I set my quick release lever on the front brake caliper to hold the rim tight when engaged. This prevents the bike from rolling easy to lean anywhere without fear of falling over. I use the barrel adjuster to take up the tension, so when I need the remove the wheel, I loosen the barrel to allow clearance for tire between the brake pads.
Mr. Mike On Friday, June 9, 2017 at 3:46:24 PM UTC-4, Ash wrote: > > Happy Friday everyone! > > Today my Appa made its first 24 mile commute to work, with my laptop bag > and bunch of other things in the front on Mark's rack/Wald's basket combo. > > With all that weight in the front, keeping the bike stable while not > moving was a big problem. This is because the steering mechanism would > turn all the way to the right or left, causing the bike to move and fall. > > Perhaps the solution is to somehow lock the front wheel to the down tube. > Quick search on the inter webs told me that there used to be something > called Flickstand. It doesn't exist anymore. > > How do you folks deal with this situation? Velcro the wheel to down tube > maybe? Is there a better option? > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
