Portable kickstand

[103Alex1]

Came across this ... looks handy if you don't want to have to have one mounted on the bike all the time (or can't easily accommodate one) :

How Click-Stand, the Portable Folding Kickstand, Works

Interesting idea. Photo of it holding bike up on wet sand - wonder if that really works !

 

[KirstinS]

raise you one of these !

upstand

 

[Scimitar]

$45 and $39! For a bit of tube!
Seeing the first one got me thinking of using a retractable photographic monopod with a curved top for it. I always found the lower stand position was problematical anyway, and the upper bracing point of the top tube would work better I think.

 

[Old_Dave]

Or a folding walking stick with a U shape on the top ?


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[Scimitar]

Or a folding walking stick with a U shape on the top ?

Exactly the kind of thing; and since we generally have some carrying capacity, stowing it folded isn't a problem.

 

[103Alex1]

raise you one of these !

upstand

Weight-weenie wonderland ! Won't work with a rear-drive eBike though.

Exactly the kind of thing; and since we generally have some carrying capacity, stowing it folded isn't a problem.

I like the idea a lot actually and bound to be really easy to make with a folding rod to begin with. Choice of propping points, especially with a cross-bar.

Just swap out the handle of one of these for a hook :

Adjustable Lightweight Folding Walking Stick 84, 87, 90, 93, 96cm Hiking Silver | eBay

 

[Cyclezee]

I like these ideas and using the crossbar or possibly seat post as propping point on stepthru frames makes a lot of sense.

Perhaps there could be an attachment which would stay clamped to the bike with a short tube that the prop would lock into?

 

[flecc]

These high point propstands are sometimes used by trailer users to give added stability, but in all cases they really need a handbrake on the bike as well to prevent the stand geometry rolling the bike forward or backwards off the stand. I added a handbrake to one of my trailer towing bikes for this purpose, but on the other bike used the stirrup wheel lock on hills for the same purpose.

 

[mike killay]

Back in the 1950's, Army motorcycles had something similar but permanently fitted.
As for me, I want an umbrella carrier!

 

[jackhandy]

We carry a couple of biggish brollies, bungee'd to the crossbars, when we go trail-riding with the grandchildren in tow:

A picnic on a damp day always goes down well - Grandad is well-known around here for being a tad "excentric"
(read : daft-as-a-brush)

 

[mountainsport]

Came across this ... looks handy if you don't want to have to have one mounted on the bike all the time (or can't easily accommodate one) :

How Click-Stand, the Portable Folding Kickstand, Works

Interesting idea. Photo of it holding bike up on wet sand - wonder if that really works !

Yes,a good bit of kit it works at it's best when used on quick sand then i used it again to pull myself out of the quick sand then used the stick again for the third time to pull my bike out of the quick sand.

Mountainsport