Originally Posted by
wphamilton
I am aware of those kickstands. There are two serious drawbacks to that solution, from my perspective. Primarily, you have to carry that structure around with you, with all of the drawbacks that implies, and it would only be really useful in the one in 20 rides where I loaded up with 40-50 pounds even when I was car-free. And second, those are fairly expensive. Which isn't necessarily a factor if you really need it, but I certainly wouldn't recommend that for OP who primarily wants to store his bikes.
That's why I mentioned suitable for the application. My point being that kickstands aren't inherently flawed as some suggest, and can't be dismissed as such because some are cheaply made, or that one can exceed a given stands limitations.
BTW, I've found that stand for as little as $22.29