[Yak] Re: OT: Uses of Bikes -- India/ Kickstands/ Owners manual/ intro...

[Brad Swanlund]

Hey all,

I'll introduce myself quickly then get to a couple questions. My name 
is Brad Swanlund (residing in Bakersfield, CA), and I'm a relatively 
new owner, along with my 7 year old son and 5 year old daughter, of a 
black Family Triple Traveler Tour Plus DD 27. I've been lurking on this 
list for awhile, and generally enjoying the discussions.

I always enjoy viewing images of the way bicycles are used in other 
parts of the world. It's quite impressive to see what the people in the 
photos ( http://tinyurl.com/5d8ok ) are able to transport using 2 or 3 
wheels and their own power. One thing that I noticed that the majority 
of the 2 wheelers have in common is a kickstand attached to both sides 
of the rear axle. This appears to be quite stable. I'm wondering if 
something like this would be practical on our Family Triple Traveler 
(it's got a rear derailer, drum brake, and dual drive with click box, 
so it's got quite a bit already going on in that area of the bike), and 
whether any of you know where something like that could be acquired. We 
use our bike for transportation more that leisure. We often load our 
panniers with heavy groceries, etc., so having a stable kickstand would 
be great. I tried an ESGE/Pletscher Double-legged kickstand ( 
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/accessories.html ), but it didn't 
seem any more stable than the standard kickstand that is currently on 
the bike (this surprised me.. maybe it was not functioning correctly, 
but there was no evidence of this). I would also like to hear other 
ideas for stabilizing our bike while it is parked.

next topic...
Do Bike Fridays generally come with an owners manual and other 
documentation? I ordered our bike through our LBS thinking there would 
be an advantage in having someone local to deal with (not sure if this 
was the right choice, but that's a different story..). I requested that 
they make sure that I got every piece of paper that came with the bike, 
and I was sure that an owners manual would come with the bike since 
there are quite a few features to Bike Fridays that are not exactly 
standard in the world of bikes. Anyway, all the documentation I 
received was regarding the chainrings, the dual drive, and the "V" 
brakes.

Brad S.

On Nov 28, 2004, Slow Joe Recumbo wrote:

> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:10:42 +0300
> From: "Jkeenan\(Yahoo Account\)" <jkeenan0407 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Yak] OT: Uses of Bikes -- India
> To: <yak at bikefriday.com>
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> Nope, didn't get to ride my SRD in India, but I did ride my camera a 
> lot.
> Thought you might enjoy some ways a bike can be used.  This is just a 
> small
> sample....coulda taken a 1,000 images.
>
> Bike Transport Photos:  http://tinyurl.com/5d8ok   43 images
>
> Click on blue icon lower left: VIEW PHOTOS
>
> Double left click on first images to load a preview Slideshow.    These
> images are small resolution for viewing purposes and should load fairly
> quickly.
>
> Slow Joe Recumbo
>
> SRD