Anderson Stand and DSS

[Wells]

Hey guys,
Anyone got a DSS monster and use an Anderson Stand?
I bought a second hand space saver (stand) and used it for the firs time last night.
Whilst moving the bike around the stand flicked up (so the cupcake tells me - I couldn't see what was going on with the stand) and the bike ended up resting against the front of my car (inner city living means no space). - Bikes fine.. Couple of marks on the bonnet of the Subi.. it'll live.

Anywho.. the question is, are people using the L brackets on the Anderson stands or something else?

Do people find that the rubber works fine enough to hold the bike and stop it from moving too/fro.

I'd considered running a bar through the hub on the rear.. is this a better option?
I also know that you can find L brackets for Andersons that rotate a bit (I think they use them for the front stands) .. Are they a better option if I could mod them?



Interested in your experience.

Cheers,
M

[mattyvas]

I still have my DSS space saver and now have the SSS space saver.
the first (DSS) is/was great, very stable never had a problem with it. It has the L arms on it to pick up the
rear.
Make sure you have them fitting very snug on the swing arm and try to pick it up in the same place each time.
I'd say you should try to pick it up as near to the axle as you can. 

[Betty]

Perhaps the design of the space saver makes it more inclined to mischief - even when fully loaded all the weight is on the wheels (no steel resting on the ground to 'lock it in') ... so it won't take much to unsettle the applecart.

(I am probably going to get myself in to trouble again now).

We both have the space savers (inner-city dwellers don't have the monopoly on space shortages) ... and a certain someone (who shall remain nameless) had a little incident some time ago. It only took a little forward movement (of the bike whilst cleaning) to lift the rear of the stand ... this was followed with a bit of gymnastics. It was sometime later that I found the two of them (cleaner and cleanee) still engaged in a loving embrace perhaps reminiscent of something from the pages of the kama sutra (if I was enlightened in such matters).

The brackets she has have the rubber pads which pivot as then stand is raised or lowered ... but were the brackets the cause of the problem?