Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
When I ride with my wife, we take her bike off the car, drop the kickstand and I have to unload my bike and find a place to lean it. When I got my bike, it had had a kickstand on it for almost 30 years- one of the first things I did when I got the bike was take it off- because I knew I was "supposed to." Whenever I have to look around for a safe place to lean my bike, I wonder why I was supposed to take that thing off.
I follow the adage that an object on the ground can't fall down. With a kickstand, the bike will almost always fall derailleur side down - ouch.
There's almost always grass to lay the bike down on with no damage. Saves scars and scuffs on the seat, bar tape, QRs, and top tube from falling or leaning.