel lower, if you’re able to do what you need to do with the bike in that position, does eliminate the need to use a flop stop or similar.
switched to a feedback sprint stand and never really looked back! the only thing I can’t really do is to spin the front wheel to adjust caliper, which I usually do now with the bike down on a scorpio stand