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Originally Posted by J4Fun
I know and old post but if the they intended to raise the stand up with the rubber strip, why wouldn’t it be on the front side of the kickstand? I’m still sticking with the thought on post #20…  |
Because of physics. When the rubber is on the backside, when it hits the ground it deforms away from the stand, and ideally kicks the stand up before the metal bits touch down. If it was in front of the stand, when the rubber deformed it would deform into and under the kickstand (technical term is "jam up"), which would then have a similar impact to the case where just the metal touches down.
My guess is that it was tried both ways and they picked the one that worked better in real life.
Charles.
02-06-2024, 06:54 PM
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