I have the VO wheel stabilizer and the VO double kickstand on my porteur bike. They work well together. I can still tip the bike over if my front bag is loaded unevenly, but it doesn't happen often. I consider the stabilizer essential for a heavily front loaded utility bike. I agree with blakcloud that the clamp around the frame on the VO is ugly, I wish I had the braze-on on the down tube.
Scott Calhoun Tucson, AZ On Friday, October 31, 2014 6:19:29 PM UTC-7, blakcloud wrote: > > My first foray into a stabilizer was the Velo Orange one. It worked > reasonably well but you still had to be somewhat careful with heavier > loads. What I didn't like was the clamp around the tube, it makes the bike > look ugly. When I had my bikes repainted I had them braze on small clip for > the spring eliminating the clamp and used the rest of the parts from the > VO. > > Velo Orange > <http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/chainguards-stay-protectors-kickstands/vo-wheel-stabilizer-xl.html> > > My solution <https://www.flickr.com/photos/87106495@N07/12151022165/> > > I do wish that my Rivendell had the small braze on, because like you I got > a lot of flop with Mark's Rack and Wald basket. For this bike I just use a > velcro pant strap, while I load the bike. > > On another note, I asked a custom frame builder who was building porteur > bikes to add this braze on and he refused. He would do everything else I > asked for but he believed that they didn't work and he wouldn't do it, so I > didn't have the frame built. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
