Mountain Biking - How do you stand your bike up

Another thread got me wondering how many ways to lean a bike against something. Against the handlebars, against the pedal, against the rear wheel. What else is there?

yeah, i'd like to know also cause there is no way im putting a kickstand on my bike...

upside down on the seat and bars

Funny, but there seems to be trees everywhere I go. :)
I usually lean the seat up against a tree if I stop for anything.
At home I usually still have the front wheel off and just set it on the forks. (Or fork for the retentive among us) ;)

Use side or platform of my pedals for something like a bench, or something low to the ground.

Originally posted by steveK
Another thread got me wondering how many ways to lean a bike against something. Against the handlebars, against the pedal, against the rear wheel. What else is there?

I do all the above plus:

against the seat. If a wall, the handlebar and the seat must touch the wall, so it will not fall/slide.

platforms: against the pedal.

depends on where I am.
in my home they are upside down or against a wall so they can't fall. when riding they are on the left side if it's got gears and any old way if it's my single speed.

I usually just lay it down on the ground. (Gently) Or prop up against a tree. At home I hang my bike on hooks so it is up and out of the way and can't fall over.

I seem to find that leaning my bike against something with the seat always causes a slight shift and more of a tendancy to fall. I usually lean the rear tire against the object. My theory is that the softer, stickier rubber, in addition to the knobbies help hold the bike better.

For example, if I lean my bike agains a pole, I'll place my rear wheel, so my hub is immediately in front of the pole. (just so it avoids the derailleur). Works great. Plus, by doing this, the saddle usually falls just behind the front edge of the pole, and I can slide it back to the other side to wedge the bike snuggly.

At the trailhead, while I'm unloading, I wedge the rear wheel sticking sideways out, against the truck tire and wheelwell.

At home, I hang the bikes by the tips of the saddle. I have a steel I-Beam in my garage, and the flange is wide enough to where I can hang my bikes.

L8R

Originally posted by a2psyklnut
I seem to find that leaning my bike against something with the seat always causes a slight shift and more of a tendancy to fall. I usually lean the rear tire against the object. My theory is that the softer, stickier rubber, in addition to the knobbies help hold the bike better.
For example, if I lean my bike agains a pole, I'll place my rear wheel, so my hub is immediately in front of the pole. (just so it avoids the derailleur). Works great. Plus, by doing this, the saddle usually falls just behind the front edge of the pole, and I can slide it back to the other side to wedge the bike snuggly.

It's all true...had a few bikes leaned using the saddle fall in my day.

I try and use the rear wheel with front tire turned for balance ... it just looks cool.

:D

Are you guys saying that none of you can trackstand? :D

Seat or rear wheel plus handlebars.

In our dorms, there are racks to hang quite a few bikes side by side by the wheels. I guess the guy from our Physical Plant who designed it now has a patent, which is interesting, because I'm sure I've seen the same basic design other places before these were put up.

I honestly never thought about it and didn't think people had issues with it.

I dont think I ever really lean my bike against anything. I Usualy leave my front wheel in my car so I just stand my bike up ballanced on the fork at home. The roof rack holds it up on the car, and when I take it off the car I ride it untill I put it back on the car, so I dont ever have a need to lean it against anything.

Hey RussellM,

Don't you ever stop to take a pee break?

L8R

That's easy A2 he just leans the bike against his butt as he takes aim

What if he's gotta take a dump? He uses his bike as a door. :D

Back tire up against the wall, tree, post, whatever. Sometimes in the repair stand.

humm... lets see, I usualy dont find the need to take a dump while im biking, and as for having to pee, I sweat so much I dont think water makes it that far through me when im riding. But then I also dont usualy ride for more than 2 or 3 hours at a time either.

When I ever I need to stand my bike up I usually Have this BLONDE BOMBSHELL just appear and she holds my bike for me. It really sucks with the bike at home b/c she just stands there holding it. More bikes, more blonde hotties to hold them.

Ok, enuff day dreaming. updside down baby, on its side, against something is how i lay my BIKE!

lostinthewoods, I like your idea the best.

Originally posted by lostinthewoods
Have this BLONDE BOMBSHELL just appear and she holds my bike for me. It really sucks with the bike at home b/c she just stands there holding it. More bikes, more blonde hotties to hold them.

Does it always have to be a blonde bombshell? Is there some variety? Like maybe the blonde for the Trek carbon racing bike, the Italian brunette for the Bianchi, the fiery redhead for the Santa Cruz Blur mountain bike...??? :D

whats wrong with kickstands?

:)...its a sure sign of a beginner...on single track and rough trails they are bound to pop out at the most innappropriate moment :D

ahh i see.. that'd be rather unfortunate >=)

Originally posted by JasBike
ahh i see.. that'd be rather unfortunate >=)

At speed, it usually ends up with someone getting hurt :D

I use trees, benches, walls etc. but I'm not adversed to just laying it on the ground.

I am my own kickstand/bike rack.

But really I don't think about it. I just position it and stand back to see if it falls before I walk away. "Hey hold this" usually works well too :D

I recently ordered these 'wedges' that can be screwed into the ceiling/wall studs. Bike hangs by rims. I haven't figured out where to put them yet because I live in a really old building with those stupid plaster walls.

The real question is how does Lance stand his bike up:

Well see here, the thing about that bike is it has very advanced technology built into it (obviously). However, there is one thing the general public doesn't know about it. The bike features very advanced nano-gyroscopes built INTO the frame and components all linked together via a tiny wireless network. All parts together work as a "hive" mind to give the bike stability at any speed and energy is stored from riding it. This bike also has a special paint with a zero-drag coefficient which means any wind that wants to blow that over, can't. The rubber on the wheel is genetically grown from rubber plants for ultra flexibility, stability, and strength, and mixed with a titanium filament that actually weighs more wherever the weight is resting (ie not in motion) on. When you get going everything "spins" out and becomes a very strong, very tough rubber. As you see, this is how his bike stands up w/o any sort of 3rd contact on any surface.

Okay, I've resisted as long as humanly possible, now I have to give the cheesey reply:

I can't stand my bike up, it's just two tired :D

Dr. Gonzo,

Close but wrong. His tubes are all sealed and then filled with helium, so his bike is actually floating!

L8R

Originally posted by a2psyklnut
Dr. Gonzo,

Close but wrong. His tubes are all sealed and then filled with helium, so his bike is actually floating!

L8R

By built INTO i mean built into the actual frame, not literally INSIDE it. And yes, the tubes are sealed and filled with compressed helium.

Really?

I was kidding!!!!!

Wouldn't surprise me though.

L8R

I think we've already gone through the whole helium-filled bike-frame discussion before. One company actually did it with a MTB frame back in the early 1990s... I think more as a joke than anything else. At anyrate, if you think about it, it wouldn't really gain you anything and most likely cause the bike to actually increase in mass (remember there's a difference between mass and weight).