If a kickstand plate won't support a 2-leg kickstand, it is badly designed. I installed a VO 2-leg stand on my briefly owned Sam Hill, and saw no problem or intimation of a problem; have others used 2-legs on Sam Hills?
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > The purpose of a kickstand plate is to support a kickstand. Evidently > experience has shown them that it won't properly support a 2-legged > kickstand. Using the built-in plate is fine -- I'm pretty sure I'm using > a built-in plate with a 2-legged kick stand on my Kogswell P/R Porteur -- > but I don't use it in such a way as to over-stress the plate. We've seen > at least one testimonial (from Shawn) about what can happen when you do > that and it all goes pear-shaped. > > The way I see it, you have two choices: do it the way they say to do it, > even though it doesn't seem to make much sense; or, do it the way it seems > sensible to you and take your chances. Or, as someone in a movie once put > it, "You've got to ask yourself one question, 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do > ya?" > > On 08/14/2015 07:42 PM, drew wrote: > > hey steve, > here are the photos i was referencing that show the kickstand attached > directly to the plate, which is what it seems they are saying not to do... > on the same page > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y9vWhHvKBag/Vc55O0WcbvI/AAAAAAAAAak/80Y_xm7lifA/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-08-14%2Bat%2B4.24.26%2BPM.png> > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-03LdaVyO7Tk/Vc5472aalfI/AAAAAAAAAac/ZV08-XwJ2qU/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-08-14%2Bat%2B4.24.39%2BPM.png> > > > also, i think the photo you put in with the top plate is on a bike without > a kickstand plate (you can see the bolt going directly into the kickstand > without passing through a bike mounted plate. on This Page > <http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/k5.htm> you can see an expanded version > of the photo you included, and it is under a paragraph about how to attach > the stand to a bike without a plate), and if that is the case, you would of > course need to use the top plate. im just saying, that i dont see a picture > of the kickstand attached in the way they seem to be saying to attach it, > and i see a few showing it in the way it seems like they are saying NOT to > attach it. > > > Michael, glad to hear yours is working. im probably thinking too much > about mine, and itll probably not cause any issues. currently i have the > kickstand attached like the above photos. since i was on the site, i was > more just curious about what the purpose of a kickstand plate is, if you > have to still clamp down on the chainstays. i still have the top plate, and > can do it, it just looks better, and seems better to use the built in > plate... was my thinking > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
