9/23/2023 0 Comments Bike handbrake![]() ![]() ![]() Installing the SteerStopper is a piece of cake. ![]() Installing The SteerStopper On Your Bicycle I installed the SteerStopper on my high-end Co-Motion Cycles Siskiyou touring bicycle, tested it on every single one of my bike rides and am reviewing it for you now after having used it on my bike for more than 90 consecutive days. Regardless of how I felt about the SteerStopper at the time, I committed to using it on my bicycle for three full months. I wasn’t sure if this was a product that solved a real-world problem, or if it was a product in search of a problem to be solved. When I first heard about the SteerStopper and the problem it attempts to solve, I was skeptical. My Review of the SteerStopper Bicycle StabilizerĪs the Bicycle Touring Pro, I get sent all kinds of cycling products to test and review, but I rarely receive a product as unique as the SteerStopper. NOTE: This product was sent to Bicycle Touring Pro for free for the purpose of this review. The best way to understand what the SteerStopper is and how it works is to watch the short video below. It performs a very basic task and it solves many of the problems one might encounter with parking a bicycle in a variety of positions and scenarios. The SteerStopper is a very simple bicycle accessory. When you’re ready to ride again, simply un-clip the SteerStopper‘s retractable arm from the receiver mounted to your bicycle’s top tube and you’re free to continue on your way! With the front wheel, front fork and handlebars now in a locked position, there’s no way for your bicycle’s front wheel to twist, turn or fall on its side. Whenever you go to lean your bike up against a wall, tree, fence or sign post, you simply lock the SteerStopper in position by lowering its 4-inch-long aluminum arm down into the small metal receiver mounted on your bicycle’s top tube. ![]() In other words, the SteerStopper is kind of like a parking brake for your bicycle! Kind of… When Tom Melcher designed the SteerStopper, he set out to create a simple, yet effective, bicycle accessory that would keep a bicycle upright and in a stationary position whenever its owner decided he or she wanted to park it. But very few people ever set out to do something about it. Pretty much every person who has ever owned a bicycle has encountered this scenario at one point or another. It’s at this point that you run over to your bicycle, pick it up, check for any potential damage, lean the bike back up against that same stop sign and hope that this time around you can position the bike in such a way that it won’t fall over again. Seconds later, you turn your back, the wind blows, or your front wheel turns and there’s suddenly a loud crash! Your bicycle has fallen over – slamming to the ground in a sad metal heap. You get off your bike, lean it up against the pole of the stop sign, quickly check to make sure the bike is balanced in such a way that it won’t fall over when you let go, and then you walk away. Thinking ahead, like every good cyclist should do, you make sure to stop in an area where there’s a stop sign you can lean your bicycle against during your short break. You go for a bike ride and pull over on the side of the road to take a photo, eat a snack, drink some water, go to the bathroom or simply give your backside a break from the saddle. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you? The SteerStopper is a new, independently produced bicycle accessory designed by Tom Melcher of Sacramento, California, who set out to solve the ongoing issue every cyclist has encountered at one point or another – the problem of having your bicycle tilt, slide or completely fall over whenever its placed in a leaned or parked position. Subscribe: RSS What Exactly is the SteerStopper? ![]()
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