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Your kickstand: What & Where?
Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and
where did you buy it? I noticed some kickstands mount near the crank while others are rear- mount. Of the latter, will this interfere w/ trailers that attach to the rear? A search on Amazon reveals the "Greenfield Stabilizer Rear Mount Alloy ATB Kickstand" to be the most popular. http://www.amazon.com/Greenfield-Sta...5315140&sr=8-2 |
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Your kickstand: What & Where?
On Jul 5, 11:43*pm, Ablang wrote:
*Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and where did you buy it? I noticed some kickstands mount near the crank while others are rear- mount. Of the latter, will this interfere w/ trailers that attach to the rear? A search on Amazon reveals the "Greenfield Stabilizer Rear Mount Alloy ATB Kickstand" to be the most popular. http://www.amazon.com/Greenfield-Sta...-Kickstand/dp/... Kickstands tend to mar paint jobs and sometimes even crush frame tubes. They also are not so great at stabilizing bikes. I find it best to do without a kickstand. I lay my bike down or lean it against a fixed object. -- Tom Reingold Noo Joizy |
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Your kickstand: What & Where?
On Jul 5, 10:57*pm, Tom Reingold wrote:
On Jul 5, 11:43*pm, Ablang wrote: *Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and where did you buy it? I noticed some kickstands mount near the crank while others are rear- mount. Of the latter, will this interfere w/ trailers that attach to the rear? A search on Amazon reveals the "Greenfield Stabilizer Rear Mount Alloy ATB Kickstand" to be the most popular. http://www.amazon.com/Greenfield-Sta...-Kickstand/dp/... Kickstands tend to mar paint jobs and sometimes even crush frame tubes. They also are not so great at stabilizing bikes. I find it best to do without a kickstand. I lay my bike down or lean it against a fixed object. Millions of people would find your conclusions pretty funny. While mounting a stand on a sporting bike would be silly in the first place and may indeed crush thin tubes on such a ride, and indeed you might mar a bit of paint with a mounting plate--if you have the proper clearances for it, a regular Greenfield BB mounted stand torqued none too aggressively and the leg sawed just so, is a wonderful addition to a utility bike. I use mine countless times per day and love it. Splurge and get the rubber foot for 99c more. Most of the small shops around here let me bike inside as I my bike is free standing with the kickstand. |
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Your kickstand: What & Where?
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 20:57:29 -0700 (PDT), Tom Reingold
wrote: On Jul 5, 11:43*pm, Ablang wrote: *Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and where did you buy it? I noticed some kickstands mount near the crank while others are rear- mount. Of the latter, will this interfere w/ trailers that attach to the rear? A search on Amazon reveals the "Greenfield Stabilizer Rear Mount Alloy ATB Kickstand" to be the most popular. http://www.amazon.com/Greenfield-Sta...-Kickstand/dp/... Kickstands tend to mar paint jobs and sometimes even crush frame tubes. They also are not so great at stabilizing bikes. I find it best to do without a kickstand. I lay my bike down or lean it against a fixed object. Sometimes that's not a good idea - such as in a city very crowded with other bikes and people. I used a kickstand for awhile that fit into the read dropout. Worked pretty well. The kickstand on Amazon is similar in location and should work well, but I'm not sure about the trailer issue.. |
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Your kickstand: What & Where?
On Jul 5, 10:43*pm, Ablang wrote:
*Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and where did you buy it? I noticed some kickstands mount near the crank while others are rear- mount. Of the latter, will this interfere w/ trailers that attach to the rear? A search on Amazon reveals the "Greenfield Stabilizer Rear Mount Alloy ATB Kickstand" to be the most popular. http://www.amazon.com/Greenfield-Sta...-Kickstand/dp/... For utility bikes with brazed-on mounting plates, I like http://harriscyclery.net/itemdetails.cfm?ID=1034 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/71/22...9dbace4d_b.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/11...1007fbf2_b.jpg I purchased two or three from Andrew Muzi at yellowjersey.org Very stable even if I don't get the saddle bags all that balanced or the front wheel is flopping all over. Another alternative is a stay mounted stand. The stays are well padded and taped prior to mounting. The fasteners are only hand tight plus half a turn. After two years, I checked for damage and found none. http://aebike.com/page.cfm?PageID=30...ils&sku=KI1002 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/193/4...9c218d60_b.jpg Mike Jenkins Barrington, IL |
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Your kickstand: What & Where?
"Ablang" wrote in message ... Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and where did you buy it? I noticed some kickstands mount near the crank while others are rear- mount. Of the latter, will this interfere w/ trailers that attach to the rear? A search on Amazon reveals the "Greenfield Stabilizer Rear Mount Alloy ATB Kickstand" to be the most popular. http://www.amazon.com/Greenfield-Sta...5315140&sr=8-2 Folks who use kick stands have their reasons. I had kick stands on several 10 speeds in the 1960s and early 70s. Many of the less expensive Bike Boom models from the early 70s came with a flat plate brazed on the chainstays at the bottom bracket for mounting ESGE/Pletscher or similar kickstands. Some even came from the factory with that style kickstand. I stopped using kickstands myself in 1973 after having bikes fall over from careless people bumping into them or a gust of wind blowing them over. Besides there was no need for a kick stand if the bike was locked to a solid object. I worked at a bike shop near a college campus during the 1970s and saw more bikes damaged from falling over while on a kickstand than by any other cause. I've also seen riders get hurt when they got a loose kick stand caught in their left crank arm or pedal (inexperienced riders who didn't know better). Kickstands seemed to have encouraged people not to properly secure their bikes. We had quite a few people come into the shop for new bikes because their old ones had just been stolen when they left them sitting locked up on a kick stand but not locked to a bike rack or anything solid. The thieves just picked up the bikes and walked away! Touring with loaded panniers were some of the few times when I would have liked to have had a good light weight kickstand otherwise I saw no need for carrying around 1 to 1 1/2 Lbs. of extra weight on the bike. Chas. |
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Your kickstand: What & Where?
John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 20:57:29 -0700 (PDT), Tom Reingold wrote: On Jul 5, 11:43 pm, Ablang wrote: Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and where did you buy it? I noticed some kickstands mount near the crank while others are rear- mount. Of the latter, will this interfere w/ trailers that attach to the rear? A search on Amazon reveals the "Greenfield Stabilizer Rear Mount Alloy ATB Kickstand" to be the most popular. http://www.amazon.com/Greenfield-Sta...-Kickstand/dp/... Kickstands tend to mar paint jobs and sometimes even crush frame tubes. They also are not so great at stabilizing bikes. I find it best to do without a kickstand. I lay my bike down or lean it against a fixed object. Sometimes that's not a good idea - such as in a city very crowded with other bikes and people. I used a kickstand for awhile that fit into the read dropout. Worked pretty well. The kickstand on Amazon is similar in location and should work well, but I'm not sure about the trailer issue.. I use the method I learned from Sheldon Brown -- toe strap (Christophe, of course) on the front brake lever. |
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Your kickstand: What & Where?
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 20:43:24 -0700 (PDT), Ablang may
have said: Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and where did you buy it? On the bike ridden most often: Greenfield 305mm conventional, mounted in the usual aft-of-BB area. Can't recall where I got it. -- My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail. Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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Your kickstand: What & Where?
On Jul 6, 8:08 pm, Werehatrack wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 20:43:24 -0700 (PDT), Ablang may have said: Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and where did you buy it? On the bike ridden most often: Greenfield 305mm conventional, mounted in the usual aft-of-BB area. Can't recall where I got it. My son really wanted kickstand on his Trek Mountain Lion 80 (20" wheels). I, too, clamped a basic Greenfield to the chainstays behind the BB - didn't even have to trim the leg down (!) He really likes it. |
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Your kickstand: What & Where?
Ablang wrote:
*Anyone here who has a kickstand on their bike, what brand is it and where did you buy it? I use a Pletscher two-leg stand on one of my bikes (special ordered from my local bike shop), and a Greenfield on another one (was on the frame when I got it). Two of my more fanciful bikes are old Schwinns with brazed-on kickstands, and the rest of them-- most of them by far-- have no kickstands. I like having those kickstands, but I often forget to use them since I'm not really in the habit. Chalo |
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