Questions tagged [kickstand]
A kickstand is a device on a bicycle or motorcycle that allows the bike to be kept upright without leaning against another object or the aid of a person.
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Sheared off kickstand bolts. Repair shop recommends drilling the chainstay, should I try the bolt extractor first?
Both bolts holding my kickstand suddenly broke off (or maybe one did first a day earlier and I overlooked). It is the aluminum frame after 6000 km.
How to repair this? Is drilling and then re-...
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Adding kickstand to mt-100 iron horse bike [duplicate]
It seems that my bike has a tube where I would expect to mount a kickstand. This tube has a horizontal hole in it. Do I need some special kickstand?
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Is there an easily recognized name for this kind of kickstand?
I'm looking for the vocabulary to describe a kind of kickstand that seems pretty much unheard-of where I live. I've seen them particularly on Japanese utility/commuter bikes. The key features are:
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How to adjust length of my bicycle kickstand?
I have a bike kickstand and would like to adjust its length. With its current length the bike is easy to fall over, onto the side of the kickstand. Unfortunately I have not figured out how to lengthen ...
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Tandem bipod stand
We recently got a Simmonsohn Trohnheim tandem bike. I want to add a bipod kickstand to it, but I am unsure where it must go: the front or rear crank hub?
Also, can anyone recommend sturdy bipod ...
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Welding a centre kickstand plate to 4130 steel frame?
Hopefully a simple question (?!). I'm wondering if you could help me with a simple answer.
I have a 30 year old UNIVEGA tandem frame that my family and I love to ride. The problem is, with a baby-seat ...
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What kind of kickstand mount is this?
Which kickstands fit this bike? The old kickstand had 6mm bolts spaced 18mm apart, so I bought a "KSA18" kickstand, but it didn't fit. The KSA18 stand extended further than 9mm and had a ...
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Can I fit a kickstand to my bottom bracket?
I'd like to fit a central kickstand to my Boardman Urb, and I wonder if I can use a threaded opening in my bottom bracket for that.
If it sounds like a bad idea, then what could be the purpose of this ...
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How to fix a kickstand that slide?
This is the kickstand of my folding bike, and since the day I bought it, the kickstand just don't stay in place. It move around the bolt a tiny little bit, and from time to time it touches the crank ...
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How to mount a kickstand on a bike with no kickstand mounts?
I have several bikes. Unfortunately, many of them lack the all-important
kickstand mount which makes the bikes practically unusable for everyday tasks
unless there's some possibility of mounting a ...
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Back wheel continuously coming loose
I’m a total amateur when it comes to biking... I recently purchased a new Bergamont Summerville N7 and took it out today for the first time longer than an hour (I’ve had it a week and been to the ...
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How to mount central (two-legged) kickstand on normal bike frame
I bought this kickstand, but it has grooves in the top that the instructions said should slot into the "stand plate" on the frame.
My frame looks like this: doesn't seem to have a plate of any kind, ...
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Silent kick stand? How to?
Is there any way to make a kick stand silent during riding on uneven, stone roads and paths? I am actually refering to the "cube kick stand" for the "cube acid, kick stand ready, 2017" mtbike.
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How to find a replacement and replace a broken kickstand?
My bike came with a kickstand, but today after a ride I noticed part of it had fallen off somewhere, as shown in the picture below:
It used to look like this:
As I don't have the part of kickstand ...
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Stop Kickstand on Plate Shifting into Crank Arm
I just installed this kickstand on a bicycle with a kickstand plate. The kickstand plate has raised edges at the sides, but the mounting part of the kickstand is a bit smaller. As a result, the ...
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