Can you make one ? Do you have a good post handy ?

Something like this might be all you need:

Unless you want it portable, which means a whole stand

@Erlkoenig strava.com/activities/11333668683 Some video/pics to come...

@Szabolcs I have a cheap workstand, the biggest issue is that the clamp isn't very grippy/strong, so you have to carefully adjust it and position the bike. It's doable for occasional home use, but for regular use higher quality is probably better

@Criggie Funny back-and-forth?

I just hang the bike from a string

or rope or sling or cord or whatever you call it in English

Yeah well I'd done the road across the top in a previous trip.

I can't put a hook in the ceiling (shared basement, rented apartment) and there are not many trees around here, so the string isn't possible.

@Szabolcs no balconies or horizontal bars or playgrounds?

Is there a Bike Cooperative at all ?

Lay a broomstick across 2 tables or chairs and hook the bike on it 😄

Broomstick works much better than Michel's line method.

Criggie, Reykjavik has 1/3 of Christchurch's population.

Why do (industry) bearings sometimes look like they're rusting, but once you open them they look pretty fine? Is it just grease escaping that looks like rust? Tiny rust particles that escaped, leaving the bearing intact?

I found something that has worse naming systems than tyres.... sewing machine needles.

@Erlkoenig trapped grit in grease perhaps? Or maybe its more packing grease like cosmoline ?

Possibly. But it wasn't there before. So must have leaked from the bearing

maybe some oil/grease leaked and then absorbed grit, giving it volume and colour ?

Possible, is that known to happen?

Well that's what makes chains horrible - the black grit is captured by oil and turns to grinding paste.

Some of the brownness comes from oxidation of the grease, so metal particales trapped in it rust.

Some is also the grease hardening as it dries out.