I use an ironing board, fits two computers, a small fan, remote, phone, and ear buds.
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In the garage I just use my table saw (with the blade retracted, of course).
How are people using these cycling desks without having the air stream from the fan (e.g. wahoo headwind) completely blocked off?
For me, the fan is under the desk, pointed toward me. I roll the desk fore/aft to control the wind direction.
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Hm ok, that doesn’t work with the headwind unfortunately. Can’t get the angle that steep.
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I have the lifeline desk and I’m in the same boat as you… to get that steep angle I put a lid from an old shoe box, but the desk blocks some of the wahoo headwind airflow anyway… without the lid it hits my legs and not the core / torso as I’d like…
I could leave the lid and move up the desk, but in this way my laptop would be quite high and not simulating the ‘height’ of the road when you are outside
Maybe with a book?
I’m happy with this desk that I bought a year ago. I think it may have been recommended on the TR forum. https://thefrugalcyclist.com/products/cycling-desk
It is very adjustable.
That’s what I use with a 2013 MacBook Air and iPhone. Actually works better with the laptop — more prone to blowing over with the phone (usually on the back porch)
I’m going to resurrect this to share that I just learned that an old school folding TV tray table works well for me! I’m not trying to access the laptop routinely. I am using one that my in laws were getting rid of and I’m sure there’s lots of these on buy nothing and Facebook marketplace but here’s one for $12 at Walmart Robot or human?
Only pictures I have right now, but scrap wood found on the side of the road 
My phone normally sits about where the baby monitor is, but I’m using it to take the picture.
I do wish I would have mounted the legs a couple inches wider, but it’s fine.
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I have a RAD stand now, but for many years I used a Manhasset music stand I had since junior high. It held my tablet, phone, and a few small items. The RAD stand is nice but I extended it higher because I’m using a rocker plate. Height is adjustable by a spring loaded buttons that protrude through holes in the lower legs. I just drilled a new set of holes higher up. Still plenty of overlap between the inner and outer legs.
Wow.
If you do a bit of digging you can find an off-brand desk equivalent to the Rad Cycles, or Wahoo model for less than $100. I picked this one up a while and it works like a charm: cup holders, slots for phone or tablet, hight adjustable to easily roll over bars, yada, yada.
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Yep. A few years ago, the Rad stand was the “off-brand” stand. It’s under $100 on Amazon right now in the US.
What do you mean? It’s a killer deal, but it’s still the “off brand” Wahoo knockoff. I don’t say that as an insult, but it is what it is