Kick Stands and Helmets
07-03-19, 07:12 AM
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This thread sucks.
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07-03-19, 08:40 AM
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Don't need no stinkin kickstand!
07-03-19, 01:08 PM
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07-03-19, 01:12 PM
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I don't wear a helmet. I am looking for a kickstand, but finding one that'll work on my bike is proving difficult.
Not sure the point of this thread when there are other kickstand and helmet threads, but if it's to see the pattern in their use together, then; kickstand yes, helmet no.
Not sure the point of this thread when there are other kickstand and helmet threads, but if it's to see the pattern in their use together, then; kickstand yes, helmet no.
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07-03-19, 08:19 PM
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Kickstands and helmets
and clickety clip-ins
Bright blinking bike lights and warm woolen mittens
Team-colored jerseys and Crane bells that ring
These are a few of my fav'rite bike things...
When the dog bites
when the bee stings
when I'm feeling fat
I just remember my favor'rite bike things
and then I don't feel so bad
(apologies to Richard Hart...and everyone else)
and clickety clip-ins
Bright blinking bike lights and warm woolen mittens
Team-colored jerseys and Crane bells that ring
These are a few of my fav'rite bike things...
When the dog bites
when the bee stings
when I'm feeling fat
I just remember my favor'rite bike things
and then I don't feel so bad
(apologies to Richard Hart...and everyone else)
07-03-19, 09:06 PM
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I only have one bike with a kickstand, a 1972 Raleigh Superbe I use as a city bike. But I do wear a helmet when I ride it.
07-05-19, 06:12 PM
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I ride bicycles on road and mtn.biking. I used to also ride motorcyles-on and off-road. Off road-on a bicycle as well as a motorcycle, I have heard the helmet hit the ground, and was very happy it was the helmet instead of my head. The only thing that had a kickstand was the road motorcycle. Kickstands don't belong off-road--dangerous if a jar might cause them to come down. My road bicycle doesn't have a kickstand, never felt the need. ALWAYS a helmet.
07-07-19, 04:29 PM
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There's a matter of opinion...
07-08-19, 08:23 AM
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07-11-19, 09:29 AM
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I can't get my kickstand clean, so I just change it every 600 miles 
is it Friday yet?
is it Friday yet?
07-11-19, 09:39 AM
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I use kickstands, helmets, luggage racks, bells, horns, panniers, gloves, CO2 & hand pump, compressor, tire liners, beach cruisers, ebijes, commuters, road bikes, mtbs,
What is the point**********??
What is the point**********??
07-11-19, 11:24 AM
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google came back w/ "ebikes"
07-11-19, 05:15 PM
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Commuter on an old MtB: Helmet and kickstand always.
07-11-19, 09:45 PM
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One bike has a kickstand but I always wear a helmet even on the bike path since it has a mirror to let me see the rude bikers zooming by at minimum distance. Some tourists find kickstands very useful when unpacking camping gear etc from panniers.
07-13-19, 07:37 PM
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Yes, and the reason I just ordered a rear model to replace the ubiquitous center model.
07-13-19, 07:41 PM
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I've never added a kickstand to a bike, but if one came on it, I've left it.
Helmet most of the time.
Helmet most of the time.
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Current bikes: Unknown year Specialized (rigid F & R) Hardrock, '80's era Cannondale police bike; '03 Schwinn mongrel MTB; '03 Specialized Hard Rock (the wife's)
Gone away: '97 Diamondback Topanga SE, '97 Giant ATX 840 project bike; '01 Giant TCR1 SL; and a truckload of miscellaneous bikes used up by the kids and grand-kids
Status quo is the mental bastion of the intellectually lethargic...
