[adouglas]

Anyhoo... I was at Cycle Gear on Saturday buying a winter balaclava (on sale for $10... great deal) and darned if they didn't have a roll-in chock on sale for $70.

I bought it.

I'm returning it.

Getting the bike in was no problem at all. Getting the bike out was ridiculous.

I could NOT get the front wheel over the pivot point without the stand wanting to slide. I dragged the sucker eight feet across the garage floor, trying like crazy to pop the bike up and over.

I tried it while straddling the bike. I stood on boxes while straddling to get more leverage. I tried it while off the bike. I tried for an hour, every which way I could. No go.

Eventually I put the bike up on the rear stand and manhandled the chock out from underneath the front wheel.

I could bolt the stupid thing to the garage floor, but that kind of defeats the purpose...