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Old October 15th 15, 12:01 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
John B.[_6_]
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On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:58:12 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 10/14/2015 11:06 PM, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:45:46 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 10/11/2015 10:38 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 12:35:44 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

Then another guy (at a LAW rally) showed me a sort of multi-step plastic
wedge he'd cut out of plexiglass. He'd squeeze the front brake lever,
then cram the wedge into the lever's opening to hold that brake on. The
front wheel was then unable to roll and the parked bike was much more
stable. Blackburn picked up the idea and sold them for a while.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5087/...71eb9ec3_o.jpg
But they're easy to make.

For a while, there was a wire loop called a Flickstand for
immobilizing the front wheel. It worked very well, but was
incompatible with fenders and soon vanished.

I suspect a bigger reason it vanished was the demise of "standard sized
tubing." But I suppose the Flickstand could be redesigned to use a
flexible band clamp of some kind. That would allow it even on
hydroformed aluminum frames and carbon fiber frames.

To my continued bemusement, I almost never see fenders on a bike.
Almost none of the members of my bike club use fenders.

Once this year I was asked, at the last minute, to lead a regular
weeknight club ride when the listed volunteer couldn't lead it. I threw
my bike in the car (I usually ride to the start) and drove there through
a rainstorm.

As I sat in the parking lot, the sky cleared to a perfect blue. And
nobody showed up, probably because of the wet roads. I did the ride
solo, and had a fine ride.

I love fenders. They make a bike so much more practical. See
http://www.bicyclinglife.com/Practic...yofFenders.htm


I also find that fenders also reduce family squabbles. The kind where
you get a fresh, clean, jersey out of the drawer and it has a big
black stripe down the back, and you hold it up for your wife's
inspection and say, "WHAT IS THIS?" :-)


Hmm. Maybe they should sell pre-black-striped jerseys for fenderless
riders? It might reduce those squabbles.


They already make black jerseys,

But who wants to wear a dull, black, colored jersey when flamboyance
is the name of the game, else bicycles would all be painted black :-)
--
cheers,

John B.

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