Winter riding. Even with full coverage fenders, snow/salt/slush accumulate on a plate. I still argue this can lead to early corrosion of the stays when it builds up over a few winters. (A similar argument was recently conducted on the Surly LHT list. Someone there indicated to me a powdercoat frame will not rust. Silly me. Need to tell my barely one year old LHT that has two winters on it the rust on the frame is fictional.)
Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Apr 7, 5:28 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 15:08 -0700, Aaron Thomas wrote: > > > The kickstand plate seems to limit the versatility of the frame, > > without really giving you any significant benefits. After all, you can > > always add a kickstand to a frame without a plate. > > Yes, sure, if you're willing to risk the chance of crushing or crimping > the chain stays when you bolt the kickstand on. I've seen more than one > bike damaged that way. No chance of doing that with a chainstay > plate. > > Other than cyclocross, which I would rather be flayed and have my flesh > salted than consider, what other possible bicycling activity could be > hampered or harmed by the presence of a kickstand plate? > > I have two Kogswell P/Rs. One is set up as a porteur, and it has a > double-legged kickstand, bolted to the kickstand plate. The other is my > touring bike (and used to be my commuter). It has no kickstand, but it > does have a kickstand plate. I've used that second P/R for every type > of riding I do, with and without a touring load, including riding on > gravel roads, and have never had one moment's inconvenience from the > kickstand plate. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
