View Poll Results: Do you have a kickstand on your bike?
Yes
150
39.89%
No
198
52.66%
What is a Kickstand?
28
7.45%
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Do you use a kickstand?
02-21-17, 05:24 PM
#101
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there is one you bring with you it folds and is a prop. light aluminum tubing..
I got a pretty light one from that Swiss Company .. pletscher zoom kickstand
cleverly the foot uses 2 bolts, joining the top, so if you later want it longer, you can do that..
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I got a pretty light one from that Swiss Company .. pletscher zoom kickstand
cleverly the foot uses 2 bolts, joining the top, so if you later want it longer, you can do that..
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02-21-17, 06:05 PM
#102
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I have one of these Upstands. https://upstandingbicycle.com/ Works great . Not cheap though.
02-26-17, 01:56 AM
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But then it slides and ends up on the ground or something, ever had that happen?
A bike standing remains standing and it's easier to chain when it's stable and not wanting to slip.
Not to mention it doesn't get scraped up doing so.
Where did the 'new math' come from? Is good bad and right...oh wait, that's P&R...
I DID spend good money making my bikes nice though, I don't let them lay around haphazardly.
Of course, my 3/4 of my bikes are older than half of you.
A bike standing remains standing and it's easier to chain when it's stable and not wanting to slip.
Not to mention it doesn't get scraped up doing so.
Where did the 'new math' come from? Is good bad and right...oh wait, that's P&R...
I DID spend good money making my bikes nice though, I don't let them lay around haphazardly.
Of course, my 3/4 of my bikes are older than half of you.
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02-26-17, 06:17 AM
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02-26-17, 09:02 AM
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Good for panniers
A heavy duty kick stand would be a god send for my heavy touring frame with panniers. It also scrapes the walls of my apartment. Different strokes for different folks.
02-26-17, 10:04 AM
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Does it? I don't find that to be the case. I've always had a kickstand, and I've always (well, ever since I moved to the city) locked my bike whenever I'm going to be away from it.
02-26-17, 01:08 PM
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Just added a Clickstand to our tandem. Was tired of laying it on the ground, especially in group rides where leaning posts are hard to come by. Works well.
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02-26-17, 02:23 PM
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Thanks to this Zombie Thread I was able to go back in time to 2004 and vote in the poll. The No's are ahead and there are 22 What is a Kickstand? votes.
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02-26-17, 04:02 PM
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Just added a Clickstand to our tandem. Was tired of laying it on the ground, especially in group rides where leaning posts are hard to come by. Works well.
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02-26-17, 05:24 PM
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I have kickstands on a 75 Raleigh sport and Electra loft 1 other five no My Surly's and B.D. big tire bikes didn't come with them my Univega Mtn bike had one that was useless so it is in the junk box
02-26-17, 11:25 PM
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It had nothing to stand on...
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03-18-18, 10:27 AM
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I always had a kickstand and always used it until I bought a bike that didn't come with one. At first not happy, tried to install one but failed. So I rode without a kickstand for many months. Then someone gave me one that could fit my bike. But then I never felt the need for it, so I removed it. I think kickstand may be more important if you have heavy load on your rack and needed to stop to access the load or fix something in the middle of the road with nothing to lean the bike against.
03-18-18, 12:32 PM
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No one around here uses kickstands.
Except me.
Except me.
03-18-18, 08:52 PM
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Always.
03-18-18, 09:06 PM
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Wieght reduction bro. Nah I just don't like them. I have had one bike with a removabke kickstand where I kept it. It was a Lotus Pegasus and it had an ESGE heavy duty double, that was so worn out, I shoulda removed it, but I pulled a trailer with it too.
03-19-18, 09:43 AM
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see below,
online sighting; there is one of carbon fiber fits under rear axle QR, magnets hold the parts together, it comes off and can go in a jersey pocket..
# 130 found a picture ..
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# 130 found a picture ..
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03-19-18, 11:55 AM
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When I got seriously into cycling and was completing the purchase of my - what was for me - expensive road bike, I asked "what about the kick-stand". The LBS owner smiled ... sympathetically, somewhat kindly but with a touch of condescension, and said softly "people don't usually get kick-stands with these bikes". So, duly chastened, I didn't get my kick-stand and 9 years later have never had a kick-stand and have no regrets.
03-19-18, 12:13 PM
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This thread is still giving after nearly 14 years. How generous of it.
03-19-18, 12:48 PM
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I probably posted somewhere before that I have found when I couldnt find one my trike has to go without one.