bike stand

[roundisland]

Thanks for all the replies lots of options its helped me a lot. I have decided to do my first tour without using a stand and see how it goes.

Thank you.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Walls, hedges, trees, lamp posts........

They've served me well over the past seven or eight years.

 

[andym]

... and don't forget the pedal-to-the-kerb method.

 

[franniepan]

I also have a tourer, often heavily loaded and it's used daily for commuting, therefore the stand is kicked up and down at least 8-10 times a day, every day.
I went through 4 stands over the period of a year or so before I bought the Tranz-X kick stand.
It has now been on the bike for about 7 years and still works all day every day.

Despite what others may think, I would class a kick stand as essential as lights, a rack or mudguards. On a road racing bike they are not essential, on a bike that is used for touring, commuting or shopping they are.

In cyclecentric countries such as Germany, Denmark or Holland you would not be able to buy a touring/commuting/shopping bike without a kickstand (and rack/mudgards/bell/lights), for some obscure reason in this country they don't come as standard.

http://www.bikester.co.uk/bicycle-e..._2258_1646_&c=18#kickstand-kick-stand-tranz-x

As an aside when touring in France a few years ago we arrived in a big field camp site with a big international cycle touring meet up. You could spot the English bikes as they were lying on the ground ! Everyone else had stands.

Love it! I’ve been trying the ‘use front pannier as prop for back’ It works for a few minutes and then you hear this strange noise and then there’s the bike laying on its side and all your fruit squashed in the pannier - yum, juice )