One of the many accessories that you can get for your bike is a side stand. Many of these have a little metal curve displaying the company name or logo in the arc above the chainstay.These sometimes display the name of the bicycle company, but sometimes they display the name of the company that makes the side stand.
A good example is this KOBA stand. I don't know of any make of bike by that name, but some of these stands also include a secondary embellishment that says "Kobastand" backed with red plastic. This particular stand is reproduced in stainless.
Here is another example of an independently branded stand "SD" you can also see that the arc is backed with red plastic.
Most of the major bike brands also have an arc side stand. Phoenix for example, has one of the most beautiful logos of any bicycle brand and they put it to good use on their sides stand with a red and gold embellishment. I have seen this same stand in blue and gold.
Five Rams' stand is a little different. Instead of a bolted on sheet metal arc, theirs is one continuous piece of pressed and chromed steel.
Flying Pigeon, being one of the oldest brand, actually has several stands. None of which are readily available anymore. I saw one in Yarkand back in May, but not feeling like carrying a side stand all over Xinjiang province, I didn't buy it. I regret that now.
Anyway, there are three varieties that I know of. First there is the "FP" stand.
The meaning of "FP" is pretty self evident: Flying Pigeon. But then there is the "TP" version, which one might take as a mistake until you realize that Flying Pigeons are made in Tianjin, so, "Tianjin Pigeon".
Finally, there is this stand. The grand mac-daddy of them all. It says "Tianjin" in the arc, and "Feige Pai", or "Flying Pigeon Brand" in a cursive scrip on a piece that pivots with the stand. The script is a little easier to read on from this angle. This stand was attached to an old German bike at a shop. I offered to buy the stand on the spot. The shop keeper said I could have it if I bought the entire bike, at which point I walked away. This particular treatment is very similar to some old Raleigh stands I have seen, which are also being reproduced in stainless. This stand however, was original.
It should be noted that most of these stands will fit the chainstay tubing on traditional bikes with 28" wheels. On bikes with 26" wheels the chainstays are a smaller diameter so you will need to wrap a little inner tube rubber around before mounting. You'll also probably need a slightly shorter prop.
