I keep a strip of double-sided velcro around my stem. When I need to park the bike, I wrap the velcro around the downtube and through the front tire. Now any part of the bike can be leaned against something. You can even just lean the pedal against a curb if you do it right.

You can also park a bike, if its not loaded, by turning it upside down.

The main time I miss a kick stand is when I'm riding along the road and see something I want to stop and pick up.

I wish I could,but cant afford to.I just ride as fast as I can out of my neighborhood to indiana.

I've been using an old leather toe strap to do this for about 20 years now. I started doing so to keep the front wheel straight when I used an old Rhode Gear trunk rack for my bike on my old Festiva, and the fork would flop around if it wasn't secured. The bike just used a loong bungie type cord to secure the bike.

works well on a repair stand, too, but still won't keep the bike from getting scratched up leaning on things.

Okay, but what of the other 17%? Are we to assume that it's compiled accurately and w/o bias? :rolleyes:

For me, they rattle and bounce around. And anything that rattles that is non-essential immediately gets the boot.

you should take a look at some kickstands made in the last ten years. They've come a long way. some by tranz-x aren't so bad. disc brake compatible models, allen key installation and with a touch of LocTite blue, they don't rattle loose or fall off.

What if there is no grass available?

Pavement, sidewalk, hardwood, and back of a van works fine too.

Leaning it up against another bike works also...as long as you get permission first;)

No kickstands, two bikes standing up

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