OK, now that I've had the Ute for a while, the kickstand is becoming a MAJOR issue. Because the 2008 model doesn't have a double kickstand, it is almost impossible to load/unload without the bike falling over. The single kickstand doesn't do a thing as soon as there's something loaded onto the bike--it just tips. Kona fixed the issue in 2009 but that doesn't help me. Up until today I tried to overlook the issue, as you can always lock the bike to something while you're loading to keep it stable. But today I had two cases of beer that I was trying to haul home. I had just loaded the bike up and walked to the curb. Somehow the chain got stuck between one of the front chain rings and the chain guard. Since the bike is so unstable while loaded, I had to unload the beer to fiddle with the chain. Then I had nowhere to lock/lean the damn thing without leaving my two cases of beer on a sketchy street corner--no thank you! So I had to load both cases onto the drive side (still difficult because the bike will spin around and fall onto the non-drive side) and walk the bike the 3 blocks home. It took a good 10 minutes to do this without having the bike and beer fall on top of me. At this point, the kickstand is making this bike useless, even dangerous for me to try to haul anything. What good is a cargo bike if you can't even haul beer?!

We NEED a double kickstand on this thing. A mechanic at our LBS has a 2008 Ute as well, and he has been working on a double kickstand solution for us and a few other folks who bought these bikes without realizing what a horrible design flaw the kickstand really is. But until then, I don't think this bike is going to get much use. Sorry, just had to rant.