Who on the list is a backyard fabricator of 'doohickies'?

[David McLaughlin]

I just use a strip of velcro. Each of our bikes have two pieces in their seat bags for those just in case moments. Bought at Lowe's for cheap.

[Flieger]

How do you beat an attacking dog with velcro and survive?

[Flieger]

That was supposed to be in green, by the way.

[Joe Bob]

So I found one for sale in Canuck land, 10USD, freaking 17 delivered....the tube on my CF is too thick for the nylon band......crap.

[intakexhaust]

'Flickstand' - Had one on my Fuji tour bike back around 1980, maybe 1981. Took the time and cycled toured the coast of Maine with high-tech camping gear of the day (might still have the Cannondale panniers... maybe the dog can find them... smell moldy by now.)

With a loaded touring bike, that little wonder device served well.

Only here would some topic like this come up. Think I should do something else now. L.

[JAR0023]

How did I miss this. Another blast from the past cycling thread. JB, I may well have all or part of one of these in the attic with all the other cycling junk...err vintage components I have from the 80s-90s. I'm on the road this week so it'll be the weekend before I can rummage through the boxes.

Just so we're clear on the overall concept, you guys do realize that if you lay the bike down, it can't fall any further?

Velcro and toe straps (remember those) work almost as well. If you're having trouble with the mechnical aspects of these two items you should go to the store and buy a bunch of broccoli. It's good for you. Save the big blue rubber band. Works even better and there are no moving parts. Loop one end around valve stem, then up and over the down tube and finally back around the valve stem. Voila. Poor man's Flickstand.

As far as the demise of the Flickstand, I'm suprised it lasted as long as it did. Such a narrow market, and then when brazed lugs and round tubes became the exception, well the Flickstand was done for. Hard core roadies hated the extra weight [groan] and wouldn't be caught dead with one on their bike. Mountain bikers just laid their bike over anywhere. Commuters and long distance tourers loved the idea and didn't care about the extra weight but fenders and Flickstands are incompatible. Yeah, I said the F word.

So in the end the only people who actually bought Flickstands were middle aged dudes who liked gadgets and cared more about function that form. Same type of guys who like to own and work on old cars. Oh yeah, college chicks. College chicks can be talked into (or out of) just about anything. Mommy and Daddy buying you a bike for college? "Here, you're going to need one of these." "What's it do? Keeps your bike from falling over."

I love this place. It's amazing how it triggers so many lost memories from twenty years ago.

J

[Joe Bob]

I also made a bike rack....mounted it to the roll bar. Can't close the top with it on.....but I don't care. Bungee cord on the rear wheel to keep it from rotating forward and whacking me in the face on a sharp left turn.

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by JAR0023

How did I miss this. Another blast from the past cycling thread. JB, I may well have all or part of one of these in the attic with all the other cycling junk...err vintage components I have from the 80s-90s. I'm on the road this week so it'll be the weekend before I can rummage through the boxes.

Just so we're clear on the overall concept, you guys do realize that if you lay the bike down, it can't fall any further?

Velcro and toe straps (remember those) work almost as well. If you're having trouble with the mechnical aspects of these two items you should go to the store and buy a bunch of broccoli. It's good for you. Save the big blue rubber band. Works even better and there are no moving parts. Loop one end around valve stem, then up and over the down tube and finally back around the valve stem. Voila. Poor man's Flickstand.

As far as the demise of the Flickstand, I'm suprised it lasted as long as it did. Such a narrow market, and then when brazed lugs and round tubes became the exception, well the Flickstand was done for. Hard core roadies hated the extra weight [groan] and wouldn't be caught dead with one on their bike. Mountain bikers just laid their bike over anywhere. Commuters and long distance tourers loved the idea and didn't care about the extra weight but fenders and Flickstands are incompatible. Yeah, I said the F word.

So in the end the only people who actually bought Flickstands were middle aged dudes who liked gadgets and cared more about function that form. Same type of guys who like to own and work on old cars. Oh yeah, college chicks. College chicks can be talked into (or out of) just about anything. Mommy and Daddy buying you a bike for college? "Here, you're going to need one of these." "What's it do? Keeps your bike from falling over."

I love this place. It's amazing how it triggers so many lost memories from twenty years ago.

J

Great post.

[Joe Bob]

Yeah, but I'm NOT laying a CF bike down in front of a 7-11 to go in and get a Slim Jim.....

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Yeah, but I'm NOT laying a CF bike down in front of a 7-11 to go in and get a Slim Jim.....

That sounds like a situation for a lock, not a flickstand. I'd try to bring the bike in with me, or else buy the Slim-Jims beforehand and carry them in the shirt pockets that those cycling shirts have.

[Joe Bob]

A Flick Stand is like...I dunno, Brown on Brown saddle bucks. Totally useless but I miss them......a'right?

[JAR0023]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Yeah, but I'm NOT laying a CF bike down in front of a 7-11 to go in and get a Slim Jim.....

You know if you had a Third Eye helment mounted mirror you could keep one eye on said Carbon steed while macking with the check out girl with the other. Even better if it's attached to a Bell V-1 Pro.

Funny they still make these. Amazon has a bunch of different ones. Oh, and you want to be careful if you google image search "third eye".





J

[look 171]

Originally Posted by JAR0023

How did I miss this. Another blast from the past cycling thread. JB, I may well have all or part of one of these in the attic with all the other cycling junk...err vintage components I have from the 80s-90s. I'm on the road this week so it'll be the weekend before I can rummage through the boxes.

Just so we're clear on the overall concept, you guys do realize that if you lay the bike down, it can't fall any further?

Velcro and toe straps (remember those) work almost as well. If you're having trouble with the mechnical aspects of these two items you should go to the store and buy a bunch of broccoli. It's good for you. Save the big blue rubber band. Works even better and there are no moving parts. Loop one end around valve stem, then up and over the down tube and finally back around the valve stem. Voila. Poor man's Flickstand.

As far as the demise of the Flickstand, I'm suprised it lasted as long as it did. Such a narrow market, and then when brazed lugs and round tubes became the exception, well the Flickstand was done for. Hard core roadies hated the extra weight [groan] and wouldn't be caught dead with one on their bike. Mountain bikers just laid their bike over anywhere. Commuters and long distance tourers loved the idea and didn't care about the extra weight but fenders and Flickstands are incompatible. Yeah, I said the F word.

So in the end the only people who actually bought Flickstands were middle aged dudes who liked gadgets and cared more about function that form. Same type of guys who like to own and work on old cars. Oh yeah, college chicks. College chicks can be talked into (or out of) just about anything. Mommy and Daddy buying you a bike for college? "Here, you're going to need one of these." "What's it do? Keeps your bike from falling over."

I love this place. It's amazing how it triggers so many lost memories from twenty years ago.

J

Yep. too much damn weight. I am one of those from the 80 and 90s. We can't be caught dead with dust caps on our Campy cranks. Remember those? How about the OMAS bolt kit? My bikes never fall over when lean against the wall, but then I usually never stop at my local Starbucks and go straight home. Flackstand. we use to laugh at those touring cyclist who use them. Sorry JB.

[Joe Bob]

The third eye.....I don't wear a helmet, so I'd need to drill a hole in my head, tap and thread it.

As to the "Flack Stand" as you call it, haven't seen one or used one in 28 years. Kinda like my P38 can opener I still have on my key ring.

Some stuff you wax philosophically about....

[GWN7]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

I have a friend that has a long established bike shop. I called him about a doohickey I had back in the 80s. It was made by Rhode Gear, RG got bought out by Yakima and dropped about 50% of the inventory. The item is NLA.

My friend says that it was a big seller. Would prolly retail for $25 bucks....

If I was going to make something like that I'd use a V shaped piece of 70 Drom rubber to attach to the bike frame (that way you could use it on different shaped frames) and a wire bent is such a way that one bolt would hold it to the rubber. The preassure of the wheel against the wire would hold it against the bike frame.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

"Brown shoes don't make it
Quit school -- why fake it."

- Zappa

[Joe Bob]

Catholic boy....we wore uniforms. It was either that or black freakin' wingtips.....

[look 171]

Originally Posted by JAR0023

You know if you had a Third Eye helment mounted mirror you could keep one eye on said Carbon steed while macking with the check out girl with the other. Even better if it's attached to a Bell V-1 Pro.

Funny they still make these. Amazon has a bunch of different ones. Oh, and you want to be careful if you google image search "third eye".





J

NOt the V1 Pro, the Bell Biker are the ones with the mirror in the old bikecology cat. No bike racer was cool enough back then to wear a helmet riding club rides or out raining. Only when they (USCF) forced us to do so racing.

[sammyg2]

...I remember I had a kick stand on my stingray a long time ago, ... but when I got a real moto bike it didn't have a kick stand so we used to turn our bikes upside down and rest em on the handle bars and seat...
...They were made out of real metal but were still cool enough to impress other kids...

...Life was a whole bunch simpler then...

[gtc]

Are you guys riding with handlebar bags or huge aero bars or something? I can't remember ever having problems with my bikes falling over.