In my youth, bicycles were scarcely mentioned at all in daily newspapers. Editors, it seemed, reflected the attitude most Americans held: Bikes were for kids, and not worthy of "serious" consideration.
Bikes appeared in daily newspapers only in public service announcements about bike safety (some actually told kids to get off their bikes at every intersection and walk their bikes across) buried deep in the paper. Or, perhaps, a bike shop would take out an ad for a sale or the holidays.
Never did I imagine that any paper would ever post reviews of bicycles--or of bike accessories. So imagine my surprise when I saw a review of double-leg kickstands in the Chicago Tribune's online edition.
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| From The Chicago Tribune |
I think the review's author, Kevin Luna, did a good job. He evaluated kickstands on a number of factors, including ease of installation, crispness of the mechanism and whether or not the length of the legs can be adjusted. He thought the best overall came from Luminitrail, BV offered the "best bang for the buck" and that Velo Orange's offering (the Copenhagen) merited an "honorable mention."
Mind you, I'm not in the market for a double-leg kickstand, but I can understand why someone would want them for a cargo bike or any loaded machine. If nothing else, they make more sense than single-leg kickstands.
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