Yes, I ovaled the hole in the frame kickstand plate. Laing
On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM der_amerikanische_freund < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for your recommendations. If I could just clarify a couple of > them... > > *Michael Baquerizo*, if I understand correctly, you kind of sand down the > corners of the plate to rotate it slightly so that, keeping the kickstand > hole centered with the plate, you push out the kickstand leg outwards > achieving more clearance from the tire. > > *Laing*, do you mean you ovaled the hole on the *frame *kickstand plate > (not the kickstand's). I guess the frame kickstand plate doesn't affect > frame robustness and integrity, ie, I'm not going to break the frame by > widening the hole on the plate, am I? > > I'm leaning towards trying Michael's solution first, will report back. > > El miércoles, 9 de julio de 2025 a las 21:28:35 UTC+2, lconley escribió: > >> I ovaled (slotted) the hole in the kickstand plate to allow the >> kickstand to move to the left. I did this with a round file. I also used >> the round file to clearance the kickstand a little where it touched the >> tire. I painted the inside of the kickstand hole to prevent rust. It is >> invisible below the washer under the bolt holding the kickstand on. This >> was on my Bombadil. Filing the kickstand to allow it to rotate in the plate >> did not work for me. >> >> Laing Conley >> Delray Beach FL >> >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM Mike Rossi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I know that with the Greenfield stand, I was able to shim it away from >>> the mount so that I could twist it further to the outside. It gave further >>> clearance. I had also thought of grinding off some of the corners of the >>> mount area (of the kickstand) so that I could do the same thing. I’m not >>> sure if this would work with the Pletscher. I never tried that, however, as >>> the shim idea worked good enough for me. Use blue loctite on the bolt to >>> keep it in place, but still check it every now and then. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On Jul 9, 2025, at 11:21 AM, Julian Westerhout <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Consider a Click-stand. https://www.click-stand.com Not the >>> conventional approach, but fantastic, esp. with loaded bikes -- used them >>> on lots of singles and tandems. Never clearance issues, or mud gathering, >>> etc. >>> >>> >>> Or if you really must have a bolt-on stand IMHO the best is the Ursus >>> Jumbo Evo: >>> >>> https://ursuscycling.com/collections/ursus-kickstands/products/ursus-jumbo-evo-double-legged-kickstand >>> >>> Julian Westerhout >>> Blomigton, IL >>> On Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 8:48:37 AM UTC-5 der_amerikanische_freund >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, I have a 2025 Atlantis with a Pletscher single kickstand. I've >>>> been running 700x50C tires with no issues but tried on some 29x2.1 >>>> yesterday and the kickstand rubbed with the rear tire. >>>> >>>> Has anyone had any clearance issues with their kickstands and rear >>>> tires? >>>> >>>> Is there any particular model that would comfortably clear a 2.25" tire? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b8a867ca-83ac-4567-857c-4c394e5f7b28n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b8a867ca-83ac-4567-857c-4c394e5f7b28n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/A5845478-9FC7-4ABC-BBAD-769FEBF6E71B%40gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/A5845478-9FC7-4ABC-BBAD-769FEBF6E71B%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1e3b6b91-4690-47a4-91d0-bb19613e3e7fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1e3b6b91-4690-47a4-91d0-bb19613e3e7fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADXkOiMzRvisZaj9Fen7UcNuOYE8Ly-RNu_vJXt%3DPfGo%2BrxE2w%40mail.gmail.com.
