My X-Byke has a reasonably good centre stand with one serious flaw.
The main stand is fairly substantial, it is bolted on through the V from the pedals to the back wheel but the top bracket that the bolt head bears onto is mild steel (3mm thick, shaped at 90° along the edges to add rigidity), and it bends over time loosening the stand causing the bike to fall over. I've supplemented it with an extra bar (mild steel, 2mm thick) but in time they bow causing the bracket to loosen and the bike to be unsteady and to fall over (unless I manage to notice it loosening first)- that's how my gear changer got broken. After a while it is so bent that I have to take it off and straighten it with a big hammer at which point I've tried leaving it as it will be work hardened and heat/quench so that the metal crystals are smaller (but more likely to bend). Nothing has worked. I tried ordering a bracket from a well known UK cycle shop which (I was told) was much thicker than the original. Fair enough, it was- but it was plastic. Thanks guys! (never bought from them since).
So, does anyone know of a good solid replacement centrestand they can recommend with legs that are reasonably well splayed out (90% are very close together- too close for reliable use of a heavily laden bike)? The best I've seen is what I've got but there must be better.
Thanks
The main stand is fairly substantial, it is bolted on through the V from the pedals to the back wheel but the top bracket that the bolt head bears onto is mild steel (3mm thick, shaped at 90° along the edges to add rigidity), and it bends over time loosening the stand causing the bike to fall over. I've supplemented it with an extra bar (mild steel, 2mm thick) but in time they bow causing the bracket to loosen and the bike to be unsteady and to fall over (unless I manage to notice it loosening first)- that's how my gear changer got broken. After a while it is so bent that I have to take it off and straighten it with a big hammer at which point I've tried leaving it as it will be work hardened and heat/quench so that the metal crystals are smaller (but more likely to bend). Nothing has worked. I tried ordering a bracket from a well known UK cycle shop which (I was told) was much thicker than the original. Fair enough, it was- but it was plastic. Thanks guys! (never bought from them since).
So, does anyone know of a good solid replacement centrestand they can recommend with legs that are reasonably well splayed out (90% are very close together- too close for reliable use of a heavily laden bike)? The best I've seen is what I've got but there must be better.
Thanks
