Flickstand
 

Does any body know where I might find one, I know they are no longer made but figure someone might have one they no longer use?

Thanks,
Mike

I have one. It could be yours for

http://www.411mania.com/siteimages/dr-evil_59169.jpg

one million dollars!!:D

They pop on Ebay fairly frequently.

If I'm not mistaken, I thought Bianchigirl has some available some time ago. You could send her a PM.

I have several NOS/NIB examples. One day.........

j

Rhode Gear made them. They almost always break sooner or later, as time, UV rays, and fatigue kill the plastic. Very handy, though, especially on tourers.

Unless you run fenders.

Neal

Don't know where to find them and to be honest never heard of them until a couple of weeks ago. But I just picked up a pair of 1985 Raleigh Team USA bikes and they both have them. Simple but sweet little devices that are already proving to be quite useful.
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Exactly.

Because of that, I have a Raleigh branded Flikstand for sale or trade.

You could always use the QR type brake, or rubber band type.

The QR trick is to have your brakes adjusted to normal with the QR off, so when it's on it acts like a parking brake.

Where are you located?

I have two sitting in a parts drawer. It's kind of odd that the type of bike they would be best for (touring or utility bikes) are the type of bike that they don't work for (fenders). Well, it's such a clever idea, I don't fault Rhode Gear too much.

Try the new VO Wheel Stabilizer. Once insrtalled it works without user intervention and is compatible with fenders. Pretty reasonably priced too.

https://store.velo-orange.com/index....tabilizer.html

jamesdak - how is that one attached? Is there a braze on under the down tube? All of the flickstands I've had and seen have a plastic cylinder that clamps around the tube - I've never seen one like your picture shows.

Raleigh USA put these on several of their models in the 80s. They are branded "Raleigh" and mount with a single 5M boss (like a water bottle boss).

I got one in a bin somewhere around here, Im a Mudguard Guy by now, anyhow..
PM .. etc..

Purchased two of these from VO with great hope.

Installed one on a utility bike with a heavy front end ... drum dyamo front hub, fender, massive stem and handlebars, heavy controls, light, basket, etc.

I kept moving the clamp down the down tube, and the spring kept having no apparent effect on the floppiness of the fork. Finally it seemed to start to work, but then I turned the fork a little to check the tension and I "sprung" the spring, bending the spring where it wraps around the bracket attached to the fork.

Fortunately, I had bought two, so I moved the clamp up and put the 2nd spring on. It sort of works now.

My neighbor has a one of those Gary Fisher city bikes and it has the return spring stock, probably attaching to a little lug under the dt. The spring is small and stout, and you can really feel it trying to pull the fork back to straight ahead. This is what I was expecting from the VO product.

I was pretty disappointed. The unit is large and heavy and the spring is surprisingly weak. Wish I could say I recommended it. It might work on a bike with a light front end, but there are many other features I would add to a bike before this thing.

I got one if you want it.

I have a early-mid 80s Raleigh Record frameset hanging up in the barn with one of these factory Flickstands mounted.

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I will have t look when I get home to flat in Pa next week. I think I have one around but it might be an ATB one

I didn't know there was an ATB version. Considering the distance between the tire and down tube on bikes of the pre-suspension era, it must be huge! Do you have any pics?

My local used sports equipment dealer has 2 for sale. One comes with 2 different size wire bails and is $8, the other only has one bail and is $6. I think they are both made by RhodeGear and are in the original packaging so I assume they are NOS but I'm not positive about that. I'd be happy to facilitate getting these to an interested party if someone wants them.

One can also just get one of those velcro frame pump straps that is long enough to reach the wheel and back to the down tube. I have one on a bike I have hanging up on my ceiling to keep the font wheel from flopping around while it's up there. It came free with my BBB frame pump and it works! just wrap it around itself or take it off entirely (put it around your wrist or in your small undersaddle bag when you go riding.

Chombi

This is genius. Never knew about them and always wanted a solution to this problem. Guess I'll have to find one too.

They are mounted with a single boss just like for a water bottle holder. A nice feature of bike and while I like the total package I'm afraid it's a tad too small for me and may wind up selling it.