Re: [RBW] Hand-Wringing: Kickstand Edition

[Leah Peterson]

This is the response I was hoping for! Lol, you get it completely and I sympathize with your hand-wringing about bolts being original and the final washer/spacer misalignment. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one. Kim, thank you so much for the offer - it’s so kind. I actually purchased the Pletscher that I originally wanted, and I’ll get it on there soon. Save your Clem kickstand - you may need it someday! I should also clear the name of the good bike shop here - I probably didn’t word it well in that hurried post last night. They tried to get the exact kickstand I wanted and only realized after it arrived that it was for a rear mount and not the center mount I needed. Not having access to that version, they chose another kickstand they thought I would like. They just don’t know me well enough to know I’d hate that kickstand. So, all is forgiven and I will never mention it to them. If I can’t install the new kickstand myself I’ll slink off to the bike shop across town and have them do it. And my local shop will be none the wiser! I’ll send a video of the two kickstands in the next post. The PDW stand vibrates so much that the frame even shakes, or it seems to. Might be loud/annoying on rough roads. It also looks huge on my bike and that’s my club riding bike - already an anomaly - and I don’t need one more thing to make even weirder. I swapped the racks back on my Platy tonight but didn’t get to ride it yet. I’ll ride it and see what I think of that kickstand while I wait for the new one to arrive. Leah On Mar 1, 2023, at 3:33 PM, 'Slacky Mac' via RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote:  <3B20619C-8CE8-425D-83AE-E1AED31FD684.jpeg> Poking my head in to say that this is the most entertaining and affirming thread I have ever seen on these pages during my short tenure! From the Kindrid Spirits Club, the attached pic shows my recent level of kickstand obsession. I hacksawed, ground, and polished the aluminum slab that typically goes atop the chainstays to use as a thick spacer/washer to relieve the stress accompanying the deployment of the kickstand.  For it is my own theory that the vibration associated with the kickstand use (ya know, the bbddddtttt sound) led to the premature kickstand plate failure on certain Riv bikes. Oh sure, I am conveniently ignoring that this is the most stressed area of the bike. (Let’s not let the facts get in the way of a good argument.)   Keen eyes will note that I also used the Riv sourced Greenfield bolt to secure the kickstand, having hacksawed, ground and polished that to size as it was far too long for this custom use.  Oh sure, I could have sourced the proper sized bolt at my local hardware store, but then it would not have been an original part, now would it? Yes, it drives me crazy that my custom Greenfield washer/spacer has a misalignment.  I will remedy that when I remove the kickstand to shorten it using my micrometer for measurement as it needs to lean over .783 degrees further to feel just right.  All this to say, Leah, I get it! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/VuuydGcQcsE/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/8a1d121c-0b68-49fe-ae80-d7d78d4bb34an%40googlegroups.com. <3B20619C-8CE8-425D-83AE-E1AED31FD684.jpeg> -- 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/095839A7-4B3C-4771-8B56-5C9D0080E804%40gmail.com.