Homemade bike stand. Telescopic bike stand made of mop - wind in the field

There is no consensus on the need for a footboard, but it is safe to say that it is more convenient with it than without it. However, there are situations when a footboard is even necessary. As with many other things, first you need to understand the purpose of use.

pleasure skating

It is very pleasant to ride in the park in the evening or on weekends with friends or with a girlfriend, and it is doubly pleasant to sit on a bench and chat. And the question "where to lean the bikes?" will not occur if they are equipped with a footrest. Otherwise, you'll have to look for trees, poles, or lean bikes against a bench, narrowing down effective seating space. Moreover, if you decide to stop for rest and communication in the Volgograd steppe, bicycles without a footboard will have to be laid on their side.

Working use

With constant movement in the city on business, the use of the footboard will make stopping much more convenient. It’s good if there are bike racks at all stopping points - they partially replace the footboard. But if you urgently need to make a stop along the way, with this accessory you will not have to hug your bike or run to the nearest pole.

Tourism

Oh yes, a footboard is a must here. After all, lifting a bike loaded with things from the ground is not the most pleasant experience. On top of that, lying on your side, some things in bags can be damaged.

Just as there are no standard bikes, there are no standard footpegs. Let's analyze the differences between the footrests by type of attachment.

Attaches between the bottom bracket of the frame and the rear wheel. On most road or just inexpensive similar mountain biking there are platforms for attaching the footrest. Footrests vary in length depending on the diameter of your wheels.

However, the lack of a platform is not a problem, because footpegs have been invented for bicycles that do not have a special place for attaching them. This footboard has not only a bolt, but also a clamp placed on the lower stays of the frame. It is universal because it has a retractable mechanism, due to which it fits wheel diameters from 20 to 28 inches.

Universal feather kickstand

It is attached to the bottom feather of the frame on the left side. Has varieties.

Has more rigidity

The most convenient option for tourism. The aforementioned footpegs will not work because the load on the bike will simply tend to tip it over. With such a footrest, the bike will be very stable, and in addition to this, minor malfunctions can be fixed in the field.

Stand

An exotic thing, but known in narrow circles. Foldable, lightweight, small-sized, which is very important in tourism, when a lot of extra pounds are hung on a bicycle. Its only drawback is that you have to get it from somewhere. But the bike will stand on it, rooted to the spot, because it is placed under the lower tube of the frame.

If you do not like any of the proposed options, you will be told and shown how to make a trip yourself.

Since I consider the Big Mo one of the most successful incarnations of the chopper style in a bike and a minimalist in life, most of all I did not want to change the shape much, but at the same time make this model more "adult". The goal is banal, like all owners of this device - to lengthen, so that it would be convenient and not raise the saddle. :) . Bottom line: +14cm in the frame, and did not count how much in the fork (the fork is handmade, made to make it aggressive), planetary hub, matte black and plastic flame (laser cut).

In general, I’ll say right away that I was very lucky with the master. Man - golden hands, such are now very rare.

Frame

In the middle part, in front of the seat tube, 2 inserts were made from pipes flattened along the same profile as the original and welded with argon (flattened by hand on a forged blank, I was delighted).
Due to the fact that the frame was cut, a discrepancy between the two parts was obtained, so the pipes are not parallel. The problem was solved by changing the geometry of the upper tube and overcooking the triangle (on which the flame is). it turned out to be more pointed and dynamic than the original, in my opinion. well, here's an example. Gray - it was, black - it became.

Fork

In short, according to my drawings, through acquaintances, I ordered to mill the crowns (like they are called) for a new 16mm aircraft aluminum fork. feature - in the lower part of the holes drilled at an angle of 78 degrees (I did not find this on sale :)), which made it possible to tilt the fork more, but without digesting the steering glass. Well, the legs, respectively, are made of stainless steel, under the size and firmly, without depreciation, are inserted into the pants from the MTV fork. Haven't bothered with fork springs. still won't work with that angle. Basically everything is like.

PS. Well, of course, as in the saying about sleds, I myself also had to squirm with a grinder, putty and paint, otherwise I can’t.

Bulgarian cleaning works

This is already :) I got high. In general, when you work for yourself, for some reason you don’t get tired at all, and fatigue somehow even pleases.
Since the pipes were not super smooth, I had to tinker with putty, which I did for the first time in my life.

Steering wheel

I changed the steering wheel, because I realized that I needed one, even during the first assembly. Now he looks like an adult (I think so)

Wings

It often rains in St. Petersburg, we had to put wings on.

pleasure skating

Working use

Tourism

Just as there are no standard bikes, there are no standard footpegs. Let's analyze the differences between the footrests by type of attachment.

Footrest from center

Attaches between the bottom bracket of the frame and the rear wheel. On most road bikes or just inexpensive similar mountain bikes, there are platforms for attaching the footrest. Footrests vary in length depending on the diameter of your wheels.

Universal footrest from the center

Universal feather kickstand

It is attached to the bottom feather of the frame on the left side. Has varieties.

Fastening only on the lower leg of the frame

Mounting on the lower and upper stays of the frame

Has more rigidity

Stand

If you do not like any of the proposed options, you will be told and shown how to make a trip yourself.

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Footboard - lot of "suckers" or a useful accessory?

Since time immemorial, the generally friendly community of bikers has been periodically divided into warring camps. SRAM breeders sharpen their teeth against Shimanophiles, two-slingers go to war against hardtails, knights of the order of toothy tires cross swords with adherents of the sect of bald half-slicks ...

But there is one bike accessory, the unfortunate owners of which are unanimously stigmatized by almost all "advanced" bikers. The name of this outcast is a bicycle footboard.

Of course, the kickstand mounted on a carbon cross-country car will cause those around you to have a fit of Homeric laughter. For rides with a small backpack on your back, using a footrest is also hardly advisable - putting an "empty" bike on the ground and then picking it up is not difficult. However, there are still bikers who need a footboard. These are cyclists.

Let me explain with examples from my own experience how the unforgettable Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchausen always bequeathed to always act in such cases. Introductory: a bicycle without a footboard, a backpack-"pants" weighing 30 kg hangs on the trunk:

1. Middle Karelia. You stop to take a picture of a crocodile eating a Kodiak bear. Along the road there are meter-deep ditches, in one of which the eating takes place. There is nothing to lean the bike against, and you put it on the ground, giving the trunk a side load that it was not designed for. After five days of periodically “slaughtering” a bike with a backpack on its side (there are a lot of crocodiles in Karelia today), the trunk becomes loose. Sometimes it breaks.

2. Sayans. You stop to take a picture of a peacock perched on a palm branch. Along the road - the steppe. There is nothing to lean the bike against, but you have already broken the trunk, so you know that it is not worth putting the bike on its side once again. You support the bike with your hip and take out the Canon Eos 5D camera from the photobox on the handlebars, naturally with both hands. At this point, the front wheel turns and the bike begins to move toward mother earth. You are trying to catch him, but, apparently, no luck. The bike crashes onto the road with a crash. Behind him falls the camera you released, grabbing the bike. The peacock flies away, laughing and hooting.

3. Foothills of the Greater Caucasus. You stop to take a picture of an Arctic fox fighting a sea turtle. Trees grow along the road, which, as usual, goes over the gorge, and you, remembering the events described in paragraphs. 1 and 2, lean the bike against one of them. The moment you're ready to press the camera's shutter button, the front wheel turns (well, that's typical of bicycles, what can you do), and the bike begins to move toward mother earth. It moves long enough, because it is 200 meters to the bottom of the gorge. You, along with the polar fox and the turtle, are fascinated by the flight ...

As you understand, in addition to taking pictures, a traveling biker has other reasons for stopping - to navigate the map, add strength by eating something high-calorie, reduce the load on the iron horse by performing the reverse process of eating food, etc.

Why do most cyclists continue to ignore footpegs? The reason is simple - the footpegs sold in our bike shops help the biker in the same way that a hungry cat helps the mistress guard the sour cream. We are talking about the "side" steps that extend to the side (usually to the left) and support the bike in an inclined position. No, they hold the bike well, but when a heavy backpack hangs on the bike ... So, when a heavy backpack hangs on the bike, the center of gravity of the “bike-backpack system” is very high and horizontally shifted to the trunk. When you tilt your bike even at a small angle, there is a rather impressive moment of gravity that tends to drop your bike. He often succeeds. The side stand (especially the one attached near the carriage) in this case plays the role of a hinge, around which the bike turns over perfectly. A kickstand mounted next to the rear wheel dropout is somewhat better at resisting rollover, but it is not a panacea either.

However, there are still devices that can securely hold the bike.

Bearing in mind that the higher the side stand is attached to the bike, and the farther from it it rests on the ground, the more difficult it is to knock the bike over, Tom Nostrant of Aberdeen, Washington, USA, designed, patented and began to manufacture a long folding ... no, even not a footrest - a bicycle stand, which he called "Click-Stand". It’s really universal, you can’t argue here, it’s as simple as a stick (because it is a folding stick with a flyer at the end) and weighs only about 75 g. bike on it (I would slightly improve the design by making a clamp around the top tube of the frame instead of a flyer).

On the site www.click-stand.com this stand costs from $25 to $32 depending on the length, but something tells me that our compatriot is unlikely to become Mr. Nostrant's client. After all, any rigid collapsible arc from the tent will cope with the task of maintaining the bike no worse than the branded Click-Stand, and even attaching a flyer to it is a waste of time. Just remember that without rubber bands holding the brake levers in the pressed position, your bike will not stand upright for even a minute ...

But there is another solution. These are "two-legged", symmetrical about the axis of the bicycle, steps, the older sisters of which have been used on motorcycles for a century. I offer you the results of the "cycling" test of such a footboard.

Producer - BILTEMA, article in the company catalog 27-046

Weight - 640 g, which is a lot. By drilling holes and replacing the steel mounting bolt with a titanium one, you can most likely lose about 100-150 g of mass. Do you need it?

Material - aluminum alloy, casting.

Fastening in a small triangle connecting the chainstays with the bottom bracket tube, one M8 bolt with a conical countersunk head for hexagon 6 mm. A toothed washer is installed under the bolt - time will tell whether it will unscrew with strong shaking (see below). The length of the bolt is 6 cm, which is enough even for thick profiled feathers. But installing a footrest on a bike with a top swing front derailleur (with a lower clamp) is very inconvenient - there is not enough space for the key to work. If not for the hexagon with a spherical tip, I would have to remove the switch ...

Dirt or snow can theoretically accumulate in a hollow mounting bracket, but this has not been achieved in practice.

As I already wrote, one of the common reasons for a bicycle to fall off the footboard is the rotation of the front wheel, which occurs under the influence of some otherworldly forces at the moment when you move away from the bicycle and, naturally, do not have time to support it. But when the bike is on a two-legged footboard, the wheel can even twist - the bike will remain motionless, because the front wheel is hanging in the air!

In the course of the test, another option for using the footrest arose. It replaces the repair stand! Well, not 100%, of course, but it allows you to:

- Make any adjustments on the front suspended wheel, and on the rear, loading the front;

— Adjust the front and rear derailleur "in dynamics." Very comfortably!

- wash the chain with a machine without leaning the bike anywhere;

- unscrew the system and the carriage (and not every stand allows this!)

After attaching the kickstand to the bike, immediately check if it is standing upright on it. The copy I received was slightly warped. For light bike such a bias is nonsense, but when a heavy backpack hangs on the bike, shifting the center of gravity upwards ... I got out of the situation by slightly cutting the rubber stop on the longer leg of the footboard.

Since we are talking about the center of gravity, it means that it is time to talk about how firmly on its feet (footboards, of course) a pedal horse loaded with a heavy and high backpack of the "pants" type. First - about a heavy backpack, in which the weight is distributed correctly, that is, everything heavy (canned food, gas cylinders, irons, dumbbells, etc.) is folded to the very bottom, and everything light-light lies on top. This approach should only increase the stability of the bike on the footboard; practice has shown that this is the case.

But a backpack with a high center of gravity reduces stability, which, you see, is also logical (Biker! Pack your things right!). And further. A plump backpack (and I traveled, including with a rather big Mirage-80K) greatly increases the windage. The conclusion sounds ridiculous, but it helps in practice: put the bike in the wind, or against the wind, do not expose the sides to the evil trade winds and monsoons.

For the sake of scientific interest, I decided to find out how much effort it takes to bring down a bicycle standing on the footboard. We take an electronic steelyard and, using it as a dynamometer, we pull the bike sideways by the highest point - the saddle. Here he finally began to fall. We look at what the steelyard shows ... It turned out a little more than 1 kgf. Not bad.

If you're not going to remove the footrest for the foreseeable future, tighten the mounting bolt "with all your might". If you have to remove the switch to do this, remove it (at the same time practice setting it up). And put the bolt on the thread lock. For even with a toothed washer (see above), the footboard still loosens up after a couple of weeks of field operation.

And here is the main practical result: in two months of riding the bike fell down while standing on the footboard... Yes, what is there, it fell, it was like that. But! Just one time. It happened when I hastily put the bike on the loose shoulder of a dirt (albeit Finnish) road. Since before that I put it on the footboard a hundred times, we can safely say that the BIKE STANDS STABLY ON THE STANDING.

Conclusion

At first, I decided that I would remove the footboard after a three-day test hike. Then he postponed the dismantling for a couple of weeks. Then ... In general, in the end, I admitted to myself that I did not want to shoot it. At all. Let them call me a sucker, let this device weigh half a kilo - I’m already so used to the ability to put the bike where I want, and not where there is something to lean it against, that it seems that the two-legged footboard has “grown” to my hiking bike forever ...

The footboard was kindly provided for the test by Oleg Fedorov (VeloPiter club), for which many thanks to him!

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Carriage or center steps.

They are perfect for ordinary city and mountain trips without a lot of things and backpacks on the trunk. For children's and teenage models.

Usually they are bolted to the bicycle frame on a special jumper between the rear feathers immediately behind the carriage assembly. Almost always, manufacturers provide a ready-made hole for such fastening on this jumper.

Their advantages:

It is easy to mount - just fasten one bolt.
Conveniently located. The tears are great and the stand is already under the foot, no need to reach for the rear wheel.
With the right length, the bike is quite stable, as it is located near the center of gravity unloaded bike.

At touring bike, which is loaded with backpacks on a hike, especially at the back, the center of gravity is raised and shifted to the trunk. In this case, even when the bike tilts at a small angle to the side, there is a moment of gravity that tends to drop the backpack and, with it, the bike, to the ground. In this case side step on the carriage begins to play the role of a center around which the bicycle rotates and falls. This can be avoided only if you clamp the front brake, for example, with an elastic band put on it and the steering wheel.

For this option, a footboard with a mount on the rear wheel axle or on a feather is better suited. This is a more sustainable option, although not ideal.

Side steps

Also suitable for ordinary city and mountain trips, children's and teenage models. But in hiking trips you can load heavy backpacks on the trunk.

If your bike does not have a bridge behind the bottom bracket for mounting the center stand, then only the rear side stand can be installed on it.

They come with mount

to the rear wheel axle
on pen

Mounting to the rear wheel hub is also quite simple. The screw is unscrewed on the axis, the stand itself is put on, with fixation on the lower tube of the pen, and the screw is screwed back.

These racks are very common. They are cheap, strong and comfortable. With the right height, the bike is stable both without and with cargo.

When mounted on a feather, you can choose the option of installing on one (lower) feather tube or on two tubes.

Fastening for two pipes is more stable and reliable, and the load on the pipes is less. Usually, when attaching, a rubber or plastic gasket is used between the pipe and the clamp so as not to scratch the varnish and paint.

Bipedal carriage (central)

They are also sometimes called symmetrical footrests.

These are the best bikes for long trips. They are, of course, a little heavier than their one-legged counterparts, but they have one indisputable advantage: they provide the most comfortable and stable parking of all the previous ones. It is much more difficult to tip over a bike with such a kickstand than a bike on a side stand.

True, it should be noted here that if you put your “pedal horse” sideways to the wind at a halt, then, having a large windage due to loaded bags and backpacks, the probability that it will fall is quite high and no footboard will hold it. So, always put the bike in the wind.

Some bikers specifically adjust the height of these footrests so that the front wheel does not touch the ground. Thus, a stable system of three fixed points is obtained. Two points are legs and the third - rear wheel. And three points, according to the laws of geometry, uniquely define only one plane. At the same time, the front wheel slightly raised above the ground saves the bike from the bad habit of falling from its turn.

One more note from life: after you fix the footboard on the bike, check that it is standing upright, without tilting to its side. If necessary, adjust the legs a little to bring the bike upright.

For an empty bike, a slight lean to the side is not a problem, but for a bike with a heavy backpack, this can lead to frequent falls.

They come with both fixed legs: move one leg - and both move together at once, and independent legs. When using them, you can put the bike on one or two legs. True, in this case it is not always convenient to use. To put the bike on two legs, you have to run around it.

When installing a symmetrical footrest, make sure that her right foot does not touch the chain at all speeds.

Footboard length selection

When choosing a footrest for your bike, in addition to mounting, carefully consider two more points:

to the selection of the length of the steps;
to the material from which it is made.

As for the length. Too short will create a large angle of inclination and drastically reduce stability. Too long - you can’t lean the bike at all. Usually, manufacturers always indicate the size of the bicycle wheels for which it is intended.

How to check if the footrest fits the bike

Usually in bicycle shops they indicate to the bicycle which wheel the footboard sold is suitable for. However, it happens that the seller himself is not always aware of what product he is selling. How in this case to check whether the selected footboard fits your "iron horse".

For such situations, we give the values of the approximate length of the rack itself, which must be chosen depending on the diameter of the bicycle wheel. You need to measure it from the heel to the center of rotation on the bar.

These stand lengths are suitable for carriage and side steps:

18" - 20 cm
20" - 22 cm
24" - 25 cm
26" - 27 cm
28", 29" - 29 cm or more

There is no need to treat these figures as dogma. Plus, minus 1-2 cm do not make the weather, but only slightly change the angle of the bike in the parking lot. After all, you can always change the angle of the footrest a little yourself.

Telescopic footrests

Footrests with variable length and angle are convenient for both cyclists and manufacturers. One model per different sizes wheels.

They can be adjusted in length and angle, which is convenient, but, in general, is done only once when installing it on a bike.

When buying such models, the most important thing is to make sure that the mechanism for fixing the changing leg size is reliable. They come in different types: just on screws, on a twisting mechanism, etc. It is clear that poor fixation will not allow you to hold the bike, the rack will simply fold, and it will collapse to the ground.

In my opinion, it is better to buy a fixed size footrest. It is always simpler, cheaper and more reliable than all mechanisms for fixing changes in length.

An interesting nuance from the experience of cycling trips. The tourist specially set a footrest a little before going on the axle of the rear wheel bigger size. When placed on the ground, he pressed it a little into it and the bike stood more stable. He motivated his decision by the fact that he traveled off-road, and when placed on soft soil, the standard-sized rack still pressed into the ground, increasing the angle of inclination, which became dangerously large and did not keep the bike from falling. How this idea suits you personally - decide for yourself.

More look at footrest heel. She should let the bike stand. I saw Chinese racks, on which the angle of inclination of the heel did not correspond to the angle of inclination of the leg itself. When focusing on the asphalt, she just stuck up.

The materials from which the footboards are made

Everything is simple here:

Aluminum: the lightest, but more expensive than steel and more fragile.

Steel: the cheapest and very strong, but heavier than aluminum and titanium. Withstand almost any load in the campaign.

Titanium: The lightest, strongest and most expensive. Rarely seen for sale.

A few more options for "mounting the bike on the road."

If you do not want to install a stationary footboard, you can use an interchangeable crank-mounted footrest and carry it in your pocket. For example, Topeak Stand Slim Fat.

Or another option: a foldable "Click-Stand" bike stand. It is produced by one American company and is also carried separately. It costs from $ 25 and I can’t say anything about its operational properties.

But both of these options, in general, are not for everybody. As far as I'm concerned, it's a waste of money. A conventional footboard is cheaper and more reliable. And weight? So anyway, she rides a bike. And what difference does it make - it is fixed on the frame, is it in a backpack or in a pocket?

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Creating a drawing for a bicycle frame

To make the correct drawing yourself, you will have to try for a long time, since you must adhere to the reference data on the length and diameter of the pipes. And you also need to decide on the type of bike.

It’s easier to go the other way - take ready-made drawings. For example, take a drawing of a diamond-shaped road bike frame. The figure shows that the seat tube and front (glass) pipes must be strictly parallel to each other, and the lower main pipe and the lower feather of the rear triangle must be spread at the same angle relative to the seat tube.

The lower and upper main tubes are fixed at one end to the head tube, and at the other end to the seatpost. The top tube can be positioned horizontally or at an angle, depending on the model. In our case, it is horizontal.

Taking into account all sizes and angles, you should get such a design as on paper. The next steps after studying the drawing are cutting and welding pipes.

Assembling a bicycle frame: welding pipes, pressing the fork, making seats for the wheels

To make a homemade frame, you will need 7 pipes of the required sizes. Of these, 2 are short for the bottom bracket and head tube, four are medium for the rear stays and long for the main seatpost. The supporting structure of a simple road bike is made of steel alloys, so we select the material accordingly. Pipes must be free of damage and rust. Further, using spot welding, the parts are connected.

The sequence of manufacturing a bicycle frame:

The lower main tube is welded to the bottom bracket shell.
The down tube attaches to the lower edge of the steering front tube. The position of the helmsman is perpendicular to the bottom bracket.
Parallel to the head tube, a seat tube is welded to the glass at the required angle to the down tube.
Welding the seatpost and front tubes of the main upper.
The front part is ready, then the lower feathers are welded to the glass of the carriage at a slight angle to each other. The angle to the seat tube is exactly the same as the main down tube.
Joining the top end of the seat tube and the edge of the chainstays. We get the top feathers, the welding of the structure is completed.

The next stage is the manufacture and pressing of the fork in the front of the frame. The whole process comes down to welding three metal pipes and making special cones for pressing. The length of the fork should be such that the level of the lower end coincides with the point of the stays on the rear triangle of the welded frame.

A homemade fork is an energy-intensive option, it is better to make it in the image and likeness of an existing one or buy a ready-made one for a made frame.

Pressing is done in a horizontal position:

Installation of bearings.
Fixation of cones on balls.
Cape washer on the fork stem.
Tightening the locknut.

The steering wheel is installed in the fork housing. It can be made from improvised means, the same metal pipes, and a special threaded lock can be screwed on, but it is better to buy it separately. It turns out that everything except the frame will have to be bought and follow the standard rule of building a bike out of the box? Almost. After all, you still need to weld the dropouts under the rear wheel, and you need to do it yourself. And if the fork is homemade, seats are made under the front wheel.

So, dropouts are made according to the scheme:

Cut out small metal plates, but so that they can be well welded to the frame pipes.
Using a jigsaw, make holes in the plates, the dimensions of which must correspond to the diameter of the wheel axle and fixing nuts.
With the side opposite the hole, the part is carefully welded to the frame.

Both mounting holes must be placed at exactly the same level, otherwise the wheel will not sit on the dropouts. And one more thing: the distance between the mounting holes must, at least, correspond to the tightening of the nuts "to the stop". In other words, the wheel should not fall off the dropouts at least with maximum twist.

Installing the handlebar, saddle, bottom bracket and wheels

To get a full-fledged bike, you need to put all the working units listed in the title on a homemade skeleton. The most difficult stage will be the installation of the carriage and the crank-pedal system.

The handlebar is inserted into the fork body and is firmly fixed with a bolt on the top. Before installation, it is recommended to lightly lubricate inner walls forks, as well as accurately set the position of the steering wheel - the handles are strictly perpendicular to the course of the bicycle. Twisting can bring down the direct position of the steering wheel. It's not scary, it's enough to correct the position with one hand, holding the frame firmly with the other.

The seatpost is inserted into a vertical tube and is fixed with a metal clamp with a nut. The height of the saddle on a road bike is matched to the height of the handlebars.

The next stage is the installation of the carriage mechanism in the glass. The carriage is a complex transmission unit that, when installed, will require a special tool - squeeze. All work on the assembly of parts is carried out in a strictly specified order.

And finally, inserting the wheels into the seats. Remember that homemade dropouts must be precisely agreed in advance before manufacturing, otherwise they will have to be cut off, made and welded on again. Wheel installation sequence:

Put the chain on the driving and driven stars.
Insert the rear wheel into the dropouts.
Install a metal clamp on the lower chainstay of the bicycle, fasten the brake lock to it.
Tighten wheel nuts.
Install the front wheel into the seats, tighten until it stops.

When tightening, it is better to use a dynamometer to obtain accurate tightening torques and geometric integrity. For a homemade design, this is especially important.

As you can see, homemade for a bike is a very conditional concept. It is still realistic to make the supporting structure yourself, but the rest of the components will have to be bought. Nevertheless, even such a bike deserves the title of exclusive: it is made and assembled by yourself. The completion of the work will be a thorough running-in of your offspring, identifying and correcting shortcomings.

It only takes a few minutes to figure out how to properly install the kickstand on your bike. And this guide to installing a footrest on a bicycle will help you with this. Some bikes don't have a mounting bracket, but these are either expensive bikes or antique models that you probably don't want to install a kickstand on.

The footpeg comes with a bolt and top mount that doesn't match the footpeg at first glance. The only tool you will need to install a footrest on a bike is wrench. There was a bolt on my footpeg that had a 14mm wrench. You can also use an adjustable wrench.

The photo shows the section of the frame to which the footboard will be attached. If you know where the bracket is, installing the footrest is a piece of cake.

The photo shows how to install the footrest - a second footrest bracket is attached on top of the two lower frame rails. Below is the main part of the footrest. There may be tabs on the bracket to help install the footrest in correct position(see photo). If you forget these tabs, the footrest will get in the way of the rear derailleur cable.

This happened to me because of the poor design of the bike. To solve this problem with the cable, you can simply rotate the bracket. The main thing is that the length of the bracket is enough to hold the footboard.

Insert the bolt from above into upper part bracket, into the hole on the bike frame and into the footrest itself. Spin it.

All! The kickstand has been successfully installed on the bike. Now you can wash your hands, as they are probably stained with grease.

Bicycle footboard, what is this item, is it really necessary? This article details the types of steps, as well as the materials from which they are made, the advantages and disadvantages of the attribute. You can also find out about the places where the footrest is attached, the cases in which a bicycle support is needed like air, or when you can do just fine without it.

As experienced bike owners notice, the lack of a bicycle footboard makes it extremely difficult to move around the city, since, alas, our country cannot be called friendly to cyclists, unlike the countries of Europe or Asia. There, a trip on bicycles and motorbikes is almost the only way get somewhere, therefore, for convenient movement, special parking lots for this type of transport are provided everywhere, especially in front of shops, salons, offices, and the like.

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Of course, each owner decides for himself whether to purchase such an accessory or not. What does the choice depend on? First of all, on the type of bike, because there are different models on the market, for example, walking, mountain or hybrid bikes. Then it is worth evaluating the mode of its use. For example, for a road bike, which is designed exclusively for fast movement on very smooth asphalt, a bicycle footrest is not needed, it will even add unnecessary grams of weight and thereby affect speed. Or, for example, why such an accessory children's bike?

But if a lot of movements inside the city are planned, or the route is planned for a trip with many stops, then holding a loaded walking bike with your legs or hips is not something that is not comfortable, but simply does not work out.

Kinds

A variety of accessories are on sale, which differ from each other in the material of manufacture, the type of support and the method of attachment.

Racks to support the bike in a vertical state are made of steel or aluminum. The steel footboard is highly reliable and durable, while the aluminum one is lighter in weight.

According to the number of supporting "legs", the footboards are divided into one-legged and two-legged. When one bike rack is at an angle to the ground, in the case of a two-point bike rack, it can be mounted almost vertically. In this case, it is possible to achieve that the front wheel will even be raised, as if “hanging” in the air. This will prevent the inherent habit of the front wheels to spin. The bipedal support adds to its stability, in appearance it resembles motorcycle footpegs.

Depending on the design of the bike, the footrest can be mounted either on the side or in the center.

The footpegs produced are usually universal, they can be adjusted to any wheel size, as the design has a telescopic extension mechanism. If the owner wants to always install his “iron horse” strictly vertically, then he gets a long footboard with fastening to the frame.

Advantages

What situations can a cyclist safely avoid, having in his arsenal such an extremely useful “little thing” as a rack:

It becomes possible when parking to avoid falling of the bicycle when the front wheel is sharply turned.
The deformation of the trunk from falling is prevented, respectively, it will serve the owner longer.
When a bike falls to the ground, especially a heavily loaded one, it often gets very dirty in dust and dirt, and the owner spends time cleaning, while the stand will help to avoid such situations.
It saves a lot of money that used to go into finding a bicycle support in case of a stop.

What inconvenience can be expected?

During the movement, dirt will collect on such an accessory, so it must be cleaned regularly. She adds, albeit small, but still weight, the structure becomes heavier, it becomes more difficult to develop speed. If it is loose, it can rattle while driving and distract attention from the road.

You don’t buy a footboard if you clearly know the places where you can lean your bike on the route.

The footrest of this bicycle attribute is not only a fashion accessory, it is also functional, convenient, gives comfort to the owner, makes the bike stylish, and also modern.

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