Why is there no stand in a cycle?

If you are cycling on a MTB with a kickstand attached, cycling on rough terrain could be dangerous. It could drop down to its parking position during a bump. The stand can easily get itself hooked to obstacles along the way like roots or rocks causing you to have an accident. This can cause serious injury not only to you but also to the person cycling behind or beside you should he fall right on your protruding stand.

You can easily buy one to install if there is none supplied with the bicycle. Note that if you use a kickstand, you do need a flat surface to stand your bicycle on. So, that may defeat the purpose of getting one if places you plan to cycle to are uneven or gets soft or muddy during rainy days. However, if you like tinkering with your bike or adding stuff to it, it is easier to do so if it is standing properly with a kickstand.

Most road bike users would not want a stand installed to reduce weight.

Heard of fatbike?

Have you heard of bicycles with fat tyres?

These are your regular 26er expect that it runs on 26x4" tyres.  The idea of fat bikes started in USA as it is great for snow laden roads.  So, no more tying cable ties on the tyres for better traction with fat bikes on the scene.

The fat bike looks bulky and you will think that it will slow you down till you try it.  And if you also think that you could not possibly ride it over rough surfaces, then you have to check this video out.



Fat bikes is also good on sandy places, such as, the beaches along the coast and sand dunes in the desert.  You can definitely ride it on rough surfaces, muddy or grassy patches.  Don't worry that it does not have a suspension fork installed.  Let the air out some and you will feel that you are ridding on a 2 wheeler monster truck.

If you are always complaining that the tyres on your regular bike frequently run flat on you, you obviously have weight issues.  Till you loose some load, you will have to consider ridding a fat bike to avoid the hassle of pumping air into your tyres everytime you are on it.

You can also consider using a fat bike for touring.  The broader base of the tyres makes it easier for you to handle your bike as the load of your panniers are not evenly spread out and can cause your bike to skid on you.

So, what are you waiting for?  Go get a fat bike!

There are also models running on 20x4" tyres.