Kickstand (1902?)

[sagehen]

>>From Bapopik:

>   OED and Merriam-Webster have 1947 for "kickstand."  This is a 1902
>"bicycle support," but diagrams of it show it to be the same thing.
>   From BANGOR (ME) DAILY NEWS, 15 February 1902, pg. 11, col. 3:
>
>_BANGOR MAN'S INVENTION_
>_George H. Wish Has Devised_
>_a Portable Bicycle Support._
>   A well known Bangor man, George H. Wish, has just filed application for
>an invention which will be of interest to every owner of a bicycle not
>only in Bangor, but in the country.  It is a mechanism which is designed
>to support a bicycle, when it is standing alone.  The cuts, which appear
>in connection with this article, together with the following abstract from
>the specifications, now on file in the patent office, will explain the
>modus operandi of the invention...
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Remember the old style rectangular  bike stand that pivoted on the back
axle and supported the back wheel completely off the ground? It was held up
with a clip off the  end of the back fender when not in use.  It was harder
to park the bike with a flourish since it had to be backed onto the stand.
AM