Ever heard of this?

[Trek420]

Here's a beautiful Davidson bike with tire savers. This one's positioned differently than Chris sets them up. He prefers them on the brake somehow.

Chris now has these in stock. They are handmade by one of his clients who is a mechanical engineer.

He says "back in the day" tire savers were the rage. Now folks want race bikes, race bikes don't have tire savers. But most riders will never notice this gizmo is there, they just float over the tire and flick off debris, goat heads, glass and ... you're faster when you don't have a flat

[Trek420]

That isn't a tire saver, it's a flick stand. Knott just told me the device avove enables you to just flick it down, the wheel is stationary and acts as a kickstand almost.

Maybe this should be the general "stuff we've never heard of" thread

[KnottedYet]

Hey, if the engineer dude makes flickstands as well as tire-savers, there's a big ol' market of folks who are looking for them.

Dang, I should've been a mechanical engineer... (Hah!)

Oh, and I found a good flickstand pic right here on TE: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showp...2&postcount=10

[Tuckervill]

Hey, that Raleigh Marathon Mixte had one of those, and it was integrated into the frame! (no strap to hold it on--it was screwed on to braze-ons) I kept trying to get it to flip out in some way, like it was supposed to lock the front wheel straight with the frame, but I never could. Hmm, who knew?

eta: Shoulda read ahead. So it IS for holding the front wheel straight? I could never get it squeezed enough to put into position. I'd like to see one in action. I never thought it was close enough to the wheel to scrap anything off it.

Karen

[Trek420]

Hey, that Raleigh Marathon Mixte had one of those, and it was integrated into the frame! (no strap to hold it on--it was screwed on to braze-ons) I kept trying to get it to flip out in some way, like it was supposed to lock the front wheel straight with the frame, but I never could. Hmm, who knew?

eta: Shoulda read ahead. So it IS for holding the front wheel straight? I could never get it squeezed enough to put into position. I'd like to see one in action. I never thought it was close enough to the wheel to scrap anything off it.

Karen

Yes I found somewhere online there are bikes with a braze-on for the flick-stand.

But flick stands don't flick stuff off and tire savers don't keep your wheel straight. Different things, right? Tire-savers are what Robinson Wheelworks has. OTOH someone has brought in their bike with a flick-stand.

Sorry for the confusion I have caused.

DebW? Is there a mechanic in the house?