Wy back in the 80's I'd take to painting bike parts and the lugs of my
Stumpjumper with Testors Model paint. It was fun ! I often polished my
Campy seatposts as sweat would do a number on them, but doing it by hand
was an endless task. You know you start out thinking this will just
For what it is worth- those similarly inclined to try to polish their
kickstands. There are lots of rough spots and irregularities to surface
including a seam from where they are cast. I used a flat file to smooth out
the seam and a palm sander to sand the surface smooth before attempting the
I am waiting on the video to come out ...
Kim.
On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:59:47 PM UTC-8 Michael Baquerizo wrote:
> yes i'll take a mini tutorial on polishing a pletscher for sure.
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> On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 2:39:18 PM UTC-5 John Rinker wrote:
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>> Wow, Ken! I love that
That's some nice looking kickstand Ken ! Everything looks good all sparkly
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yes i'll take a mini tutorial on polishing a pletscher for sure.
On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 2:39:18 PM UTC-5 John Rinker wrote:
> Wow, Ken! I love that polished double! A real pletscher to look at!
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> How'd you do that?
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> Cheers, John
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> On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:19:38 AM UTC-8
Wow, Ken! I love that polished double! A real pletscher to look at!
How'd you do that?
Cheers, John
On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:19:38 AM UTC-8 Ken Yokanovich wrote:
> I polished a kickstand for the build of my daughter's Cheviot and said to
> myself "never again!"
> [image: Cheviot
I applied some Groit's Garage Ceramic 3-in-1 spray finish, same stuff that
I use to spray down the entire bike.
Honestly, it can be a maintenance nightmare to keep shiny, particularly a
kickstand that is subject to lots of abuse. Fortunately, I really enjoy
keeping the fleet of bikes clean. I
Leah, I feel your pain and have a potential solution for you. Get your
favorite color of Newbaum tape and wrap the offending kickstand with the
beautiful colored bar tape and then you won't have to look at that
offending black part of the kickstand and you get to accessorize your bike
with
Ken - after you polished it did you apply any kind of sealer to it?
On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 9:19:38 AM UTC-6 Ken Yokanovich wrote:
> I polished a kickstand for the build of my daughter's Cheviot and said to
> myself "never again!"
> [image: Cheviot Kicker.JPG]
>
> But then came the
OOOH, I like it. I have been considering doing some drillium to one of my
kickstands (single leg) and have always wondered how they would take to
polishing. May have to do both, now.
Laing
On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 10:19:38 AM UTC-5 Ken Yokanovich wrote:
> I polished a kickstand for the
Now that I've watched Leah's comparo video and kicked my kickstand a few
times I'm surprised how much rattle the PDW shows. My Pletscher Touring and
the swoopy-looking Pletscher make the same sounds, I'd return the PDW. I'm
Team Swoopy!
On Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 8:37:57 PM UTC-8 Pam
Of course we all understand. I don't mind the looks of the new one and
would be willing to try it but then you said it rattled. i don't like a
noisy bike. I don't mind something a little weird looking if it's more
functional. Does it at least work well? Change is hard when you loved
what
I have full faith you can swap the new kickstand on when it arrives, no
reason to outsource that labor with your newfound bike mechanic skills!
Jared
On Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 6:43:45 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!
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This is the response I was hoping for! Lol, you get it completely and I sympathize with your hand-wringing about bolts being original and the final washer/spacer misalignment. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one.Kim, thank you so much for the offer - it’s so kind. I
Unfortunately, this is not uncommon. What they're often doing is using
something they already have in stock, telling the customer that they've
selected a "better" product. Also, if they've stocked those via a one-time
mass purchase from a distributor, they're likely to be making a wider
Very selfish of the bike mechanic to do so over Leah wanted.
Kim Hetzel
Yelm, WA.
On Wed, Mar 1, 2023, 11:02 AM Joe Bernard wrote:
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> Yes, I'm also annoyed that the shop guy - a person she's interacted with
> several times - got the kickstand he liked and popped it on there without
> asking
Yes, I'm also annoyed that the shop guy - a person she's interacted with
several times - got the kickstand he liked and popped it on there without
asking her. That's weird.
On Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 8:04:46 AM UTC-8 eric.j...@gmail.com wrote:
> Sorry to hear you did not get the kickstand
Sorry to hear you did not get the kickstand you asked for. Maybe you want
to go back to that shop and ask them to replace the current kickstand with
the one you originally asked for? Or maybe you've had enough of that shop
already.
No one else thinks it's a bit out of line for the shop to use the
RBW List to the rescue! So nice!
Tom in Miami
On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 9:45:48 PM UTC-5 krhe...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Leah,
>
> I am sorry to hear of your misgivings over your bicycle parts.
>
> If you are still not happy with your new kickstand, I would be more than
> happy to send
Hi Leah,
I am sorry to hear of your misgivings over your bicycle parts.
If you are still not happy with your new kickstand, I would be more than
happy to send you my single kickstand that came stock with my Clem Smith
Jr. "L" bike for no cost to you. I have not intentions of using it. I have
You’ll forgive me for this unusual thread, I know you will. You will be
compassionate to your RivSister who is yearning for spring after a Michigan
winter, and if she can’t ride the bikes she will talk about the bikes.
I love my Rivendells. I used to hate changing anything about them - if I
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