Originally Posted by
rifraf
I have never seen one of those front wheel things. But some people have wrapped velcro around a front wheel and downtube, a less convenient option.
I have really wondered why some people want to tour on carbon frames. But, some people do. Here is another example of what can go wrong if you are not careful with a carbon frame.
https://www.roadbikerider.com/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-did/
A friend of mine had a bad crash on his carbon frame. He had his frame inspected after that, an engineer put a tv camera inside tubes that he could access and found that the downtube had been cracked. The frame went into the dumpster after the inspection, but they cut out a dropout to make sure that nobody grabbed the frame out of the dumpster.
I have kickstands on my steel touring bikes, but the one where I use that cut down tent pole is a titanium frame, I do not want to risk damaging that with a kickstand.