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Originally Posted by kickstart (Post 17721375)

I got the one on my Gazelle from Velo Orange, its sturdy and well made.
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Originally Posted by Giant Doofus (Post 17722530)

I'm not sure of make and model because it's the one that came on my bike, which is from Belgium. It looks a lot like that VO one that kickstart linked to.

Ok, thank you! I love my bags, but they can cause the bike to become all tipsy while parked.

- Andy

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I had a double one from VO a while back. It worked great as a kickstand - you could lower the feet so that the bike was basically on both wheels and the kickstand at once - very stable.

However, I ditched it because I didn't like engaging it. The way you have to kind of lift/rock back the bike to engage it was annoying, and it always felt like I had to shove it with my foot too much to get it to close back up since there was so much weight on it.

I now have a single kickstand mounted on the rear triangle, which I love - very stable as well, easier to engage, plus: you can roll the bike forward or backward with the kickstand down. SUPER handy for moving it around in the basement.

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Originally Posted by Papa Tom (Post 17711011)

It stabilizes the bike so much better, especially when it's loaded - plus, it automatically raises either wheel up in the air when parked, which will make repairing a flat on the road much faster and easier.

I use a 25 yr. old (and still reliable) Pletscher double kickstand on my commuter that almost always has one or both rear trunk panniers loaded. I couldn't live without a double on a bagged commuter, just for the balance while loading/unloading the paniers. A special notable feature on my double, though I'm not sure if it's true of all doubles, but it may be, is the ability to fully pedal the drivetrain forwards while on the kickstand, and the rear wheel raised, so you can easily pedal, change gears, and check any derailleur or indexing adjustments you made. It's like having a mini built-in work stand with you at all times. What's also nice is that you can pick up the front tire and roll the bike backwards into a "parking space" while the kickstand is fully open, without fear of the crank arm hitting/binding on the kickstand, like occurs with a typical single mounted behind the bottom bracket. My $0.02