I'm a fan of the Pletscher double and use it on my regular and currently only rider (a beat up old Schwinn Traveler built as single speed with 700x38(aka '42mm' Continental Speedrides) and Chocomoose bars)) but one word of caution is that it will limit tire width when unengaged and in the 'up position.' It simply did not fit my 65cm Clem H with 29x2.2 Continental Mountain-something knobbies. I'm guessing I never tried to mount the double with the Clem's stock Kendas and likely just kept the stock kickstand on until after I had swapped the tires... but when I tried it did contact the edge of the wider knobby tires.
I suppose I could file the kickstand plate bolt hole to allow some side to side offset and this is certainly an option but I just put the double back on the Schwinn and I ultimately went back to the stock single leg kickstand for the Clem which has a more generous outward bend to allow as big a tire as the frame seems to fit without further manipulation. I'll likely revisit the kickstand plate modification when my Clem eventually comes back home to reclaim its status as my main bike. It has unfortunately been in storage since fall/winter and the pandemic/family/work/life has pushed bike swaps far to the bottom of the list. Brian Cole Lawrence, NJ On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 1:04:50 PM UTC-4, Mark Roland wrote: > I have the double on my Clem L, which has seen some heavy grocery loads in > the back o bike bags--I would guestimate north of 30lbs total. Nothing on > the front rack yet (still basketless at the moment.) Recommended. > > On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 10:16:46 AM UTC-4, Alex K wrote: >> >> Just got my Clem L rolling and I'm pretty smitten. The handling on >> curves and general comfort level are fairly astounding. I do have a Nitto >> Campee 34F with a hardware-less Wald 157 basket mounted on the front for >> larger loads (laundry, pizza, etc.). What I'm wondering here is if anyone >> has any experience with the double kickstand on a heavier/loaded bike. I >> didn't love the single Pletscher kickstand that came with the bike and am >> considering a Pletscher or Velo Orange double stand. Any thoughts? Thanks >> for reading. >> Alex >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7c6e6ea4-aa3d-47ed-8bd8-f833769fcc80o%40googlegroups.com.
