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Old 01-02-09, 08:11 PM
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Longfemur
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A motorcycle needs to be held up securely because it's heavy to right, plus various fluids would spill from it. A bicycle doesn't, so a kickstand is an unnecessary appendage to have hanging from it. There's never, ever been a circumstance in the history of the world when a bicycle was safe to leave unattended on a kickstand. It's safer against falling by leaning it appropriately against something or just laying it down on the non-drive side. But if you like kickstands for whatever reason, hey, it's YOUR bike. They don't look out of place on a hybrid, unless it's the big double legged, spring type behind the bottom bracket style people used to use when I was a kid in the 1950's and 60's (which as luck would have it, is the only type of kickstand that isn't sure to let the bike fall over at the slightest provocation).
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