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Originally Posted by indyfabz
(Post 21007567)
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
(Post 21002481)
It’s the Devil’s Slide Twin trestles on Rollins Pass. It’s an old railroad so the grade is fairly flat but the road bed is pretty rough. You might be able to do it on a touring bike but a mountain bike makes life easier and faster.
Here’s the view from a little further back https://live.staticflickr.com/4722/4...cf962ec2_k.jpg DSCN0512 by Stuart Black, on Flickr |
Originally Posted by thumpism
(Post 20999236)
Rear mount such as a Greenfield is useful and nearly universal. Newer bikes with disc brakes have frame fitting bosses that might interfere with mounting these.
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Originally Posted by kdeleon
(Post 20999231)
So I'm getting back into biking after many years. I'm looking to get a nicer bike (leaning towards a Sirrus). Anyway, I see in the higher end models most people don't put some kind of kickstand, or at least that is what it seems. I understand for home people have some kind of stand or holder. But what does everyone do when outside their home. Like don't you stop somewhere or if you travel and don't have your home stand. Or maybe people do have kickstands and I just missed it.
Can you recommend a way to stand the bike away from the home base? And if it is a kickstand, maybe a specific model. Choosing Your Click-Stand I've even found that by leaving the brake arresters on the handlebars 24/7, I can often get away with simply arresting the front brake and leaning it against something (for quick stops). |
Originally Posted by thumpism
(Post 20999236)
Rear mount such as a Greenfield is useful and nearly universal. Newer bikes with disc brakes have frame fitting bosses that might interfere with mounting these.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f8189e1675.jpg STand https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2d4051f714.jpg Carry Pouch https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...23f54114d1.jpg A pair of plastic bad rides |
Your CAAD 8 frame is designed like a typical carbon frame (patterned after the EVO 6, in fact), so there is no place to put a standard kick-stand, and your dealer may not have had an appropriate stand for it. Anything you clamp to the chain stay will likely scratch the paint (you might not care).
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the upstand another one for carbon fiber bikes brought with rather than installed .. with rear axle as its mount site...
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Just an overall update. So I ended up ordering a Sirrus X Carbon. So I will need to be careful with the frame. I'm thinking of getting the Click Stand that many recommended. Seems like the best of both worlds. I can use it when I want but also not have to permanently install anything on the bike.
This discussion has been very interesting to hear both the pros and cons of a kickstand. |
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