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Andre Jute:
A painter I know on the net bought a bike to ride to painting locations in the desert she has just moved to. The bike, which I eyeball as a real load carrier, has BB-chainstay-crossbrace filler place with a hole in it for the stand, but she's not impressed by low stands of any variety. Instead she bought a shooting bipod designed for heavy rifles; it weighs 19 ounces. You can see her innovative solution copiously illustrated on her bike at Rebecca's Stand -- unfortunately you may have to sign in (it isn't the sort of place that sends spam or sells your email address) but if you don't want to sign in, here's a page of pibods from the simple to the ultra-complicated: Rifle Rests Galore

As a matter of interest, other painters I know who ride their bikes to their plein air assignations with destiny (or at least self-expression), requiring stabilisation for a lot of gear -- the Americans even more than I carry --, are perfectly happy with the sturdy ESGE-Pletscher stands of either one or two feet, mounted low down behind the bottom bracket or on the chain stay near the back hub.

PPS Dan, I imagine stands are about as "General" as "Technical" gets, but by all means move the thread where you think it will fit better.

mickeg:
The link asked for login and password, I do not need to see the photo that much.

I cut down an aluminum tent pole and used a couple of trekking pole rubber feet for a substitute for a click stand for my titanium bike.  I also have to stop the front wheel from turning, using elastic on the brake lever for that.  But my tent pole method only works where the seat stays join the seattube in a way that it forms a pocket for the pole to be inserted into.  Thus it would not work on my Nomad where the seatstays are welded to the sides of the seattube.

On the tent pole, cut the sections short enough to fit in my handlebar bag.

Andre Jute:
Sorry about that George. I've altered my original post and also added another way to see many rifle rests.

John Saxby:
Nice job, George.  I've thought of doing something similar, though my shock-corded Clickstand still does the job quite well.

Since I began using Revelate Tangle frame bags when I'm touring, and occasionally on day rides as well, I've found that it's handier to just slip the Clickstand into the frame bag. A frame bags swallows the 4-section 'stand breaken neatly in half.

I've found that the Clickstand works reasonably well on my Raven: the triple control cables on the underside of the top tube (2 Rohloff & one rear brake) help keep the halfmoon bracket of the Clickstand in place, even if mounted midway along the top tube.

Not quite as dramatic as a rifle rest, Andre: but then, I don't have much experience with those devices.  A lifetime ago, when I last used a rifle, it was my dad's 7mm Mannlicher, and that was light enough that even a youngster could manage it.

Andre Jute:
I knew what a rifle rest is -- something used in competition for target shooting at huge distances -- but I had no idea there were so many different types available. Where I come from people generally shoot standing up at what appears out of the bush charging from usually about fifty feet or less away, or lie on the ground and form a rest with their elbows to pick off buck (springbok) not quite knee-high at a thousand feet and over.

But George's mutated tentpole will do equally well and besides is clever.

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