I used an ESGE 2 legged kickstand for commuting, and on a good chunk of my year tour. I gave it away after about 4 months onn tour. The kickstand works wonderfully, but care/common sense is needed when using it. In my case, it wasn't much use where I was because of the soft heated asphalt/sand my bike kept crashing over.

The rest of that tour I used an adjustable trekking pole when I wanted to stand up my bike (similar system to a flick-stand I think). I was carrying the trekking pole anyways as a tarp pole/walking stick, so using it as a bike stand worked out very well. The trekking pole came with a removeable V shaped guide to use as rifle mono-pod, the guide worked excellent to hold my bike frame. To safely use the pole, I had to use a velcro strap to hold the front break lever.


Cut and paste from an old thread "kickstand alternatives for bike with panniers?" (has reviews of flick-stand in that thread)



"For my yearlong tour I ended up taking along a combination hiking staff, camera monopod and rifle rest.

Cabelas carries it as the "Stoney Point Explorer Hiking Staff " for 49$, it weighs 11oz.

I initialy carried it to use as a hiking stick and as a tarp pole. I ended up ditching my pletcher kick stand in Kazakhstan, and then also used the hiking stick as a bike stand (like that clickstand).

This pole worked dandy. I could even sit on the crossbar of my bike at rest stops-I just used a velcro strap to lock the front wheel brake. Great when there aren't any rocks/logs etc to sit on in barren areas, and better for my legs&back than sitting on the ground.

Also made it easier to get stuff out of bags at rest stops, compared to just resting a bike on the ground (is equaly easy to get stuff using a kickstand).

The collapsed pole did stick out a little bit from my rear rack when strapped down(tubus large model).

I recomend it (or the like) if you will use it for more than just a bike stand, else it's a bit heavy."