My experience directly contradicts Eric D's*. My two bikes (Riv Road, and '88 Schwinn KOM) with chainstay-mounted kickstands are eager to fall over from front wheel flop. My Riv Road has fallen over (or nearly so) several times. Even if I settle the front wheel myself before taking my hand off, a 5lb load in the front rando bag will still tip the bike over.
As Ron Mc suggested, a strap or bungie between the front wheel and down tube keeps the bike stable on its rear kickstand. *No offense to Eric D; there are probably tons of variables accounting for the different experience. How low is the kickstand mount (BB or rear axle)? How long is the kickstand itself? How much front load, and load location? And front geometry, high or low trail, etc. On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my experience, a rear mounted kickstand is much more stable with a > front load. The front wheel may flop over, but it doesn't take the bike > down, whereas a front wheel flop seems to easily take down a mid mounted > kick stand. > > Eric > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 5:02 PM, Ron Mc <bulldog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Patrick, if you think about moment of inertia, the farther the center of >> mass is away from the prop point, the lower the stability. >> If you're standing a big rear load, a rear-mounted kickstand should be >> more stable. >> If you have loaded rando bag, the opposite is true and the mass of the >> rando bag can flip the bike over the stand if the bike is leaning far >> enough. >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
