Functionally I like it; visually not so much. Rivendell sold the kickstand mounting plate as a loose part for retrofit. I attached that to the fender bridge, then mounted the kickstand with the guard. The bottom of the stand contacts the mounting plate, as it would were the plate welded on. The guard protects the top of the stays. I'd had trouble with the kickstand rotating & the mounting plate solved that as it is formed at the edges to locate the kickstand. This was all temporary pending getting around to having the plate welded on. Been several years now with no problems. I must admit it's a bit clunky looking with all that hardware. Oh, and I used a long bolt with a nylok nut even though the kickstand itself is threaded.
dougP On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 10:30:09 PM UTC-7, Michael wrote: > > Tell me how you like yours. > > I just bought a sandwich. > But, the plastic guard pieces don't match the curve of my Bleriot stays. > Also, the sandwich only comes with guards for the top of the stays. No > guards for the bottom side. I knew that when I bought it. But I guess I > didn't really understand until I got it. > > Since I'll have to bar tape the stays to protect the bottom, I figure I'll > just not use the sandwich and go for the sleeker look of just taping the > stays and then clamping the kickstand on over the tape. My stays are > scratched and crushed anyway by the previous owner mounting his double > legger on the bare stays of the bike. > I figure I don't want to add to the problem though. > > I'll hopefully do some twining and shellacking before clamping. That will > be fun and make it look nice. > > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
