I agree Joe - a bike with a single-leg kickstand isn't super stable and will only tolerate so much weight before it topples, which acts like a sort of pressure release mechanism that keeps the mounting plate from getting too stressed. A bike with a double-leg kickstand is very stable, allowing you to really load it up, and the constant rocking horse motion with a lot of weight can torque the plate pretty easily. I also agree with the thought stated earlier that the kickstand plates on Hunqs of my generation are probably underengineered and prone to fail in this way. Jobst Brandt has come up recently, I'd have loved to hear his thoughts on the matter!
In any case I've soured on double-leg kickstands, and have lived without a kickstand of any sort for years now and don't really feel the lack. Jay Lonner Bellingham, WA On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 10:12 PM Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought I'd bring this over here instead of continuing to hammer Leah's > 'Using Your Rivendell' thread. > > Do we have any reports of plates separating from the stays from a > single-leg kickstand, or are they all double-leggers? My experience with > both is this: > > I used a double-legger on a Clem and could really load that bike up, I'm > familiar with that rocking sensation of all the weight torquing on the > stand. On my custom I use a single leg (the stock one that came on Clem > completes a few years ago) and it's not very strong. It supports the bike > fine and I can put a small shopping load in the bags, but as soon as I > start to overdo it I can feel the bike getting wobbly like the stand wants > to give out on me. My guess in this scenario is the single-legger is > warning me before the plate gets too stressed, whilst the double will let > you load all day until the plate gives up. > > Whaddyathink? > > Joe Bernard > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/126fb362-b2df-4f0e-ad2f-b16a1cecadc1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/126fb362-b2df-4f0e-ad2f-b16a1cecadc1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAJnE%2B%3DfgZ5JW2-mtheQzc3B0_QDK25b7_LV7EBT_BeaE2136wQ%40mail.gmail.com.
