[python] Re: stand for the stokid python
- From: Olaf Johansson <noll@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:52:09 +0100
That looks good, Dirk.
olaf
26 nov 2011 kl. 16.48 skrev Dirk Bonné:
> Hi,
>
> Since a few weeks, the stokid python has a stand:
>
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7WD_KF-K2ejw_OYbDtCeydMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Zpanp45fGvRkMyz-tWJScNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
>
> The stand is lightweight (10mmx1mm thickness) but still very stable. To
> put the python on the stand I swivel it forward and it locks the front
> part at the same time. To ride it swivels bckward against the bottom of
> the frame. I thought I needed some securing mechanism, but the friction
> made the pivot-bolt is enough to keep the stand up.
>
> The stand is a big win for the python (especially when the bike is as
> long as this one), and it is now difficult imagining the python without
> it. Never I need to look for long free streches of walls to park the
> bike, or I can easily work on the front part.
>
> The width on the ground is about 17cms and this is wide enough to sit
> securely on the bike, or load groceries asymmetrically without the bike
> tipping over.
>
> I had hoped that I could start the bike while in stand: put my feet on
> the pedals and push the bike off with my hands on the ground. It would
> have been so cool, but unfortunately that doesn't work: The point where
> the stand sits on the ground is too much forward and there is simply too
> much lift on the bike necessary to get the stand up again.
>
> It looks like the winter is going to be soft, so I hope I will be able
> to ride it daily with my son through the whole season!
>
> Dirk
>
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