I am using a sturdy 2nd-hand-bought diamond-framed Crescent Sport bike which I like to use for random touring. I have a middle annoying kickstand, problems described below with loading groceries and cleaning chain.
Neil's proposal in the comments, here, raised my interest to solve my problems with heavy-item-loading like groceries and cleaning chain fast. It was hard for me to see them as problems before I encountered:
- cyclocrosser spinning pedals while cleaning-and-lubricating chain, the work taking-me-ages took just a few moments.
- man with children in parking place of a grocery store freely loading a huge amount of food-and-bottles to his touring bike, his two-free-hands are one-free-hand and a lot of wasted time for me.
Neil tried to summarize the stands but he wisely acknowledge a limitation: there are probably many and even different subtypes of which it can be hard for a person to know, perfect question for us to solve together. Please, state the stand and then its advantages. Notice the restrictions of my bike.
Neil's explanation about the stands:
A click-stand isn't attached to the bike permanently. You'd know it if you had one. Kick-stands come in a few different varieties: One legged, two-legged (and there are subtypes in there), ones that attach to the front of the chainstay, ones that attach in back, and probably even more types I'm not aware of.
I think I live in the same uncertainty as Neil: "probably even more types I'm not aware of". I feel the kickstand that allows pedals to move freely and offers good support is a solution but which one and of which type? Please, state the stand and then its advantages. Notice the restrictions of my bike.