Thread: Tern Joe P24
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Old 11-19-15 | 06:18 PM
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scsailor
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Originally Posted by tds101

Rear rack, fenders, Schwalbe Big Apple Plus tires (I still need to put my thorn proof inner tubes inside), and a different handlebar. I luv it!!! And, unlike the Dahon Speed P8, I don't have any issues with the shifter cable when I unfold it. The ride is EXCELLENT!!! Eats up city streets like a champion,...

I too now have a Tern Joe P-24 and it is a great bike. Being able to take it easily on public transportation as well as sailboats (my thing) is really nice. And you're right, the ride is quite good.

I've been doing more work on the bike so I decided to spring for a bike repair stand. The first one I tried was RAD from Amazon but that didn't work out at all. The clamp's jaws are too wide to attach to the forward slopped inner support (about where the center of gravity should be). And attaching it to the lower upright blocks the pedal from turning. I tried it on the seat post but that was very precarious as first, it was way above and aft of the center of gravity and the bike could not be tilted up, and the clamp tended to slide up to the seat. Plus suspending the bike by just the seat post clamp and seat didn't seem like a real good idea.

So back to Amazon goes the RAD bike repair stand... Anyone know of one that works well with the Tern Joe series of bikes? I'm sure that the Tern bicycle plant in Taiwan has them but asking them, just gets redirected to folks at Premium Bikes in Taiwan. While they are nice folks, and very helpful, they do not seem that connected to the actual engineering and manufacturing areas.

Someone mentioned a stand that could attach to odd shaped cross members and still leave room for the brake/shift cables but now I can't find that comment. But to clear the pedals, it would most likely be quite forward of the center of gravity. The whole geometry of the Tern Joe frame is very unusual.

Any advice appreciated. I'll probably start sending queries to the bike stand makers (there are a lot of them!) asking for specific dimensions of the clamp and arm extension as this info is not on the Amazon description or the maker's websites. (Seems like a deficiency to me...?)

Thanks!
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