My Agattu was delivered with a faulty prop stand, and although 50 cycles immediately sent me a new one I remained slightly dubious about the very obvious strain which it placed on both the frame and the prop. Now several others have suffered from broken prop stands, and my worries have increased. I have thought of all sorts of ways round the problem, but nothing appeared to be easy. Eventually I wondered whether the angle of lean needed to be quite as great as it is. I experimented with various blocks of wood under the foot, and came to the conclusion that raising it by 1 inch still left the angle of lean at a perfectly safe level whilst the strains on frame and prop arm were very obviously much less. No doubt someone could readily calculate these stresses, but my fourth form physics are too far away for me to do so, but it is trivially obvious that they are much less. Of course the bike can more easily fall over but in my opinion it is still perfectly safe. The sort of gale that would blow it over would mean that one would wish to lean the bike against something in any case, and the risk of careless people or hooligans pushing it over are as great whatever the angle of lean. I decided to make this modification.
I found the easiest way of doing it was to drill a hole through the centre of the foot and bolt on a round rubber doorstop which was readily available. This has worked perfectly well, and although it does not look quite as one would wish it to do I think it very little noticeable. I am sure others more technically able could devise a more satisfactory solution but mine does work and is cheap and I am very pleased to have done it.
I found the easiest way of doing it was to drill a hole through the centre of the foot and bolt on a round rubber doorstop which was readily available. This has worked perfectly well, and although it does not look quite as one would wish it to do I think it very little noticeable. I am sure others more technically able could devise a more satisfactory solution but mine does work and is cheap and I am very pleased to have done it.
