trivia, but not trivial

[Eric Vey]

I use a front basket and that makes the kickstand pretty much useless. I have seen old photos of
bikes in the US and scenes on British TV of a front stand that is triangular shaped.

What is it called and where can I get one?

 

[Lindsay Rowland]

Eric Vey <[email protected]> wrote:
: I use a front basket and that makes the kickstand pretty much useless. I have seen old photos of
: bikes in the US and scenes on British TV of a front stand that is triangular shaped.

: What is it called and where can I get one?

You can find a twin leg propstand which mounts in the chainstays ahead of the wheel and raises it
off the ground when engaged - something like a motorcycle centre stand (do they still use them?):

http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm

go to the mainpage and look under 'propstands'.

Hope this helps, cheerz, Lynzz

 

[Eric Vey]

That's one way. The one I was thinking of was (I think) made from thin stamped flatstock with holes
at the ends. It was bent into a triangular shape and bolted to the front axle nuts. When the bike
was on the stand, the front wheel left the ground.

"Lindsay Rowlands" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Eric Vey <[email protected]> wrote:
> : I use a front basket and that makes the kickstand pretty much
useless. I
> : have seen old photos of bikes in the US and scenes on British TV of
a
> : front stand that is triangular shaped.
>
> : What is it called and where can I get one?
>
> You can find a twin leg propstand which mounts in the chainstays ahead of the wheel and raises it
> off the ground when engaged - something like a motorcycle centre stand (do they still use them?):
>
> http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm
>
> go to the mainpage and look under 'propstands'.
>
> Hope this helps, cheerz, Lynzz
>
>

 

[Tony Raven]

You could try contacting Pashley Cycles as the sort of thing you are describing used to be used on
English delivery bikes. There is a bigger version on their current DeliBike workbike -
http://www.pashley.co.uk/pashley/products/deli_half.htm.

e-mail [email protected]

Tony

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"All truth goes through three steps: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.
Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer

In news:[email protected], Eric Vey <[email protected]> typed:
> That's one way. The one I was thinking of was (I think) made from thin stamped flatstock with
> holes at the ends. It was bent into a triangular shape and bolted to the front axle nuts. When the
> bike was on the stand, the front wheel left the ground.
>
>
> "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Eric Vey <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I use a front basket and that makes the kickstand pretty much useless. I have seen old photos of
>>> bikes in the US and scenes on British TV of a front stand that is triangular shaped.
>>
>>> What is it called and where can I get one?
>>
>> You can find a twin leg propstand which mounts in the chainstays ahead of the wheel and raises it
>> off the ground when engaged - something like a motorcycle centre stand (do they still use them?):
>>
>> http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm
>>
>> go to the mainpage and look under 'propstands'.
>>
>> Hope this helps, cheerz, Lynzz

 

[Gary Young]

"Eric Vey" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I use a front basket and that makes the kickstand pretty much useless. I have seen old photos of
> bikes in the US and scenes on British TV of a front stand that is triangular shaped.
>
> What is it called and where can I get one?

This is not what you're describing, but you could probably use the Esge two-legged
kickstand instead:

http://www.phred.org/~josh/bike/esge2leg.html

I've never used it, but many people swear by them for loaded-down touring bikes, tandems and
recumbents.

 

[Chalo]

"Eric Vey" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I use a front basket and that makes the kickstand pretty much useless. I have seen old photos of
> bikes in the US and scenes on British TV of a front stand that is triangular shaped.

Pletscher makes a slick two-leg kickstand that folds to one side but opens on both sides, thereby
holding the bike upright. It's probably the lightest, neatest solution to your problem.

Chalo Colina

 

[Eric Vey]

Here is more like what I was looking for:
http://www.industrialbicycles.com/low%20gravity%20bicycle.htm

See?

"Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You could try contacting Pashley Cycles as the sort of thing you are describing used to be used on
> English delivery bikes. There is a
bigger
> version on their current DeliBike workbike -
> http://www.pashley.co.uk/pashley/products/deli_half.htm.
>
> e-mail [email protected]
>
> Tony
>
> --
> http://www.raven-family.com
>
> "All truth goes through three steps: First, it is ridiculed. Second,
it is
> violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer
>
>
> In news:[email protected], Eric Vey <[email protected]> typed:
> > That's one way. The one I was thinking of was (I think) made from
thin
> > stamped flatstock with holes at the ends. It was bent into a triangular shape and bolted to the
> > front axle nuts. When the bike
was
> > on the stand, the front wheel left the ground.
> >
> >
> > "Lindsay Rowlands" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> Eric Vey <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> I use a front basket and that makes the kickstand pretty much useless. I have seen old photos
> >>> of bikes in the US and scenes on British TV of a front stand that is triangular shaped.
> >>
> >>> What is it called and where can I get one?
> >>
> >> You can find a twin leg propstand which mounts in the chainstays ahead of the wheel and raises
> >> it off the ground when engaged - something like a motorcycle centre stand (do they still use
> >> them?):
> >>
> >> http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm
> >>
> >> go to the mainpage and look under 'propstands'.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps, cheerz, Lynzz