On a related note: someone ought to develop a brake lever with a built in ratchet to act as a parking brake.
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:56 PM, JoelMatthews <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the Pletscher double on my Rock n' Road. It works fine with > small to medium size loads. It is very handy for road side > adjustments. > > Fully loaded I have a klick stick stand. Some guy makes them out of > his garage. They are real light aluminum designed similar to tent > poles with a open end that fits where the seat tube and top tube come > together. The stick comes with bands that hold the breaks against the > wheel. It has worked great for me with up to a 65 pound load. > > On Apr 6, 9:43 pm, RoadieRyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like the look of a center mount more but practically my greenfield > > is "just ok" when I have the Panniers on am loading less than 10 lbs, > > more than that and it needs some major assistance. I guess for the $8 > > it cost I should really only expect it to keep an unloaded bike > > balanced. > > > > I just picked up an old Raleigh 3 speed Sport that has an after market > > rear triangle stand and I can tell already that it is more stable than > > the center mounted greenfield. > > > > On Apr 6, 5:30 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The Hebie looks even stouter than the VO but from a very quick and > cursory > > > Google search it's not available in the US and, overseas, it's priced > like > > > the Pletscher. Is that right? But it looks wider and more stable than > the > > > Pletscher, which I found inadequate -- certainly not as good for > eccentric > > > rear loads as a cheap Greenfield rear-triangle-mount stand, and > certainly > > > *certainly* not as good as the VO. I opine that, for the price (~&US27) > the > > > VO is value king, but we'll see how long it holds up. It is a bit > lighter > > > than the Hebie at 1 1/2 lb of good ol' Amurkin aluminum. (Actually, > that's > > > good ol' Amerkin *Chinese* aluminum.) > > > > > The Greenfield is great in stores. I wheel the bike through the store > as my > > > shopping cart with the stand down despite the eternally circling fixed > > > drivetrain crankset; I can simply let go as I browse the aisles of > plenty, > > > AND it supports even a way-offside left side load if you turn the wheel > all > > > the way to the right. Cheap, black and effective: what else do you > need? I'd > > > put one on the Sam Hill in place of the VO but the SH has that bb plate > > > which just demands to be used. > > > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Dave Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've used the Pletscher on a bike (now sold) and the Hebie bipod on > my > > > > wife's bike. The Hebie is truly panzeresque in both its build > quality and > > > > weight, but an extra kilo won't hurt too bad on a utility bike. I > did have > > > > to shim a bit with a piece of aluminum bar stock so the inside of the > bipod > > > > wouldn't rub on the 700x37 tire on her bike, but it works great to > keep the > > > > bike stable when the Burley's attached. > > > > > > --dlloyd > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 16:43, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Note: large, heavy, clunky and, since the legs don't retract as > fully as > > > >> the Pletscher's, your chain may rub on them, though you can adjust > the > > > >> degree to which the legs do retract (or their retracted angle, if > you > > > >> prefer) which is what I did to solve the rubbing problem -- there is > a set > > > >> screw that allows you to reduce the degree of retraction. But, > still, if a > > > >> stand's job is to support a bike, IME, the VO works considerably > better than > > > >> the Pletscher. > > > > > >> -- > > > > 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]><rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib > [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]<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. 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