On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 1:06:02 PM UTC-4, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > > Patrick: Flickstand does 2 things: keeps the wheel from rotating or > steering (flopping). If you can get a rubber band to do both I would be > "dually" impressed... > > Bobby "maybe I don't know rubber bands" Birmingham
To which I can't help but reply: [image: Displaying IMG_6932.JPG] Funny, I was going to mention this method before I saw your challenge to be impressed. This method works well. It's not as great with a really loaded bike, but something like an old toe clip works better than a Kickstand: [image: Displaying IMG_6933.JPG] Just not as quick or light as the rubber band method (which I first saw at a bike shop, to keep their floor stock under control, flop-wise...) I keep an extra strap on my bike (usually looped around the handlebar, near the stem) just for this purpose. An irish strap would work, as well. The strap doubles as a pants-cuff-retainer. Never do you need both at the same time... I guess you could also use a high quality reflective velcro retainer, two birds with one stone. I've always thought it was a bit ridiculous when Rivendell decided it was necessary to put kickstand plates on their bikes in the first place. I see them as a solution (and a heavier, clunkier-looking, less than elegant solution at that) to a problem that doesn't exist. In the ten years I've owned my All 'rounder (including a multi-month tour) I never missed not having one. I can remember being in a position where I couldn't find something to lean my bike against and having to rest it down only a very few times. And many of those were on beach sand, where a kickstand wouldn't work anyway. That's just my personal experience, though. But I've never, ever, felt I needed one. Cheers- Mike in Bklyn, NY -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
