Yes...no...it depends.

I'm sure I'm not the only BF member who has bikes with kickstands and bikes without kickstands. My two commuter/utility bikes get kickstands for all the kickstand reasons. But for me, the biggest benefit to having a kickstand is when I stop to change clothing layers and have to either put something in my bag/pannier or take something out.

But then again, when I commute on my old road bike sans kickstand I either lean it up against a curb, flip it over or lay it down.

There are so many different types of biking that this should be a ridiculous question...EXCEPT, I find it interesting to think about why we do what we do. And to find out what others do. Because since joining bikeforums I have discovered practices and strategies that would not have entered my mind on their own and have enriched and improved my riding in ways I couldn't have imagined.

If this question were posited in the commuting, touring or utility forum the answers would probably skew towards using kickstands. In road cycling, single-track, or any competitive forum, very few would use kickstands.

But keep asking those questions and sharing those practices. And I will stop to consider them. And when I stop I'll use my kickstand, unless I'm on the bike that doesn't have one.

All I ask is that everyone ride safely, have fun and be blessed with good enough health to do both.