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AG: Parking on a Pole
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. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Parking on a Pole
On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:38:12 -0300, 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. Velo Orange sells a thing called a "wheel stabilizer" for $10 that is supposed to keep the front wheel straight and works with a fender. http://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...tabilizer.html And apparently comes in different sizes to fit different down-tubes. -- cheers, John B. |
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AG: Parking on a Pole
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 -- - Frank Krygowski |
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AG: Parking on a Pole
On 10/12/2015 2:25 PM, Phil W Lee wrote:
Frank Krygowski considered Sun, 11 Oct 2015 12:35:44 -0400 the perfect time to write: On 10/10/2015 10:24 PM, Joy Beeson wrote: It has been brought to my attention that the art of parking on a pole is not hard-wired at birth, but must be learned. The process is very simple. Stop near the pole, a few inches away so that the bike will lean against the pole and its center of gravity has to be raised a bit before it can be knocked over. The curve of the saddle should rest against the pole. This prevents the bike from rolling forward. Nudge the pedal on your side with your foot until the pedal on the pole side rests firmly against the pole. This prevents the bike from rolling backward. So now it can't roll, the pole prevents it from falling to one side, and the lean prevents it from falling to the other side. The bike is stable. But sometimes a gust of wind (or a passing child) can give the bike enough of a push to overcome the weight pressing against the pole. Just to be sure, wind your cable lock around the pole and through the frame and both wheels. If the pole is one of a series intended for parking bikes -- wavy pipes that provide several poles for each pair of expensive anchor points are popular -- place your bike at right angles to the row of poles, so that you don't block other riders from using the other poles. If you want the bike locked, select a pole that is very tall, has something big at the top, or is a closed curve. (A post supporting a roof usually meets all three criteria.) Your subject line confused me at first. http://www.who2.com/sites/default/fi...elly-up-28.png When I first started "adult" cycling, my older British friend expressed surprise about my kickstand. He said "there's always _something_ to lean your bike against." And he showed me the pedal-on-a-curb trick: put the curbside pedal just back of straight down, prop the pedal on the curb and turn the front wheel against the curb. The crank acts as a kickstand. It's not super-secure, but it works. 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. My front brake lever on the 'bent has a push-button which locks it in the "on" position. You just squeeze the brake lever, push the button while releasing the lever, and the lever stays in and the brake on. The next squeeze of the lever releases the brake-lock. I can't see a manufacturers name or model on it, but I believe they are fairly common on trikes, which generally have a greater need for them. Mine is compatible with V brakes, but I'm sure whoever makes it would be able to provide models for other braking systems if necessary - just check with trike suppliers. When I had just started riding my very first "ten speed" (1972 or so), another young engineer drove to the big city to buy one for himself. The 1970s bike boom was in full swing, and there were hundreds of new bike shops, with more hundreds of novice bike salesmen. My friend reported that one salesman pointed to the headset-mounted front brake quick release on a bike http://www.thedirtbum.com/wp-content...nger-Front.jpg and said "It's a parking brake!" Indeed, the novice mechanic had set up the brakes so the front wheel was locked when the QR was not open. It's occurred to me that with certain brakes, you could install two different QR mechanisms in series, so to speak, and use one in exactly that way. But I do fine with Blackburn-style brake blocks - mostly home made. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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AG: Parking on a Pole
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?" :-) -- cheers, John B. |
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AG: Parking on a Pole
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. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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AG: Parking on a Pole
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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AG: Beginners and Parked Cars
Beginners should not ride on streets where parking is allowed; there are skills that you must master before you can safely overtake a parked car. Exception: if the street is one where you wouldn't be surprised to meet a track team jogging down the middle, you may treat it as though it were a Multi-User Path, and use it to practice giving parked cars a wide berth. But don't forget that Multi-User Paths require more alertness than streets do. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Beginners and Parking lots
A rank beginner is apt to flee from a street where cars are constantly overtaking and meeting him into the calm safety of a parking lot -- but in a parking lot, the cars come at you from *every* direction. Until you have a clue, get off and walk whenever you enter a parking lot. I'm assuming that you already know how to walk across a parking lot -- is that rash? -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Beginners and Parking lots
On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 22:06:52 -0300, Joy Beeson
wrote: A rank beginner is apt to flee from a street where cars are constantly overtaking and meeting him into the calm safety of a parking lot -- but in a parking lot, the cars come at you from *every* direction. Until you have a clue, get off and walk whenever you enter a parking lot. I'm assuming that you already know how to walk across a parking lot -- is that rash? Maybe. There a lot more people killed in "Person" - auto collisions than "Bicycle" - Auto collisions :-) -- cheers, John B. |
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