A desk job – is there no worse curse in the world? If you live an active lifestyle and have worked a desk job you know that itching feeling that can come over you after sitting for hours or not getting to workout at all. You have to stand up and walk around just to get the feeling to dissipate even a little. Stand up desks have been around for decades and a few are even paired with fitness equipment. The folks from Kickstand Furniture LTD have designed a desk for cyclists to allow them to ride and work, all at the same time.
The Kickstand Desk is designed to function both as a stand up desk and as a desk that you can use while riding your bike mounted in a rear wheel trainer. This desk is created by cyclists who lacked the time in their busy days to get out and ride, but instead of quitting their day jobs to become a bike courier, they brought their bikes inside at work.
The Kickstand desk is constructed by hand using 2-inch square tubing for strength and weight. The desk stands 45-inches high and can raised or lowered by 6-inches using adjustable feet. The desktop measures 60-inches by 30-inches and is supported by two industrial strength sliders attached to the frame. Each of these sliders is capable of supporting 350 pounds per side and allows you to easily push the desktop 8 to 10-inches away from you to ease in the mounting and dismounting your bike.
The Kickstand Desk has a number of standard features and ranges in price from $2500 to $2750. You can choose from a recycled maple or tempered glass top and a raw steel or brushed finish 2-inch steel frame. Along with your choice of finishes, two types of footers are available – one for hard flooring and the other for soft surfaces like carpet. If those standard features do not fit your taste, the you can have your Kickstand Desk custom finished just about anyway you like.
Kickstand Furniture is planning additional accessories for their desks including stools and other bicycle-centric goods. If getting out for a ride just doesn’t fit into your busy work life, maybe the Kickstand Desk can help bring the ride to you.