Originally Posted by
Pete Fagerlin
You seem to be very defensive about your choice to use a kickstand.
If everyone boardwalk cruised, tootled along on bike paths and towed their spawn around in trailers then many more folks would have kickstands.
The cycling population is not that homogeneous obviously.
Gee...and I was just thinking you might be an anti-kickstand lobbyist who represents bicycle manufacturers.
I am not defensive, but simply confident in the practicality of a kickstand for most people. IMHO the lack of kickstands being included on bicycles is illustrative of how the bike manufacturers market to people who think they will race their bikes rather than ride them.