Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gloria.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!rocksvax!rocksanne!sunybcs!gloria!colonel From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: what's wrong with kickstands? - (nf) Message-ID: <416@gloria.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Jul-84 15:16:16 EDT Article-I.D.: gloria.416 Posted: Sat Jul 28 15:16:16 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jul-84 02:34:47 EDT References: <38200015@uiucdcs.UUCP> <431@auvax.UUCP> Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 10 [///// handlebar tape \\\\\] >> Why do novices and bike shops like kick stands so much? Because they imply that the buyer can conveniently stand his bike on the sidewalk, unsecured, while visiting a shop or a friend's house. Steal- ability is a bad selling point. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel