schwager@uiucdcs.UUCP (07/25/84)
#N:uiucdcs:38200015:000:467 uiucdcs!schwager Jul 24 22:28:00 1984 > > As well, I'd prefer a model whose generator attaches just > below (and to the rear of) the bottom bracket, about where > kickstands ( eeuuuuggghhh ! ) are usually attached, which > advTHANKSance, > Howard > Campbell. > Ok, I've GOT to ask- I've seen it time and time again, but for the life of me I can't figure out why- how come serious cyclists don't like kickstands?? eagerly awaiting replies, -mike schwager (...ihnp4!uiucdcs!schwager)
neal@druxv.UUCP (Neal D. McBurnett) (07/25/84)
Many "serious cyclists" are mildly neurotic when it comes to kickstands: they don't like the extra weight, or the idea of an ugly piece of metal touching their delicately brazed and painted tubes. I can only think of a few times in the past year when I haven't had a sturdy vertical object to balance my bike against (and I use one of those $1 pieces of plastic jammed into my front brake lever to hold the front tire steady: works wonders!). When there's nothing to lean the bike against, I just gently lay it in the grass. -Neal McBurnett, ihnp4!druny!neal, 303-538-4852
tech@auvax.UUCP (Richard Loken) (07/26/84)
urp I don't like kick stands because I hate kick stands. What can they do that a wall can't do better. I don't have to carry a wall with me. If I am leaving my bike, I like to know that it won't fall over or be stolen - kick stands don't contribute to my peace of mind about either problem, instead they contribute weight. Why do novices and bike shops like kick stands so much? Richard Loken
levy@fisher.UUCP (Silvio Levy) (08/04/84)
After the hue and cry about kickstands (still not subsided...) I decided to try the Flickstand. I must say it works much better than the kickstand, which I retired. For what it is, though, the Flickstand seems to be shamelessly overpriced... ($4.50 at an otherwise reasonable store.)