Originally Posted by
Bekologist
I've been toying the feasibility of using a Click-stand in conjunction with the parked bike to form a tripod on which to string the UL tarp/shelter of choice, if trees or rigging is unavailable.
Sounds great until the wind blows at 4am and you take a handlebar end to the skull and the chainring shreds your silnylon.
I've used the bike as a guyline anchor, but the bike was on it's side away from shelter, where it couldn't fall onto me or trip me up. I check overhanging trees for dead limbs (widowmakers) too, and avoid pitching under trees if convenient to avoid sap, insects, etc.
OP, the bottom plate of a universal-mount kickstand will come very close to interfering with RD cable run. On my LHT the gap between cable and CS is 5mm at widest point. Cable may rub on kickstand mount but still work, although it will possibly fray/break and/or add some unwanted friction in RD operation. You could file away some of the offending metal to clear the path for cable.
To join in the chorus, on top of potential for practically irreparable frame damage, most kickstands fail in wind, soft ground, etc. Better off saving 30 bux, leaving 2 lbs at home, and just leaning bike against rail, wall, or ground. Even simpler than a Click Stand, you can easily fashion a front wheel parking brake with a band wrapped around the brake lever, plus run a bungee from DT bottle cage through wheel and back to bottle cage, to lock front wheel into position ( a
Flickstand of sorts).