View Poll Results: Do you have a kickstand on your bike?
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Do you use a kickstand?
#126
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The only reason i don't on my daily is because i haven't found a way to do so.
It's a full bouncer and the chainstay fork id filled with a baloon tyre, it weighs a fairly top-heavy 90 lbs, it has a huge crank, huge rear disc brake, trailer hitch, and so it can neither take a single or twin leg stand. It's hard enough just holding the thing, no kickstand is gonna do it.
Love the Pletcher kickstands on my shopper bikes and big-wheel 3-speed Ellswick petrol bike, and unbranded one on the Merlin 26in retro hybrid.
It's a full bouncer and the chainstay fork id filled with a baloon tyre, it weighs a fairly top-heavy 90 lbs, it has a huge crank, huge rear disc brake, trailer hitch, and so it can neither take a single or twin leg stand. It's hard enough just holding the thing, no kickstand is gonna do it.
Love the Pletcher kickstands on my shopper bikes and big-wheel 3-speed Ellswick petrol bike, and unbranded one on the Merlin 26in retro hybrid.
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This thread is the equivalent of trying to talk politics. No one cares about your opinion, nor do you care about mine. And, no one is changing their mind.
If you like a kickstand, use one. If not, then don't. Neither way is right or wrong.
If you like a kickstand, use one. If not, then don't. Neither way is right or wrong.
#128
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I have not had a kickstand on a bike I've owned since I bought my first good mtb about 10 years ago. I've purchased three more bikes since then and no kickstands on any of them.
My wife however always wants a kickstand.
We just purchased a tandem and the lbs refused to put a kickstand on it - stating it was not made to have one. I was amused but the wife was horrified.
What are your opinions on the subject?
Mark
My wife however always wants a kickstand.
We just purchased a tandem and the lbs refused to put a kickstand on it - stating it was not made to have one. I was amused but the wife was horrified.
What are your opinions on the subject?
Mark
(not my bike)
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I sometimes use the road. Weighs nothing.
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#132
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The only bikes I own without kickstands are the ones I haven't gotten to putting them on yet. I find that I often stop where there is nothing to prop up against. I do not like laying the bike down. I have found that if the stand is not holding the bike, or there is a problem while it is up and I am riding, something is not right with it. Either it is damaged or installed incorrectly. The one instance I have found that my kickstand will fail installed correctly in working order is when my panniers are packed on the back. Even then, as long as I make sure to balance it correctly first, the kickstand will work.
#135
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In my yute, I was anti kickstand. But now, with storing the bikes inside a one bedroom home, they come in handy. That and the cheap frames came kickstand plates- which is good in that I don't have an aluminum plate pressing on the stays. And ya know, if you file and polish the rather crude Greenfield stands, they look pretty sweet What?
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Both of the only two bikes I have left have kickstands. One of the kickstands I had to build, as there were no good commercial ones that would work like I wanted.
A lot of bicycles aren't made for kickstands--but then again, a lot of people buy racing bicycles, put up with all their shortcomings as general-use bikes, and then never enter any races.
A bicycle is a mere toy, I change the bicycle to fit my needs. Not the other way around.
A lot of bicycles aren't made for kickstands--but then again, a lot of people buy racing bicycles, put up with all their shortcomings as general-use bikes, and then never enter any races.
A bicycle is a mere toy, I change the bicycle to fit my needs. Not the other way around.
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I ride my bike about 250 non-utilitarian miles a week, and I love my $10 center-mount Greenfield kickstand. Handier than hell when I'm setting my bike up for a 125 mile ride. My wrench skills are pretty awful, and it took me 5 minutes to mount the thing, and it hasn't slipped out of position for any of the 2500 or so miles I've had this particular one on either of the bikes it's been attached to.
6-8 ozs. of friggin usefulness.
6-8 ozs. of friggin usefulness.
#138
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What about a kickstand for fully loaded unsupported touring? I been riding 2 bikes, no kickstands but also now weight, attachments, additional gear... Is a kickstand ok for touring? No cities just countryside riding
#139
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My vintage Nishiki International has an OEM kick stand. They were common in the 80’s and earlier. And as some have noted in this thread, there seems to be a resurgence of them on certain types of bikes again these days. Don’t really see a problem with kick stands. If your bike is designed to accept one and you don’t mind the extra weight, then mount one and enjoy.
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I never used a kickstand since I was a kit on a Columbia balloon-tired-bomber. Now a flick stand was a very nice invention, it was great for leaning a bike and a real treat on a bike stand. It prevented the dreaded wheel turn as your bike was leaning without a kickstand. Rhode Gear has some decent ideas. I still have a Rhode Gear bottle with the delrin wedge mount. Unfortunately sized for 1970s standard frame tubes only.
For riding and parking the bike, I lay it down or hook it over a bar and carry a velcro pants leg strap or toeclip strap looped through the spokes and triangle to keep the wheel pointed straight when leaning the bike when loaded with full bottles and handlebar bag.
Then again, it is important if what each person does works for them?
For riding and parking the bike, I lay it down or hook it over a bar and carry a velcro pants leg strap or toeclip strap looped through the spokes and triangle to keep the wheel pointed straight when leaning the bike when loaded with full bottles and handlebar bag.
Then again, it is important if what each person does works for them?
Last edited by Bill in VA; 02-26-19 at 10:40 AM.
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Kickstands have come a long way. The newer ones have a place in touring.
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#142
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The only reason i don't on my daily is because i haven't found a way to do so.
It's a full bouncer and the chainstay fork is filled with a balloon tyre, it weighs a fairly top-heavy 90 lbs, it has a huge crank, huge rear disc brake, trailer hitch, and so it can neither take a single or twin leg stand. It's hard enough just holding the thing, no kickstand is gonna do it.
It's a full bouncer and the chainstay fork is filled with a balloon tyre, it weighs a fairly top-heavy 90 lbs, it has a huge crank, huge rear disc brake, trailer hitch, and so it can neither take a single or twin leg stand. It's hard enough just holding the thing, no kickstand is gonna do it.
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I only use a kickstand on my touring bike, sort of essential when loaded.
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I wouldn't put a kickstand on a carbon bike or a fancy high end steel racing bike, but for utility bikes, touring bikes etc, I regard them as a must have item.
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If you don't have something to lean your bike against, where are you?
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02/26/2017
This thread has legs, or would that be wheels?
(27 What is a Kickstand? votes as of today)
(27 What is a Kickstand? votes as of today)
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