First of all, in all competitions, the bracket can not pass the vehicle inspection; secondly, the high-end bicycle will pay a lot of silver for each gram of weight. Remove the foot support and mud to ensure the safety of riding as far as possible.
Foot support (bicycle parking bracket) and mud guard (mudguard) are dangerous equipment.
Many riders will disdain to say that they are not equipped with these two kinds of equipment. They are professional in this installation! In fact, they are half right. This is professional.
Why don't you say that you can be professional without these two things?
In addition to the foot support and mud protection, it is generally used for road vehicles, mountain bikes and other high-speed and off-road vehicles on abnormal roads. The foot support and mud protection have their functions. The foot support can support the vehicle conveniently, and the mud protection can effectively prevent the sewage and mud from being thrown onto the body gradually. However, these two kinds of equipment also have their disadvantages and safety risks.
Disadvantages of foot support:
In fact, bicycles supported by legs are not very reliable. You can observe carefully that there is a gust of wind blowing on the road at ordinary times, and few bicycles or even electric vehicles and motorcycles supported by foot supports can still stand up.
Then, when the vehicle falls down, it is very likely to damage the paint of your car or damage some parts or even scrap the parts. Even if there is no wind, the artificial scrape and collision may topple your car.
Potential safety hazard of foot support:
The foot support can be movable. The strong vibration of the vehicle on the bumpy road is easy to let the foot support down by itself, especially for the long-term use of the loose foot support. In this way, when you turn at a high speed on your side or when there is a protrusion on the road, once the leg support is opened, it is easy to touch the ground and lift the rear wheel of your bicycle, which will cause the vehicle to lose control and fall off.
Therefore, I generally do not recommend that riders install foot supports, especially those who like high-speed riding and cross-country driving. Please tilt your vehicle to the left when parking.
be careful:
It must be on the left side, because there is a weak rear derailleur on the right side of the vehicle, and the vehicle is placed on the left side so that you can pick up the car and step on the left side (not many right-handed people?)! There are also friends equipped with disc brake when you put your car to the left, pay attention to the disc do not hit the ground protrusion, in order to prevent the disc deformation by external force.
Disadvantages of mud protection:
1. There is a certain area of mud, which will increase the cross-sectional area of your vehicle, thus increasing the wind resistance of the vehicle in driving, leading to more physical strength.
2. The gap between the mud guard and the wheel is very small. When the vehicle is riding in the wet mud, the soil carried by the wheel is easy to fill the space and produce resistance, which consumes the rider's physical strength.
Potential safety hazard of mud protection:
Generally, the mud is made of steel, aluminum, plastic, resin and other materials with certain hardness. It's like a knife without a blade. That is to say, it is a sharp protrusion on the vehicle.
When the rider falls down unfortunately, the kinetic energy is very large. This sharp protrusion can easily cut your skin under the huge kinetic energy. Especially in summer, the riders wear little, and there are a lot of exposed parts of the body.
As a slow-moving vehicle, the station wagon is often driven on the road. You can consider installing foot support and mud protection, but you should pay more attention to the condition of these two parts to see if they are loose in case of accidents!
By the way:
If you see someone else's bicycle blown down by the wind, please don't lift it up to avoid the vehicle being blown down by the wind for the second time. The first time maybe nothing, the second time it's hard to say!