Rapid bicycle stand for touring bikes

A friend of ours, with quite a few very long solo bikepacking trips under her belt, mentioned that she is using a stand which also works with loaded bikes. I checked it out and at first I did not believe that something so simple could work so very well.

So I tried it out, a 8.5mm replacement aluminium tent pole, an endcap from a pair of Leki trekking poles, and a pine offcut (and a rubber tie to hold the front brake). Worked so well that I did a quick little CAD model this morning.

Printed in PETG:

The finished article:

So, this was a 4 segment 1.6m pole, and I left two of the segments uncut. The clever thing would be to shorten the other segments, and end up with three pieces roughly the same length, instead of one really stubby piece. Because now, the folded length is just over 400mm, it fits the panniers, and it is shorter than my tent, but shorter is more convenient. Overall length is 860mm from the end of the Leki cap to the center of the forked bit, you might need to adjust this for your bike (mine is an XL sized bike with a sloping top tube).

I used these reusable rubber ties to hold the front brake (the original also blocks the rear, might be needed, I always carry a few of these ties).

The replacement tent pole came with a length of bungee cord, so that is what's keeping it together, and allow you to fold it like a regular tent pole.

Update 16JUN2026:

Added a slightly bigger version of the 3d printed fork, with a 14mm hole for use with 13mm carbon tent poles. I used this pole (the one with the two flat endcaps), shortened to length (and using less sections):

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005011621743841.html

The endcaps are loose and keep the bungee cord inside taut. Note that carbon fiber dust is nasty stuff, don't breathe it in, and clean up afterward.