I’m a big fan of kickstands on my city bikes. My winter bike has not had one for a while, so I finally broke down and bought one. This particular bike didn’t look like it would be compatible with a mounting position just ahead of the rear wheel so I elected to get one that mounts off of the chainstay. In addition, the one that I chose also has an additional clamp that attaches to the seat stay for greater rigidity.
It looks like this model will fit a wide variety of bikes. However, in this particular case, since my bike has something coming down from the chain stay to mount the cable adjuster for the rear internal hub, there was a bit of interference with the kickstand mount.
A little early morning work with the Dremel.
Much better.
One of the things that I didn’t fully appreciate is that with a single sided kickstand, it is easy to roll the bike even with the kickstand down. Additionally, the rear mount eliminates any interference with the pedals.
This is in contrast to my plescher double legged stand on the pink bike, which is great, but once the stand is down, the bike cannot roll.
Mounted a flag for today’s ride with Santa. I haven’t used this flag since 2015.
For those joint us for the Cycling Good Cheer ride, I’ll see you either at North York Centre, or at the meet up at Bloor and Yonge.
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