After dropping my road bike 3 times I have finally made the decision to get a kick stand . It just makes sense . I’m so meticulous about the bike being clean and not scratched up . And I been trying to live without kickstand but I don’t want my bike to continue getting scratched up for not having a kickstand
For a bike that you use everyday day a kick stand is great. I used to think they were a bit sad to have, but when I went on a cycle tour around Sicily I borrowed a friends bike with pannier bags and a kick stand, and having a kick stand made life so much easier. I am now going to purchase one for my commuter bike. You don't realise how great pannier bags and a kick stand are until you use them.
Your bike is awesome. I need a kickstand for my road bike. Thanks for the suggestion. I added handlebar arm rest with elbow pads. Ride on brother and live long
I bought a magnetic kickstand from rockbros. I got it the alloy and couldn't be happier. I remove it and stack it on one bottle case and if i want to do some racing i just put in on my jersey pocket and ready to go. Everyone else with the same. it'll add more weight to the bike blah, blah. About 60grams on my jersey pocket and always have a kickstand now.
+5149 Media great thanks! Another question, how comfortable did you find the original seat to be? Would you recommend purchasing a cover or additional seat right away?
+sd20017 I always thought the original was fine. After a couple of weeks the seat started coming apart at the sides and I took it back to Dick's. Because I had the warranty, they were able to give me a new seat that had gel padding. I instantly loved the new seat so much more and realized that the old seat was way too stiff.
+Creative Reviews thanks!! I'll be sure to get the warranty. Have you had any issues with the warranty? For instance, it not covering certain things that you need?
+sd20017 it has covered every issue that I've had. Currently one of my spokes broke and it's at Dick's waiting to be fixed. The only negative I may say about this is that it takes a few days to order the part and then they have to get to replacing the part. Their stance is that bikes take 2 weeks to "fix" but this is going to be only a week for this issue.
Nice bike man. I just bought a Nishiki Pueblo from dicks. I'm also on a tight budget. With the kind of riding I plan on doing it will work great. They were running 40% off all Nishiki bikes when I bought mine. $300 bike for $180, can't beat it. I'll just be riding road/light trails. So it will work great. I just love leisure riding around my city, nothing crazy. It's fun! Good for health and therapeutic haha! How has the bike held up so far?
It's amazing how when I ride with a bicycle club how I'm one of the only people with a kickstand... These people spend thousands of dollars on a road bike to go on a 20 mile ride at 12 to 14 mph and they cry about weight so much that they're willing to possibly accidentally knock their bike over when they lean it up against something.
Bike-only shops need to sell expensive bikes with big margin to stay in business. That's why you usually find less expensive (but very functional) bikes at sporting goods stores like dick's and REI that have lots of other products to sell. That said, the bike industry is structured around a high gross-margin per bike, even for $500 bikes! This is because there are so many companies taking a bite (shimano, bike brand, china manufacturing, retailer). For your bike I estimate -- raw frame cost $50, raw cost on Shimano Claris set is probably $100, another $50 for budget rims and tires and the gross margin of that bike is 60% ! A $3000 bike has about the same 60% gross margin, so it's not really any worse, just more expensive parts going into the same formula. Only when you get above $5k does the gross margin get insane.
