On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 12:29:42 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Frankly, having tried Pletscher and VO 2-leg stands, as well as the usual > Greenfeld bb stand, I've found left rear dropout stands most effective at > holding up a bike under assymetrical rear loads, even with 20 lb in the > pannier on the stand-side and none on the opposite. > > That said, I remember someone on some list pointing to a specialist > center-mount 2-leg stand with much wider legs than those of the Pletscher > and VO stands, that apparently was much more apt to support assymetrical > rear loads -- perhaps someone knows what this is? > >
Greetings, I was pointed to this thread from the IBob list. I haven't checked out the RBW list for some years, but good to see a lot of familiar names here. Anyway, in trying to answer Patrick's question abvove, my guess would be the Ursus centerstand. I've been using one for 4 years or so, on my porteur bike. That bike gets loaded up quite heavily at times (40 - 45lbs on the front rack, up to 130lbs or so in the trailer). The stand has had no problem in standing up to it all and is still going strong. A whiff of thread locker on the mounting bolt stopped loosening issues that cropped up every six months or so. The kickstand is mounted to a 1/8" thick plate that I brazed to the underside of the chainstays. Some Flickr links to give you an idea of the setup, https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncancycles/6251271273/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncancycles/6251271273/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncancycles/6251270869/in/dateposted-public/ The Ursus stand replaced a two legged Pletscher stand, which was proving to be unsatisfactory in terms of it's stability. Marked improvement, the Ursus is way more stable, and the bike no longer gets torqued over onto the ground by a heavily laden trailer. My 2 cents, Alistair Spence, Seattle, WA. -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
