I saw a pedal stand in the Taiwan Bicycle Source Catalog 2011. It was tag as the smallest bicycle stand.

First, it seems like an interesting concept.

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Second, YouTube "related videos" lead me into an apparent fetish world of women pumping the gas pedal of old cars. I could have gone a lifetime without knowing about this.

Whoa!!!:eek:
Really???
I need to go check that out!:thumb:
:lol:

That is actually a quite common phillia for what its worth...

It seems like a cool idea indeed. Although, I wonder how one would avoid accidental deployments. I also often pedal backwards to stretch my legs. And the price would have to be way below $50 to make this attractive IMHO. It's trying to address something that is not really a huge problem for most people. I never considered stopping and getting off the saddle a huge deal. I can't believe anyone does. It's just one of those things you do when riding a bike. So this will not be a "must have" gadget so it can't be very expensive.

Neat though. I wish you good luck with it.

Patent it. Now.

Wow! I've never heard of "crowdfunding" before. Very cool. I will check it out.

If it wasn't so "fredly", $1500 would be an easy sell in the "Road" forum as long as you made it out of crabon fibre! ;)

Now we know why you never post in the Road forum (too cheap)!

I don't know about other commuters, but the roads I ride on are not at all level and smooth surfaced. I can easily see the device deploying into a crack and causing the bike to fall over. At least make sure you design it for the right side pedal for US riders, so hopefully you fall away from the traffic when it fails to deploy as intended. Hate to rain on your parade, but it's a solution looking for a problem.

This is a very cool invention. Good luck on all future improvements!

I like it.

Roadies never stop, so they have no need of a carbon fiber kickstand. :D

Oh yeah. I totally don't fall for gimmicks :D And I don't care if my bike is heavy either.

I think it's a pretty interesting idea, however, I have never found putting my foot down to be that difficult or annoying. I personally just don't see a need for it.

Definitely put this on Kickstarter. You should be able to get funding to productize this. Also, I agree with posters above that you should have your patent application filed before posting any more in public forums.

Let us know when you go up on KS!

I haven't been able to find it. If you can link to it, that would be great.

re road surface. That's a good point. The final design would have a small extension to the stand to minimize the risk of falling through a grate, or imperfection.

That's pretty neat.

Also note that you can file a provisional patent to snag an early filing date without spending much money now and get your non-provisional patent in within the year when you've started getting cash flow.