The nice thing about a 2-leg stand is that it will hold the bike up when a wheel is removed for repair (you may have to weight front or rear to keep the bike's other wheel on the ground), which in my opinion (opinion only, as I've not yet toured) might be good for loaded touring.
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 10:35 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. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] (505) 227-0523 -- 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.
