"kickstand" that weighs less than 1 ounce!

My husband gave me a strange gift the other day, it's a little piece of rubber.
It has a holder, (imagine the female sign without the arms)

you put it over your handlebar, (the left one) which brakes your left wheel
until you want to unbrake it.

Then you can set your bike up and walk away with a lot less trouble than without it.
It's not as good as a real kickstand, but it weighs nothing.
Less fallen down nice bikes!

He got it at Angle Lake cyclery for $4.00 and gave it to ME!

so far as i know, no one else has these...

Someone here once suggested doing the same thing with a rubber band (those thick ones that come around broccoli stalks).

that would work, but since this little job is stouter and has a handle, it is WAY COOL. (I have been upset about not being permitted to have a kickstand for my road bike)

I use the broccoli-rubberband. It works darn well! I can't remember who suggested it though... darn.

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Originally Posted by mimitabby

My husband gave me a strange gift the other day, it's a little piece of rubber.
It has a holder, (imagine the female sign without the arms)

you put it over your handlebar, (the left one) which brakes your left wheel
until you want to unbrake it.

Then you can set your bike up and walk away with a lot less trouble than without it.
It's not as good as a real kickstand, but it weighs nothing.
Less fallen down nice bikes!

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Can you get a picture of this in use? I'm having a hard time "seeing" it. (Where is my left wheel on a bike??? :confused: )
Do you use it on dropbar or flat bar bikes? How does it brace a bike upright?

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Originally Posted by Regina

Can you get a picture of this in use? I'm having a hard time "seeing" it. (Where is my left wheel on a bike??? :confused: )
Do you use it on dropbar or flat bar bikes? How does it brace a bike upright?

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I believe it's just a little gadget to hold the left brake lever compressed, so that the front brakes stays "on" and the bike is less likely to roll by itself and fall down. Doesn't hold the bike upright. Right, Mimi. A picture would still be nice. Is this gadget left on while riding, and is it appropriately out of the way?

they come in lots of colors apparently and when you're not using it you just roll it under the hood

Ummm... I won't say what that thing looks like to me...

Why, oh why, are you not permitted to have a kickstand? If you want a kickstand, then you stand up and proudly proclaim your dorkdom like the rest of us who have them!! ;)

As I've told people, with my bike leaning on it's stand, I can then step back and admire it more easily.

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Originally Posted by Kalidurga

Ummm... I won't say what that thing looks like to me...

Why, oh why, are you not permitted to have a kickstand? If you want a kickstand, then you stand up and proudly proclaim your dorkdom like the rest of us who have them!! ;)

As I've told people, with my bike leaning on it's stand, I can then step back and admire it more easily.

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Gee, Kali, what does it look like to you?
I got a kick stand on my Raleigh Hybrid, and got no end of grief about it.
I actually got a kickstand for our TANDEM, a major score because that thing is a real hassle, weighs a ton, is long as a football field.. anyway, I feel that it was our compromise. DH is trying to get me to get used to a light road bike and so I am not weighting it down with all my typical accessories.. It already weighs 25 lbs!

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Originally Posted by DebW

I believe it's just a little gadget to hold the left brake lever compressed, so that the front brakes stays "on" and the bike is less likely to roll by itself and fall down. Doesn't hold the bike upright. Right, Mimi. A picture would still be nice. Is this gadget left on while riding, and is it appropriately out of the way?

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Thanks! DH explained this to me last night as I puzzled over it. I can see the broccoli rubber band explanation, too. I seem to recall a product called a "Flickstand" (see picture) that attached to your downtube and braced against your front wheel to create a rigid platform for leaning against posts, trees, etc. that would do the same basic thing. But a Google search on Flickstand led me to a forum discussion that indicated that they are not being made any longer. I suppose the option is good if you have something tallish to lean the bike against. If riding with a partner, I tend to "tee-pee" two bikes together - lean one against the other - to hold them both (or 3) upright. Otherwise, I'll lean the bike on a curb using tension against the pedal to hold it upright with no other support options around (doesn't always work on super windy days however! :rolleyes: ). Handy to have alternative, tho' I suppose.

when our Tandem's kickstand was new two of our friends with Titanium bikes
teepee'd their bikes each on a side of the tandem.
And they all fell down!

our tandem is old and ugly but i felt bad for the pretty Ti bikes.
But it was their own fault

Of course, the sure way of making sure that your bike doesn't fall over is to lay it down flat. Preferrably on grass.

And remember to close your water bottle!!!! :D
Speaking from experience?? Ummmm......:rolleyes: