Depends on the purpose of the bike, a daily transportation bike needs a KS,
but lots of people commute on racy bikes to go fast on their way to work,
and lock the bike up firmly to a fixed bike rack when they get there,
and so hate fitting Kickstands.. Like, on their carbon-fiber race bikes..
My Touring bike, 2nd one, had to have a KS, because I wanted to stop, without laying the bike down,
or needing a tree/building nearby to lean it against .
got an '04 Koga Miyata WTR, It has 2 kickstands .. OEM spec'd, thru Tubus,
added one on the bottom of the left front low-rider rack..
so , mixed .. , several types of bikes here, no blanket generalization..
Last edited by fietsbob; 09-06-11 at 05:06 PM.