Only downside is you can't use them if you're into the kid-trailer thing still.
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Dave Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for the rear mounted stand. I've used a 2-legged ESGE stand and > single legged stands on bike tours and, while they are better than no > stand at all, they are finicky. I installed a rear triangle stand on > my wife's touring bike last summer. She could park on nearly any > surface and her bike was stable. I was definitely envious! > > Patrick - If you have a mount brazed on, I'd love to see the design. > > Dave > > On Apr 4, 6:05 pm, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:57 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Second, if you leave > > > it long enough, it seems to support even off-center loads far, far > better > > > than does a bb-mount 1-leg stand and, I dare say, perhaps even better > than a > > > 2-leg stand. I have yet to test it with, say, 25 lb in the leftside > pannier, > > > but with 15 lb, it supports the bike fine, especially if you turn the > front > > > wheel sharply to the right. > > > > I agree with this. They work quite well, even for our tandem when we > > put a bunch of crap on it. > > > > > I think that, God willing, I shall have some brazing done to the > Motobecane > > > (Riv content: this is a very Riv-ish bike: an upscale racing model that > can > > > carry 45 lb of groceries and wear 30 mm tire with fenders). First, a > > > left-rear-triangle kickstand mount. > > > > okay - tell me how where you find a mount plate like that? I think > > it'd be great to have a kickstand plate mounted there but I have no > > idea how it would work. > > > > -sv > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
