Originally Posted by loubikes

This is what I did, essentially. I took apart the top but left the stand intact. The only thing I couldn't take apart was the piece that sticks into the back of the tube, but I dont' see why that would matter.



Exactly right.



So Wallbrown, you just keep screwing it tight until the bike won't move? Is yours hard to tighten? Does it hold the bike, stiffly, in any position?