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Pletscher ESGE KS12 Twin Leg Propstand - Would you buy one?
Posted: 29 Mar 2010, 8:41am
by fatboy
I would like to get one for my Dawes Horizon (520 Steel frame) but I worry about the SJS cycles website warning:
"Note: Voids Thorn frame warranty, may crush thin walled chainstays if the bike is heavily loaded or leaned on"
What do you guys think? Is this stand going to be a bad idea?
Re: Pletscher ESGE KS12 Twin Leg Propstand - Would you buy one?
Posted: 29 Mar 2010, 9:21am
by thirdcrank
My shopping bike is a Cannondale with an alloy frame, by coincidence from SJSC. I've had it 13 years now. It came with a single leg Pletcher which I replaced with a double after a fairly short time. It's worked quite well - I have occasional trouble with the bike tipping over when fully loaded. No obvious sign of damage to the frame.
Re: Pletscher ESGE KS12 Twin Leg Propstand - Would you buy one?
Posted: 29 Mar 2010, 9:23am
by fatboy
Sounds encouraging. I don't think that my bike is likely to be thin-walled and anyhow I don't plan to load it too much
Re: Pletscher ESGE KS12 Twin Leg Propstand - Would you buy one?
Posted: 29 Mar 2010, 7:47pm
by millimole
I've got one on my Bitsa*, it works really well. I've never cut the legs to size, so the front-end of the bike is quite high off the ground when its on the stand. *It's based on a cheap 1970's Raleigh 'racing' frame, so hardly likely to be thin walled!