Originally Posted by
jon c.
Kickstands only work when used on hard paved surfaces. Use them on unpaved ground and you run the risk of the bike falling as the kickstand slowly works into the ground. It may feel stable when you park the bike, but 10 minutes later the bike has fallen on the ground possibly damaging something in the fall.
I saw this happen a surprising number of times on Saturday on a group ride. Surprisingly large number of people riding bikes with kickstands, and several bikes parked on the grass near the ride start fell over in a chain reaction before the ride started. One lady had her cell phone mounted to her bike, and it broke when her bike crashed to the ground.